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HISTORY 

OF  THE 


ldTennent  Church 


SECOND  EDITION; 

CONTAINING 

A  Connected  Story  of  the  Church's  Life, 

Sketches  of  its  Pastors, 

BiOGRAPHicAi,  References  to  its  Members, 

All  its  Earlier  Record  Lists, 

Full  Quotations  of  its  Earlier  Historical  Records, 

A  Complete  List  of  Burials  in  all  its  Graveyards, 

Many  of  its  Local  Traditions, 

Most  of  its  Important  Illustrations  and  Maps. 

An  Account  of  the  Battle  of  Monmouth, 

And  a  Large  Collection  of  Genealogical  Notes. 


COMPILED  BY 

Rev.  Frank  R  Symmes, 

FIFTEENTH  PASTOR. 


CR ANBURY,  N.  J., 
George  W.  Burroughs,  Printer. 


1904. 


o]   tlie  vicinity  of 

The  Old  Scots  e^nd  Tcnneni  Churche 
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T;ik(.n  trf)in  llic  State  topographical  maps  of  George  H.  Cook  and  C.  C.  Vernicule. 


AUTHOR'S  NOTE. 


The  title  page  shows  what  this  book  is.  As  a  second  edition  of  The 
History  of  Old  Tennent  it  is  a  rewriting-  of  the  first,  much  the  same  in 
matter  and  arrangement  ;  but  corrections  have  been  made,  and  very  much 
new  material  added,  with  a  few  changes  in  form  throughout.  Also  a 
number  of  new  pictures  and  maps  will  be  found  in  this  print  ;  but  the 
author  regrets  that,  though  seeking  for  it,  he  was  unable  to  find  and  obtain 
a  picture  of  Rev.  Robert  Ro}-.  The  author  has  performed  this  work  amid 
his  bus}-  pastoral  and  ministerial  duties,  and  can  laj'  no  claim  to  studied 
elegance  of  language.  He  has  sought  rather,  with  much  care  and  review, 
to  be  exact  and  accurate,  but  even  in  this  respect  does  not  claim  that  the 
book  is  absolutely  perfect,  for  unknown  mistakes  might  be  discovered. 
Nor  is  it  claimed  that  the  book  is  exhaustively  complete,  for  the  study  is 
one  that  is  almost  interminable  especially  as  to  family  history.  The 
author  is  much  indebted  to  Rev.  Allen  H.  Brown,  Rev.  Henry  G.  Smith 
and  many  others  for  assistance  afforded,  materials  furnished,  and  for  loans 
granted  ;  and  especially  to  James  Steen,  Eatontown,  N.  J.,  for  aid  in  gen- 
ealogical research.  To  the  List  of  Authorities  the  reader  is  referred  for 
further  study  in  Old  Tennent  history  ;— and  to  these  authorities  the  author 
hereby  makes  due  acknowledgment  for  their  invaluable  help.  Trusting 
that  the  book  may  prove  of  some  value  and  interest  to  students  in  its  line, 

it  is  sent  out  on  its  wa}'. 

Frank  R.  Svmmes. 

Tennent,  N.  J. 
June,  1904. 


LIST  OF  AUTHORITIES. 


Records  of  the  Old  Tennent  Church. 

The  Log  College Archibald  Alexander. 

Constitutional  History  of  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States   of 

America Charles  Hodge. 

Records  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America. 
History  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  America  ....  Richard  Webster. 
History  of  the  Sufferings  of  the  Church  of  Scotland  .    .  Robert  Wodrow. 

History  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Trenton,   N.  J John  Hall. 

Annals  of  the  American  Pulpit William  B.  Sprague. 

History  of  the  Old  Scots  Church Henry  Goodwin  Smith. 

Various  Historical  Sketches Allen  H.  Brown. 

Historical  Sketch  of  Monmouth  Presbytery Joseph  G.  Symmes. 

Minutes  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick. 

Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey. 

Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly. 

Minutes  of  the  Presbytery  of  Monmouth. 

Contributions  to  Earlj' History  of  Perth  Amboy  .    .    .  Wm.  A.  Whitehead. 

Contributions  to  P>st  Jersey  History Wm.  A.  Whitehead. 

History  of  Monmouth  County,  N.  J Franklin  Ellis. 

Court  Records  in  Monmouth  County,  N.  J. 

Life  and  Times  of  Rev.  Richard  Baxter Wm.  Orme. 

Brick  Church  Memorial  (Marlboro,  N.  J.) Theodore  W.  Wells. 

Memoirs  of  Rev.  David  Brainerd Jonathan  Edwards. 

Life  of  John  Brainerd Thomas  Brainerd. 

Publications  of  New  Jersey  Historical  Society. 

Historical  Sermons Archibald  P.  Cobb. 

Manual  of  the  Village  Presbyterian  Church,  Freehold,  N.J. 

Presbyterian  Church  in  Jamesburg,  N.J Benjamin  S.  Everitt. 

Presbyterian  Church  in  Allentown,  N.J George  Swain. 

Records  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Manalapan. 
Papers  in  Library  of  Princeton  Theological  Seminary. 
Collections  in  the  Presbyterian  Historical  Society,  Philadelphia. 

Records  of  the  Descendants  of  John  Foreman Wm.  P.  Forman. 

New  Aberdeen James  Steen. 

Historical  Notes  on  Presbyterian  Church  in  Shrewsbury  .  Rufus  Taylor. 
History  of  Freehold  Presbyterian  Church,  Charlton,  N.  Y.  .  R.  H.  Stearns. 

Biography  of  George  Whitefield Joseph  Belcher. 

Indians  of  New  Jersey Wm.  Nelson. 

Historical  Lectures  by D.  V.  McLean. 

History  of  Monmouth  and  Ocean  Counties Edwin  Salter. 

Old  Times  in  (^Id  Monmouth,  printed  by James  S.  Yard. 

Genealogical  Papers James  Steen. 

Old  Stone  Church  (Cohansey) Epher  Whitaker. 

History  of  Leacock  (Pa.)  Presbyterian  Church P.J.Timlow. 

New  Jersey  Archives. 


HISTORY  OF  THE  OLD  TENNENT  CHURCH. 


CHAPTER  I. 

ORGANIZATION. 


Near  the  center  of  the  rich  agricultural  county  of  Monmouth  in 
New  Jersey  stands  an  old  church  building  of  colonial  style  and  im- 
posing appearance,  attracting  the  attention  of  passengers  in  trains  on 
the  nearb}'  Pennsjdvania  railroad,  and  the  interest  of  constant  visitors 
who  enter  its  doors  and  enroll  their  names  in  the  register  on  the 
church  desk,  and  who  usually  come  by  carriage  on  the  Freehold- 
Englishtown  road  crossing  the  Manalapan  and  Patton's  Corner  road. 

This  sanctuary,  now  widely  known  as  Old  Tennent,  is  a  relic  and 
a  witness,  a  land-mark  and  a  monument.  It  is  a  treasured  heritage 
from  stern  and  sturdy  servants  of  God  transmitted  to  their  descend- 
ants through  a  number  of  generations,  testifying  to  the  history  of  a 
rugged  faith  in  the  eternal  word  of  the  Lord  and  of  a  noble  and  stead- 
fast adherence  to  principle.  This  house  is  the  proof  positive  of  the 
sacred  past  speaking  to  the  observing  present.  That  splendid  pro- 
found document,  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  a  parchment  care- 
fully preserved  under  glass  is  fading  in  its  ink,  and  possibly  will  soon 
need  to  be  deposited  in  a  dark  case  to  preserve  the  clear  strong  chir- 
ography  of  its  precious  page  ;  but  Old  Tennent  edifice  was  standing 
twenty-five  years  before  the  Declaration  was  written,  and  through  all 
the  years  since  has  stood  exposed  to  the  weather  of  storm  and  sun 
and  wind,  straight  and  strong  to-day,  and  good  for  many  years  more 
if  with  God's  providence  her  children  will  love  her  with  faithful  care. 

As  has  been  said  this  old  building  stands  for  an  old  organization 
or  church,  which  has  more  than  once  changed  its  title  or  designating 
name.  The  present  corporate  name  of  the  church  is  "The  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  the  County  of  Monmouth."  Its  earliest  for- 
mation is  called  the  "Old  Scots  Church."  Afterwards,  for  more  than 
one  hundred  vears  it  was  known  as  the   "Freehold  Church,"   and 


8  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

under  this  name  it  acquired  its  reputation.  But  in  nieniory  of  the 
saintly  John  Tennent,  and  of  the  long  and  efficient  services  of  his 
brother  William  Tennent,  Jr.,  as  pastors,  it  took  the  name  of  the 
"Tenntnt  Church."  By  this  name  it  has  been  enrolled  in  the  lists 
of  the  General  Assembly  since  1859.  This  avoids  confusing  this 
church  with  the  one  organized  in  Freehold  village  in  1838,  and  which 
now  is  incorporated  "The  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Freehold, 
N.  J."  And  finally,  from  the  dignity  of  its  great  age  and  its  inter- 
esting historical  association  it  has  been  colloquially  styled  "The  Old 
Tennent  Church. ' '  Thus  following  the  successive  stages  of  its  history 
it  might  consistently  he  called  The  Scots-Freehold-Tennent  Church. 
And  though  designated  b}-  all  these  different  names  its  history  is  that 
of  a  continuous  organization. 

The  history  of  a  rural  church  is  largely  composed  of  an  account  of 
its  organization,  a  description  of  its  edifices,  a  record  of  its  pastors,  a 
story  of  its  worshiping  families,  and  a  narrative  of  its  local  events. 
In  this  respect  an  increasing  interest  gathers  around  Old  Tennent, 
ecclesiastical,  genealogical  and  historical.  That  Old  Tennent  had  an 
origin,  and  somehow  in  process  of  time  an  organization,  is  certain. 
But  it  is  impossible  to  make  a  precise,  correct,  and  authentic  state- 
ment as  to  just  when,  where  and  how  the  organization  was  effected. 
Probably  it  will  never  thus  be  exactly  known.  Conjectures  can  easilj- 
be  made  and  ap})ear  very  plausible  ;  but  they  are  sometimes  mis- 
leading, and  sometimes  diminish  the  credibility  of  a  hi.storian's  page. 
Inferences  are  of  value  onl}-  .so  far  as  the  reasons  or  arguments  for 
them  are  .set  forth  by  the  presentation  of  pertinent  facts.  In  this 
strain  much  of  the  .story  of  Old  Tennent's  organization  must  be  told, 
for  in  the  absence  of  j^ositive  statement  there  are  nevertheless  .some 
relevant  facts  from  which  inferences  ma)'  be  drawn  that  will  form  a 
.story  that  approaches  being  irrefutable.      The.se  facts  are  : 

First:  Old  Tennent  was  of  Scotch  origin.  Freehold  township 
was  largely  settled  by  Scotch  peoi:)le,  which  suggests  Old  Tennent's 
extraction.  But  this  fact  is  settled  l^y  the  explicit  statement  of  Wil- 
liam Temient,  Jr.,  writing  from  Freehold,  Oct.  11,  1744,  to  Rev.  Mr. 
Prince  of  Boston.  In  that  letter  he  describes  the  character  of  the  re- 
vi\'al  at  that  time  in  h'reehold,  and  he  makes  this  historical  paragraph, 
—  "This  place  lies  southwest  from  New  York,  and  is  distant  from  it 
about  fifty  miles.      It  was  the  first  in  the  East  Jersey,   on  the'we.st 


ORGANIZATION.  9 

side  of  the  Raritan  river,  which  was  settled  with  a  gospel  ministry. 
This  was  owing,  under  God,  to  the  agency  of  some  Scotch  people 
that  came  to  it  ;  among  whom  there  was  none  so  painful  in  this  bless- 
ed undertaking  as  one  Walter  Ker,  who,  in  the  year  1685,  for  his 
faithful  and  conscientious  adherence  to  God  and  his  truth,  as  professed 
by  the  Church  of  Scotland,  was  there  apprehended  and  sent  to  this 
country,  under  a  sentence  of  perpetual  banishment.  By  which  it 
appears  that  the  devil  and  his  instruments  lost  their  aim  in  sending 
him  from  home,  where  it  is  unlikely  he  could  ever  have  been  so  ser- 
viceable to  Christ's  kingdom  as  he  has  been  here.  He  is  yet  alive, 
and  blessed  be  God,  he  is  flourishing  in  his  old  age,  being  in  his  88th 
5'ear."  At  the  close  of  this  letter  Mr.  Tennent's  church  officers  add, 
"ATTESTATION  to  the  preceding  Account  by  the  Ruling  Elders  and 
Deacons  of  the  Congregation  of  Freehold.  "We  the  subscribers.  Rul- 
ing Elders  and  Deacons  of  the  Presbyterian  congregation  of  Freehold, 
having  had  perfect  knowledge  of  the  circumstances  of  this  place,  some 
of  us  from  the  first  settling  of  it,  and  others  of  a  long  time,  do  give 
our  testimony  to  the  truth  in  general,  of  the  above  letter  of  our  Rev. 
pastor.  May  the  Lord  make  the  same  of  use  for  carrying  on  his 
glorious  work  begun  in  these  lands,  and  make  the  name  of  the  dear- 
est Jesus  glorious  from  the  rising  to  the  setting  sun. 

Walter  Ker,  Robert  Cumming, 

David  Rhea,  John  Henderson, 

William  Ker,  Samuel  Ker. 

Freehold,  in  New  Jersey,  October  nth,  1744."  (Log  coUege  Apudx,) 
Thus  Wm.  Tennent's  statement  was  foiuided  on  the  testimony  of 
living  witnesses,  Walter  Ker  in  particular,  who  might  be  styled  The 
Father  of  Old  Tennent.  That  the  Scotch  were  persecuted  for  loyalty 
to  their  church  is  a  matter  of  history.  From  Wm.  Tennent's  state- 
ment it  is  not  improbable  to  suppose  that  more  than  one  that  wor- 
shiped in  the  Old  Scots  meeting  house  had  been  a  sad  witness  of  such 
atrocious  work  as  that  of  Viscount  John  Graham  (Claverhouse)  and 
his  dragoons,  and  of  the  horrible  tortures  and  dreadful  sufferings  of 
the  prisoners  in  the  damp  and  foul  Dunottar  Castle  ;  and  had  heard 
"the  piteous  prayers"  of  their  Covenanter  brethren,    (read  wodrow  ) 

The  Covenanters  were  chiefly  Scotch  Presbyterians  that  hated  and 
opposed  prelacy.  They  believed  that  Christ  is  the  head  of  the  church, 
and  the  authority  in  all  true  religion,  and  that  no  man  could  usurp 
these  prerogatives.     The}-  would  not  unite  in  worshij-)  that  was  led 


lo  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNEXT. 

and  governed  b}-  so-called  functionaries.  Therefore  they  refused  to 
conform  to  the  zealous  effort  of  King  Charles  the  Ilnd  to  impose  the 
rites  and  modes  of  prelatic  worship  upon  them.  Disobedience  to  the 
king's  order  b}-  these  non-conforming  Presbyterians  was  especially 
manifested  in  their  attendance  on  "conventicles,"  or  gatherings  for 
worship  apart  from  the  established  church,  and  often  held  in  private 
houses  or  in  retired  glens.  This  opposition  to  the  king's  will  was  the 
cause  of  a  bitter  and  bloody  persecution  of  twenty-eight  years,  from 
1660  to  1688.  "The  Highland  Watch,  as  it  was  called,  was  let  loose 
upon  the  country  (Scotland)  :  its  inhabitants  were  spoiled  of  their 
goods  ;  cast  into  prisons,  banished,  and  sold  as  slaves  ;  and  multitudes 
of  them  shot  in  cold  blood,  and  otherwise  butchered,  sometimes  with, 
and  sometimes  without,  form  of  law."  (orme.)  Some  have  estimated 
that  during  these  twenty-eight  years  about  18,000  people  were  either 
banished  or  put  to  death. 

During  the  summer  of  1685,  in  the  period  of  the  "  Killing  times" 
so  called,  about  one  hundred  men  and  women  were  imprisoned  in 
Dunottar  Castle,  a  strong  fortress  in  eastern  Scotland,  built  on  a  great 
rock  looking  out  over  the  North  Sea.  It  is  now  in  ruins.  Here 
these  people  were  shut  up  in  a  vault  which  "was  ankle  deep  in  mire, 
with  but  one  window  overlooking  the  sea.  They  were  without  any 
conveniences  for  sitting,  leaning  or  lying,  and,  indeed,  so  full  was 
the  place,  that  little  more  than  sitting  room  was  afforded.  Stifled  for 
want  of  air,  .stinted  for  both  food  and  water  *  ^'  *  ^-  many  died,  and 
others  became  afflicted  with  diseases."  (whitehead  )  And  when  several 
attempted  to  escape,  some  were  retaken  and  subjected  to  excruciating 
torture  by  having  matches  put  between  their  fingers  and  kept  burning 
for  three  hours.  The  scars  of  these  and  other  barbarous  tortures 
were  carried  by  the  persecuted  ones  through  after  life.  This  reminds 
one  of  the  story  of  the  "  Black  Hole  "  in  India,  seventy  years  later. 
Toward  the  close  of  the  summer  these  Dunnottar  pri.soners  were 
marched  down  to  Leith,  most  of  them  on  foot,  "and  their  hands  tied 
behind  their  back  with  small  cords,"  making  a  weary  journey  of  six- 
ty-six miles  after  their  dreadful  incarceration. 

Previous  to  this,  a  certain  George  Scot,  laird  of  Pitlochie,  having 
been  fined  and  impri.soned  a  number  of  times  for  the  sake  of  his  relig- 
ion, determined  to  sail  for  the  plantations  in  East  Jersey,  seeking  to 
find  there  a  refuge  from  the  troublous  times  in  his  native  land.  Per- 
mi.ssion  was  granted  him  by  the  authorities  to  pass  from  the  kingdom 


ORGANIZATION.  ii 

"without  any  Let,  Impediment,  or  Molestation."  He  chartered  a 
vessel,  "the  Henry  and  Francis,  of  Newcastle,  a  ship  of  350  tons,  and 
twenty  great  guns,  Richard  Hutton,  master,"  or  captain.  Then  he 
publicly  announced  his  purpose  of  sailing  to  the  colonies,  and  invited 
and  solicited  others  who  were  of  his  mind,  and  like  him  persecuted, 
to  take  passage  along  with  him.  Scot's  project  was  quite  extensive. 
He  put  out  a  volume  of  272  pages  under  the  title  "The  Model  of  the 
Government  of  the  Province  of  East  New-Jersey  in  America;  and  en- 
couragement for  such  as  design  to  be  concerned  there."  (read  in  n.  j.  Hist, 
soc.  coiiectious.  Vol,  I.)  Many  joined  Scot's  company.  Most  of  the  Dun- 
ottar  prisoners,  then  lying  in  the  tolbooth  at  Leith,  were  sentenced  to 
perpetual  banishment  to  America,  because  they  tenaciously  and  con- 
scientiously held  to  their  religious  principles.  A  considerable  portion 
of  them  was  transferred  as  a  gift  to  the  laird  of  Pitlochie;  that  is,  he 
was  to  carry  them  to  America  and  there  dispose  of  them  so  as  to  re- 
ceive their  passage  money.  But  verily,  in  this  way,  he  was  acting 
as  a  quasi  deliverer  to  these  poor  persecuted  and  mutilated  prisoners. 
The  vessel  set  sail  from  the  port  of  Leith  on  September  5,  1685, 
having  on  board  in  all  about  200  persons,  of  whom  72  are  said  to  have 
been  banished  prisoners.  One  historian  relates  how  these  prisoners 
suffered  on  shipboard  by  being  disturbed  in  their  worship  under  deck 
by  the  captain  causing  great  planks  to  be  thrown  down  among  them. 
The  voyage  was  sadly  disastrous.  A  sickness  of  virulent  fever  broke 
out,  especially  among  the  prisoners;  but  also  among  the  passengers 
and  crew.  About  60  people  died,  and  their  bodies  were  committed 
to  the  deep.  George  Scot  and  his  wife  were  among  this  number. 
John  Johnstone,  son-in-law  (to  be)  to  George  Scot,  took  his  place  in 
directing  the  voyage,  and  in  disposing  of  the  so-called  prisoners.  The 
captain  proposed  then  to  sail  to  Virginia  or  to  Jamaica;  but  the  winds 
set  toward  New  Jersey,  and  there  on  its  shores,  probably  near  Perth 
Amboy,  the  vessel  finally  arrived  near  the  middle  of  December  1685, 
after  a  voyage  of  about  100  days.  Many  if  not  all  of  the  prisoners 
were,  in  process  of  time,  cited  before  the  legal  authorities  of  the  prov- 
ince, and  settlements  made  for  their  passage  money;  after  which  they 
went  free.  Whitehead,  in  his  book  "Contributions  to  East  Jersey 
History"  p.  28&29,  gives  the  names  of  nearly  one  hundred  persons 
that  came  to  New  Jersey  on  the  "Henry  and  Francis"  with  George 
Scot's  company,  and  this  list  may  be  compared  with  some  names  in 
the  early  histor}'  of  Old  Scots. 


12  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TEXNENT. 

A  goodh-  iuiniV)er  of  those  that  came  in  the  ship  "Henry  and  Fran- 
cis" moved  to  New  F'ngland,  and  some  returned  to  Scotland.  Some 
evidently  settled  in  Monmouth  County.  Walter  Ker,  as  Whitehead 
says,  "may  have  been  a  passenger  with  Scot."  Beyond  a  doubt 
some  of  these  passengers  and  prisoners  joined  in  the  formation  of  the 
church  .society  of  those  who  finally  built  the  Old  Scots  meeting  hou.se. 
The  name  of  George  Scot,  the  Scotch  Covenanter  extraction,  the 
names  of  the  church  officers,  and  the  early  name  of  "Free  Hill" 
given  to  the  eminence  on  which  the  old  building  stood,  are  all  in  line 
of  the  outcome  of  George  Scot's  enterpri.se.  It  is  an  exceedingly 
difficult  matter  to  po.sitively  identify  persons  in  the  records  of  the  past 
because  of  the  wide  possibility  of  mistake  in  making  all  references  to 
them,  in  location,  chronology  and  circumstance,  corroborate  ;  never- 
theless James  Steen,  in  his  valuable  sketch  "New  Aberdeen,"  has 
unquestionably  establi.shed  the  fact  that  John  John.stone,  .son-in-law 
and  companion  to  George  Scot  on  his  disastrous  voyage,  is  the  same 
man  whose  name  is  mentioned  fir.st,  as  one  of  the  acting  trustees  in 
the  deed  for  Old  Scots  ground  given  by  Alex.  Napier  1727  : — and 
therefore  his  name  stands  with  Walter  Ker's  as  a  charter  promoter  of 
Old  Tennent.  In  the  aforesaid  deed  the  name  of  Peter  Wat.son  is 
mentioned  .second  as  acting  trustee  for  Old  Scots.  In  a  letter  to  his 
cousin  in  Aug.  1684,  ((luoted in  Scots  Model)  he  Said  "There  are  here  vcry 
good  religious  people.  They  go  under  the  name  of  Independents, 
but  are  most  like  the  Presbyterians,  only  they  will  not  receive  every- 
body into  their  society.  We  have  a  great  need  of  good  and  faithful 
ministers,  and  I  wish  to  God,  that  there  would  come  .some  over  here  ; 
they  can  live  as  well  and  have  as  much  as  in  Scotland,  and  more  than 
many  get.  We  have  none  within  all  the  Province  of  East  Jersey 
except  one  who  is  a  preacher  in  Newark  ;  there  were  one  or  two 
preachers  more  in  the  province,  but  they  are  dead,  and  now  the  peo- 
ple they  meet  together  every  Sabbath-day  and  read  and  pray  and 
sing  psalms  in  their  meeting-houses."  Steen,  in  a  separate  sketch, 
also  identifies  this  man  and  jxnnts  out  that  his  Presbyterian  churchly 
influence  in  Monmouth  County  antedated  that  of  Walter  Ker  ;  and 
that  his  wife's  name  was  Agnes,  and  he  had  sons  William,  Gawen, 
and  David.      If  that  Gawen   Watson   was  the  .same  as  the  one  who 

married  Euphame ,  who  owned  a  pew  in  Old  Tennent  for  many 

years,  who  died  Aug.  24,  1771,  aged  86  yrs.  8  mos.  and  was  buried 
in  a  jirivate  grave-iihjt  near  Perrineville,   and   who  appears  to  have 


ORGANIZATION.  13 

had  two  sons  Gavven  and   Peter,  and  two  daughters  Eupheme  that 

married  Joseph  Ker,  and  Ann  that  married  Walter  Ker,  then 

the  influence  of  the  longing  heart  of  old  Peter  Watson,  the  Scotch 
Presbyterian,  was  felt  through  Old  Scots  down  into  Old  Tennent, 
and  he  may  thus  be  considered  a  so-called  charter  associate  with 
Walter  Ker  and  John  Johnstone. 

And  there  were  others  who  aided  in  forming  Old  Scots  about  whose 
names  and  services  we  wish  we  knew  more.  It  is  said  that  in  1855 
in  the  Amboy  bay  might  still  have  l>een  seen  the  remains  of  an  old 
ship  named  the  "Caledonia,"  which  had  been  commanded  by  Robert 
Drummond.  Ancestral  tradition  widely  handed  down  in  the  Ander- 
son family  says  that  Capt.  John  Anderson  commanded  the  "Cale- 
donia :"  this,  of  course,  may  have  been  at  a  different  time  from  that 
in  which  he  commanded  the  "Unicorn"  in  the  Darien  expedition. 
Dr.  Arch.  Alexander  says  in  his  "Log  College"  p.  103,  "This  con- 
gregation owed  its  origin  to  some  Scotch  people  who  were  cast  on  the 
Jersey  shore  ;  the  vessel  Caledonia,  in  which  they  sailed,  having  been 
stranded  on  our  coast."  Possibly  because  of  the  old  and  unservice- 
able condition  the  Caledonia  was  deserted  presumably  in  17 15,  and  a 
storm  breaking  its  moorings  to  the  Ambo}'  wharf,  it  drifted  away  to 
its  wreck.  Some  people  have  still  preserved  relics  in  the  shape  of 
canes  &c.,  made  from  the  timbers  of  this  old  vessel.  It  is  supposed 
that  this  ship  brought  emigrants  from  Scotland  as  early  as  16S5,  and 
it  is  a  matter  of  history  that  it  bore  to  New  Jersey  many  Scotch  fam- 
ilies about  17 15.  Some  of  these  possibly  joined  with  the  early  wor- 
shipers in  Old  Scots  church.  And  so  also  some  of  the  settlers  that 
came  over  with  Lord  Neil  Campbell  (brother  to  the  Karl  of  Argyle) 
in  1685,  or  through  his  instrumentality  afterwards,  may  have  had 
their  names  enrolled  among  the  Old  Scots  members,  as  some  of  their 
names  favorably  compare  with  early  records  of  the  church,      (see  x.  j. 

Archives,   ist  Ser.  Vol  21,  p.  68.  Also  Whitehead's  ■•Contributions  to  East  Jer.sey  History"  p  22.) 

Later  on,  the  early  lists  of  officers,  members,  and  supporters  of 
Old  Tennent  discover  such  family  names  as  evidently  indicate  the 
amalgamation  of  French  Huguenot,  Reformed  Dutch,  and  English 
Presbyterian  with  the  Scotch  element,  which  latter  at  the  first  pre- 
dominated. It  might  also  be  noticed  that  Old  Tennent  is  a  farmers' 
church,  having  been  originated  for  the  most  part  by  land-holders  or 
planters,  and  has  always  been  and  is  to-day  largely  composed  of  hus- 
bandman of  the  .soil. 


14  HISTORY   OF  OLD  THNNENT. 

Second :  Old  Temieiit  was  formed  into  a  church  about  1692.  This 
fact  is  based  on  a  letter  by  John  Woodhull,  D.  D.,  dated  April  23, 
1792,  in  which  he  says  "The  church  was  formed  about  an  hundred 
years  ago,  chiefly  by  persons  from  Scotland."  (quoted iu  Hodges consti. 
Hist.  pres.  ch.  Part  i  p.  65.1  Here  again  we  have  a  competent  and  reliable 
authority  in  the  character  of  the  man  and  in  the  relations  of  his  offi- 
cial position.  But  his  expression  is  only  general,  or  approximate, 
and  leaves  the  reader  to  understand  that  Old  Tennent  was  formed 
somewhere  about  1692.  Possibly  Dr.  Woodhull  did  not  state  the 
exact  date  because  he  did  not  know  it  ;  and  that  because  there  was 
no  exact  date  :  and  if  there  had  been,  he  .surely  would  have  known 
it  and  would  have  stated  it.  Rev.  Isaac  \ .  Brown,  in  a  foot-note  in 
his  sermon  at  the  funeral  of  Dr.  Woodhull  1824,  found  authority  for 
saying  concerning  Old  Tennent,  "This  Congregation  was  regularly 
organized,  June  3,  1730.  Before  this,  it  had  nominally  existed  a 
short  time  and  enjoyed  the  Pastoral  labours  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Mor- 
gan" \:C.  Yet  long  before  this  date  Old  Scots  was  considered  a  very 
church  by  the  County  Court  ;  and  from  Dr.  Hodge  we  learn  that  it 
was  the  only  church  at  first,  in  Jersey,  belonging  to  the  Philadelphia 
Presbytery.  Rev.  D.  V.  McLean,  D.  D.,  in  a  lecture  1866  on  Free- 
hold Church,  says  "The  exact  date,  however,  of  the  actual  organiza- 
tion of  the  church  cannot  now  (1866)  be  fixed  with  our  present  light 
on  the  subject.  More  thorough  investigations,  however,  it  is  con- 
fidently believed  will  disclose  facts  which  ma}'  enable  us  to  fix  the 
exact  date,  or  at  least  to  approximate  verj-  near  to  it."  As  Dr.  I\Ic 
Lean  had  access  to  all  the  old  records  of  Old  Tennent  before  some  of 
them  were  de.stroyed  by  fire  in  1869,  it  appears  that  the  records  that 
were  burned  could  not  have  stated  the  date  of  the  organization.  But 
those  records  may  have  been  the  foundation  for  the  statement  Dr. 
McLean  makes  further  on  in  his  lecture,  viz.  :  "The  Scotch  Pres- 
byterians who  settled  in  Freehold,  prized  the  ordinances  of  religion 
.so  much,  that  they  sacrificed  everything  rather  than  surrender  them 
and  submitted  to  bonds,  imprisonment,  spoiling  of  their  goods  and 
even  banishment.  Some  Ministers  had  come  with  them,  or  about 
the  same  time,  and  were  probably  living  at  least  temporarily  with 
them  ;  hence  it  .seems  in  the  highest  degree  probable  that  the  Free- 
hold congregation  was  organized  ver}'  promptly,  after  the  arrival  of 
the  Scotch,  proljably  within  a  year  or  two,  certainly  before  the  year 
1690."      In  this  Dr.  McLean  is  evidentl}^  making  an  approximation, 


ORGANIZATION.  15 

but  further  on  he  continues  in  a  precise  and  exact  statement,  viz. 
"The  fir.st  house  of  worship  erected  b}-  the  church  of  Freehold  was 
erected  cotemporaneousl}'  with  the  gathering  to-gether  of  the  congre- 
gation, on  a  rising  piece  of  Ground  at  a  place  called  Topenamus,  near 
the  residence  of  the  late  Garret  Covenhoven  and  that  church  has 
alwaj's  to  this  da}'  been  called  'The  Scotch  Church'  or  'Meeting 
house.'  "  (iu  Library  of  presbn.  Hist,  soc,  phiia.)  Stecu,  in  his  sketch.  Con- 
tends that  "the  first  organization  of  the  old  Scots  meeting,  in  all 
probability  was  at  New  Aberdeen  (now  Matawan)  and  not  on  the 
site  of  the  meeting  house  of  1705."  (p. 4)  And  he  gives  the  list  of 
thirty  names  of  men  to  whom  was  surve3'ed  and  deeded  the  landing 
on  Matawan  Creek  1700,  and  to  almost  the  same  set  of  men  100  acres 
laid  out  on  the  site  of  New  Aberdeen  (Matawan)  1701.  (compare  n.j. 
Arch.  ist.  ser.  Vol  21.  p.  324  .s:  p.  327.)  This  list  rcmarkabl}' Corresponds  with 
names  in  Old  Scots'  early  record  histor}',  and  ma}-  afford  us  some 
idea  of  the  first  Scotch  attendants  of  the  church,  and  also  some  idea 
of  where  their  communit}-  interests  centered.  Now  possibly  Dr. 
McIyCan  and  Mr.  Steen  ma}^  both  be  considered  correct  by  assuming 
that  the  earliest  form  of  church  worship  for  Old  Tennent  founders 
was  something  like  the  "conventicles"  in  Scotland,  from  house  to 
house,  that  all  the  region  from  Shrewsbury  to  Matawan  joined  in 
such  services,  and  that  when  some  worshipers  went  southwestward 
and  built  Old  Scots  that  movement  started  a  distinct  congregation  by 
itself  :  and  that  the  remainder  finally  developed  into  Shrewsbury  & 
Matawan  congregations.  But  this  must  only  be  taken  as  a  plausible 
supposition. 

Old  Scots  meeting  house  was  certainly  standing  1705  as  the  Court 
records  show  ;  but  how  long  before  this  is  not  known.  By  Aug.  3, 
1730  it  was  in  such  a  condition  that  the  congregation  determined  that 
it  "be  Repaired  With  all  the  Haste  that  can  be."  And  also  on  May 
8,  1738  they  agreed  to  "Repair  the  Doors  &  Defective  posts  of  the 
lyower  Meetinghouse"  (Old  Scots),  audit  "was forthwith  Repaired." 

(iu  Old  Tennent  Ch   Records.)       This  WOUld  SCeUl  tO  imply  that   the    buildiug 

had  been  standing  a  great  many  years. 

Wm.  Tennent  says  that  Walter  Ker  was  the  chief  instigator  iu  the 
gathering  of  the  settled  church.  Walter  Ker  received  a  deed  for  50 
acres  "at  Topenames"  1689-90  :  and  in  the  same  year  (&  adjoining 
the  Topenames  plot  possibly),  he  had  a  deed  for  30  acres  "of  head- 
land."     In   1698  he  is  spoken  of  in  connection  with  John  Reid  as 


i6  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

being  "of  Hortencie."  It  is  eas\-  to  uiiderstand  liow  this  stanch 
Scotchman  would  early  seek  to  establish  a  church  in  his  own  com- 
munity. Old  Scots  stood  in  Topenamus  locality.  But  the  exact 
date  of  the  building  of  Old  Scots  meeting  house  is  involved  in  doubt, 
possibly  in  interminable  doubt.  Considering  all  the  record  statements 
concerning  the  fact,  and  all  the  deductions  based  on  relevant  records, 
the  best  that  now  can  be  said  is  that  the  church  was  formed  aboui  1692. 

In  connection  with  the  organization  it  is  in  point  to  study  the  story 
of  the  charter  of  the  church,  the  Royal  charter.  There  is  evidence 
of  the  fact  that  there  was  a  strong  desire  in  the  Presbyterian  churches 
of  Monmouth  County,  if  not  some  earnest  efforts,  for  the  possession 
of  a  charter  some  ten  years  and  more  before  it  was  secured.  It  was 
finally  effected  under  an  application  of  three  if  not  four  churches  as- 
.sociated,  viz.  :  OldTennent  ;  Upper  Freehold,  now  called  Allen  town, 
organized  1725  ;  Shrewsbury  formed  about  1734  with  Middletown 
and  Shark  River  possibly  to  be  considered  as  churches  united  to  it  in 
the  first  pastorate  of  that  place  ;  and  perhaps  Cranbury  formed  as 
early  as  1738.  The  record  book  shows  that  in  the  first  election  of 
trustees  under  the  charter,  viz.  :  on  First  Tuesday  in  Oct.  1750  ac- 
cording to  the  charter  provision,  Nicholas  Stevens  was  one  of  the 
elders  that  took  part.  He  had  been  made  an  elder  in  Cranbury  1744. 
The  charter  was  finally  secured  largely  through  the  strong  character 
and  indefatigable  efforts  of  John  Henderson,  one  of  Old  Tennent's 
early  noblemen.  Still  treasured  among  the  church's  records  is  the 
Trustee  book  which  opens  its  record  cotemporaneously  with  the  secur- 
ing of  the  charter.  On  the  first  pages  is  found  a  detailed  account  of 
how  the  charter  was  obtained,  written  in  John  Henderson's  beautiful 
chirography.      It  is  here  quoted  entire,  as  follows  : — 

"A  Book  of  Record,  belonging  to  The  Trustees  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Monmouth  County  Pursuant  to  their  Charter  of  Incor- 
poration Dated  February  the  21th  1750-49  in  the  23d  year  of  his 
Majesties  Reign 

When  Colonel  Morris  Became  Governour  of  this  Province,  John 
Little  Esqr.  Thinking  him  to  be  a  Lover  of  the  Civil  as  well  as  Relig- 
ious Priviledges  &  Liberties  of  all  his  Majesties  Loyal  Subjects  & 
that  he  the  Sd.  Little  had  Considerable  Influence  with  the  Governour, 
Proposed  to  the  Ministers,  Elders,  Deacons  &  Brethren  of  the  Several 
Pre.sbyterian  Churches  &  Congregations  in  Sd.   County  to  Petition 


ORGANIZATION.  17 

his  Excellency  for  a  Charter  of  Incorporation  for  Securing  of  what 
Estates  the  Sd.  Presbyterians  Should  Purchass,  &c.  for  Pious  & 
Religious  &c.  All  the  English  Presbyterians  agreed  to  his  Proposal, 
but  the  Dutch  when  Conferred  with  upon  that  Affair  Refused  to  Join 
Saying  that  they  thought  their  Church  Estates  Secure  enough  by 
Virtue  of  the  Articles  of  the  Surrender  of  this  Country  Between  Eng- 
land &  Holland  &c — 

Mr.  Little  by  the  Consent,  Approbation  &  Desire  of  Sd.  Ministers 
Elders  &  Brethren  Applied  to  James  Alexander  Esqr.  and  William 
Smith  Esqr.  &  Gave  Fees  to  Each  of  them  for  Councill  and  a  proper 
Draught  of  a  Petition  &  a  Charter  which  he  got  and  presented  to  the 

Governour  before  it  Should  be  brought  in  Form  before  him 

but  the  Governr.  put  both  in  his  pocket  &  neither  Gave  Answer 
neither  got  Mr.  Little  the  Sd.  Draughts  Back  again  untill  after  Sd. 
Governours  Death — 

At  Christmas  1748  Upon  his  Excellency,  Governour  Belcher's  In- 
vitation the  Reverd.  Willm.  Tennent  went  to  Burlington  to  Preach 
and  John  Henderson  accompany'd  him  and  in  Converse  with  the 
Governour  they  Informed  him  of  the  above  affair  from  whose  Con- 
versation they  took  Courage  to  begin  again  and  a  Petition  and  a 
Draught  of  a  Charter  prepared  &  the  Petition  Signed  with  a  large 
Number  of  persons  of  the  Presbyterians  living  &  Inhabiting  in  the 
County  of  Monmouth  &  Waiting  untill  the  Governour  &  Council 
Should  meet  which  did  not  Hapen  untill  the  Month  of  February 
Anno  Domini  1749-50  when  John  Little  afd.  &  Stephen  Pangburn 
Esqrs.  and  Sd.  John  Henderson  were  appointed  Commissioners  to 
Present  Sd.  Petition  to  the  Governour  &  Council  and  Soliciat  or  Cary 
on  the  Affair  of  the  Charter  but  Mr.  Little  being  too  Infirm  to  Travail 
to  Burlingtown  Impowered  John  Henderson  afd.  to  Act  in  his  Room 
&  Stead  with  the  Governour  and  Council  for  the  purposes  afd.  Ac- 
cordingly on  Monday  the  Twelveth  Day  of  Sd.  February  Sd.  John 
Henderson  Set  Out  for  Burlington  but  Mr.  Pangburn  Said  he  Could 
not  go  with  him  therefore  Sd.  Henderson  went  to  Burlington  and 
waited  on  the  Governour  and  Council  untill  Fryday  the  i6th.  Day  of 
Sd.  February  when  the  Governour  was  pleased  to  Come  to  the  Coun- 
cil Chamber  where  his  Excellency  and  the  Honourable  Council  was 
Graciously  pleased  to  Receive  and  hear  the  Said  Petition  and  Grant 
the  Request  petitioned  for  and  Give  the  Sd.  Henderson  the  Copy  of 
a  Rule  or  Order  that  was  then  Entered  in  the  Council  Books  Direct- 


i8  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

ing  the  Attorney  General  to  prepare  a  Charter  for  that  Purpose. 
Accordingh"  Sd.  Henderson  Set  out  for  Trenton  to  the  Attorney 
General's  and  Came  to  his  House  and  Gave  him  the  Cop}'  afd.  but 
he  could  not  get  a  New  Charter  Drawn  on  Parchment  but  Indorsed 
his  Approbation  &c  of  the  Same  Charter  on  a  Draught  that  the  Sd. 
Henderson  had  Drawn  on  Paper  and  Sd.  Henderson  paid  him  Three 
Pounds  proclamation  Money  for  the  Same  and  then  the  Said  Hender- 
.son  made  all  the  Haste  that  the  very  great  Extremity  of  the  Weather 
would  allow  back  to  Burlington  and  Waited  on  the  Governour  and 
Council  who  was  pleased  to  meet  on  Wednesda}' the  21th  Day  of  Sd. 
February  at  the  Council  Chamber  and  the  Charter  being  Writ  on  two 
Sheets  of  Royal  paper  the  Governour  was  pleased  to  Sign  his  Name 
on  Each  Sheet  for  fear  of  the  Sheets  Should  be  parted  by  any  Acci- 
dent and  the  Governour  and  Council  Ordered  the  Secretary-  forthwith 
to  Affix  the  Great  Seal  of  the  Province  which  he  Imediately  Did  the 
Governour  &  Council  Refused  to  Receive  anything  for  their  Favour 
and  pains  &  the  Secretary  «&  Other  Officers  would  Take  nothing  but 
the  Ordinance  Fees." 

For  a  copy  of  the  Charter  that  was  thus  secured  see  Appendix. 
What  is  undoul)tedly  the  original  of  this  charter  is  now  in  fire-proof 
apartments  in  the  custody  of  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey  held  by  mutual 
agreement  and  in  trust  for  the  Old  Tennent  church.  Through  the 
care  and  efforts  of  Rev.  Hugh  B.  McCauley,  formerly  of  Freehold 
(town)  church,  large,  beautiful,  facsimile  copies  have  been  made  of 
this  document  by  photograph,  one  of  which  now  hangs  on  the  walls 
of  the  old  church. 

The  names  of  the  first  trustees  under  this  charter  were  John  Little, 
Jun.,  Christopher  Longstreet,  Jonathan  Forman,  Esq.,  John  Ander- 
son, Esqr.,  James  Robinson,  John  Henderson,  Stephen  Pangburn, 
Esq.,  Robert  Imlay,  and  Tobias  Polhemus.  Of  this  board  of  "Notable 
Church  Trustees"  James  Steen  has  written  interesting  sketches,  from 
which  is  mainly  drawn  the  following  facts  : — Those  having  "Esq." 
after  their  name  were  County  Judges  or  Justices  at  the  time.  Of  the 
several  corporators  ; — 

John  Little,  Jr.,  who  represented  the  Shrew.sbury  church,  was  a 
son  of  John  who  was  a  Scotch  Irish  Presbyterian.  This  John,  vSr. 
was  a  judge  in  the  Monmouth  Co.  Court  for  twenty-five  years.  He 
had  fought  in  the  French  and  Indian  War  1746  as  Lieut.  Col.,  of  the 
Monmouth  Militia.      He  lived  near  Eatontown,  and  died  in  1750-51 


ORGANIZATION.  19 

leaving  /'200  to  the  Shrewsbury  church,  having  been  instrumental 
in  its  establishment.  John,  Jr.,  like  his  father,  became  an  elder  in 
the  Shrewsbury  church,  and  a  judge  in  the  County  courts.  He  was 
a  patriot  in  the  Revolution,  an  active  member  of  the  Committee  of 
Safety.  He  married  first  '"Mercy,"  or  "Moica,"  Longstreet,  sister 
to  Christopher  the  trustee.  Second  he  married  1752  Elizabeth,  widow 
of  Rev.  Eleazar  Wales.  He  drove  long  distances  in  attending  the 
meetings  of  the  trustees,  going  as  far  as  Allentown.     He  died  in  1785. 

Christopher  L,ongstreet,  representing  Shrewsbury,  was  the  son  of 
Theophilus  and  his  wife  Mercy  Lane.  He  was  baptized  in  the  Dutch 
Reformed  church  of  Long  Island  Dec.  25,  1713.  He  married  Abigail 
Wooley  Dec.  1743.  One  of  his  descendants  was  Gen.  James  Long- 
street,  C.  S.  A.,  and  another,  Virginia  Lafayette  Longstreet,  married 
Hon.  Lucius  Q.  C.  Lamar,  U.  S.  Supreme  Court :  and  a  large  num- 
ber of  others  may  be  found  in  the  South  and  West.  In  the  trustees' 
book  his  name  is  sometimes  put  "Stoffil"  and  "Stoffel"  the  common 
abbreviation  of  Theophilus  which  was  indeed  his  name.  In  1750  he 
purchased  a  grist  mill  in  Allentown,  and  removed  there.  He  died 
in  1784. 

Jonathan  Forman,  Esq.,  representing  Old  Tennent,  was  a  county 
judge.  Some  have  claimed  that  he  was  the  son  of  John  Forman  the 
Scottish  exile  and  Covenanter.  Others  hold  that  he  was  the  great- 
grandson  of  Robert  Forman,  an  EngHshman  who  came  to  this  coun- 
try and  died  1691  on  Long  Island.  He  married  Margaret  WyckofF. 
A  large  number  of  notable  and  patriotic  citizens  claim  descent  from 
him.  He  died  Dec.  28,  1762  aged  74  years,  and  was  buried  in  Old 
Scots  ground.  About  one  and  a  half  miles  southeast  of  Monmouth 
Court-house  is  a  locality  long  known  as  "Forman  neighborhood"  or 
"Forman  square." 

John  Anderson,  Esq.,  representing  Old  Tennent,  was  another 
county  judge,  and  was  the  son  of  John  Anderson,  Sr.  who  was  cap- 
tain of  the  '  'Unicorn. ' '  His  mother  was  Anna  Reid  daughter  of  John 
Reid  map-drawer  and  Surveyor-general.  He  had  brothers  and  sis- 
ters, James,  Kenneth,  Jonathan,  Margaret,  Helena,  Anna,  Elizabeth 
and  Isabella.  His  uncle,  Rev.  James  Anderson,  was  the  first  pastor 
of  Wall  Street  Pres.  church.  New  York  City.  He  died  July  19,  1793 
in  his  90th  year,  and  was  buried  in  Old  Tennent  cemetery. 

James  Robinson,  representing  Old  Tennent,  was  of  Scottish  descent. 
He  deeded  the  site  for  St.  Peter's  (P.  E.)  church,   Freehold,  N.  J., 


20  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

March  28,  1738.  His  descendants  internianied  witli  tlie  Rhea,  Hen- 
drickson,  West,  Vaughn,  and  English  families.  He  tlied  Jan.  22, 
1773  in  his  74th  year,  and  his  grave  is  in  Old  Tennent  yard. 

John  Henderson,  the  fourth  trustee  for  Old  Tennent,  was  born  in 
New  Jersey  about  1697.  He  was  a  very  prominent  and  active  mem- 
ber and  officer  in  Old  Tennent  for  more  than  forty  years.  June  9, 
1730  he  was  cho.sen  clerk  for  the  congregation,  and  much  of  its  ear- 
lier history  and  Baptismal  Register  under  Wm.  Tennent  is  thus  written 
in  his  fine  hand-writing  and  accurate  statement.  He  was  the  first 
president  of  the  board  of  trustees,  and  for  many  years  occupied  this 
position.  He  lived  about  one  mile  east  of  Freehold  (town)  on  the 
Colts  Neck  road.  He  died  Jan.  i,  1771  in  his  74th  year,  and  his 
grave  is  in  Old  Scots  yard.  See,  further,  "Genealogical  Notes"  in 
Appendix. 

Stephen  Pangburn,  Esq.,  was  a  justice.  It  is  difficult  to  determine 
which  he  represented  in  the  college  of  churches.  In  1754  David  Knot 
was  chosen  to  fill  his  place  in  the  list  of  trustees.  He  had  lived  in 
Middlesex  Co.,  and  married  1742  Rebecca,  of  Upper  Freehold,  widow 
of  William  Imlay.  He  removed  to  Monmouth  Co.  In  1754  he  mar- 
ried for  second  time  Anne  Montgomery.  He  owned  a  grist  mill,  and 
probably  a  saw  mill,  at  Mannahawkin.      He  died  about  1779. 

Robert  Imlay,  representing  Allentown,  purchased  a  mill  in  Upper 
Freehold  1727.  He  died  there  1754,  and  Peter  Imlay,  son  of  Wm., 
was  cho.sen  in  his  "room  and  stead"  as  a  trustee.  He  had  property 
at  Middletown  Point  and  Mount  Pleasant.  Possibly  he  was  the  .son 
of  Patrick  Imlay  who  1705  joined  with  others  before  the  court  to  have 
the  Old  Scots  meeting-house  recorded. 

Tobias  Polhemus,  also  tru.stee  for  Allentown,  was  a  lineal  descend- 
ant of  Rev.  Johannes  Theodorus  Polhemus,  who  preached  in  the 
Dutch  Reformed  church  Brooklyn  and  Flatbush,  L,.  I.,  as  early  as 
1654.  He  married  first  1748  Parthenia  daughter  of  Samuel  Imlay. 
His  sister,  Elizabeth,  married  Gui.sbert  Hendrickson.  His  daughter, 
Mary,  by  his  second  wife,  married  Theophilus  Little,  .son  of  John,  Jr., 
of  Shrewsbury.      He  died  in  1780. 

Immediately  on  the  .securing  of  the  charter  the  trustees  met  at  the 
hou.se  of  James  Robin.son  March  26,  1750,  when  they  qualified  by 
"Taking  the  Oaths  of  Aliegance,  Abjuration  Declaration  &c.,"  and 
akso  they  took  the  following  for  the  discharge  of  their  office  or  trust, 
"You  and  I'^ach  of  You  shall  faithfully  and   Truly  Discharge  Your 


ORGANIZATION. 


21 


and  each  of  Your  Duties  and  the  Trust  Reposed  in  You  &  Each  of 
You,  as  Trustees  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Monmouth  County 
Pursuant  to  his  Majesties  Charter  of  Incorporation  to  You  for  that 
purpose  According  to  the  best  Of  Your  Understanding  So  help  You 
God."  They  acknowledged  the  oaths  "by  Each  Man  Signing  his 
Name  hereunto." 

According  to  a  provision  in  the  charter  the  trustees  adopted  a  seal 
choosing  their  own  device.  Unhappily  this  seal  has  been  lost  or 
somewhere  mislaid.  But  in  1896  through  the  combined  .study  and 
effort  of  James  Steen  and  Rev.  Allen  H.  Brown  an  impres.sion  of  this 
seal  was  discovered  on  a  deed  given  by  the  trustees  May  5,  1760  to 
Elihu  Williams,  and  at  the  time  in  the  possession  of  Arthur  W. 
Little,  of  Philadelphia,  who  kindly  loaned  it  for  inspection.  This 
deed  was  submitted  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Henry  C.  McCook,  a  connoisseur 
in  church  seals  and  emblems,  who  deciphered  the  devise  in  the  dim 
impression,  and  wrote  an  interesting  article  in  regard  to  it,  which 
was  published  in  "The  Presbyterian"   May  27,    1S96.     He  thought 


Seal  of  Monmoutli  Churches,  full  size. 


that  the  rough  figure  of  a  bush  or  tree  on  the  center  of  the  .seal  was 
probabl)^  an  attempt  to  reproduce  the  "Burning  Bush,"  the  symbol 
on  the  seal  of  the  Scotch  Church,  from  which  the  Covenanters  of  Old 
Scots  had  come  ;  or  that  possibly  it  was  meant  to  represent  a  "tree 
of  libert}',"  which  he  said  "has  been  the  well-known  symbol  of  pop- 
ular freedom  from  early  ages."  Also  he  called  attention  to  the  simi- 
larity of  the  phrase  "Religious  Eibert}-"  on  the  seal,  with  the  words 


22  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

"Free  Hill"  aiul  "Freehold,"  as  suggesting  "a  clue  to  the  spirit 
which  prompted  these  liberated  exiles  to  perpetuate  their  gratitude 
and  their  sentiments  in  the  motto  upon  their  corporate  seal."  The 
seal  he  said  is  "the  oldest  known  corporate  seal  of  any  American 
Presbyterian  church." 

Of  course,  after  the  separate  corporation  was  secured,  the  u.se  of 
this  Monmouth  seal  ceased.  The  Trustees  of  the  new  corporation 
immediately  decided  March  13,  17S7,  "to  procure  a  seal  for  the  Cor- 
poration with  the  following  words  and  device  engraven  thereon  viz. 
The  seal  of  the  first  Presbyterian  Congregation  in  F^reehold  and  a 
dove  with  an  olive  branch,  that  Genl.  David  Forman  be  requested  to 
procure  the  same."  The  device  chosen  is  suggestive  of  the  .spirit 
and  desire  in  the  church  at  that  date.  Later,  May  2,  1859,  the 
tru.stees  resolved  "to  procure  a  seal  for  the  corporation  and  that  the 
device  be  a  key  and  that  Joseph  Combs  procure  the  same."  If  this 
resolution  was  carried  out,  then  this  seal  could  not  long  have  been 
used,  .since  now  for  some  3-ears  the  trustees  have  not  been  accustomed 
to  place  any  adopted  device  on  their  documents. 

The  churches,  associated  with  Old  Tennent  under  the  Royal  char- 
ter, were  all  of  early  origin. 

S/urzcsbioy  Cliurch. — Definite  data  concerning  the  organization  of 
this  church  is  meagre  and  un.satisfactory.     The  place  was  .settled  very 
early,  and  George  Fox,  the  Quaker,   visiting  it  in    1672  found  the 
Friends  building  a  meeting  house.     The  Presbyterians  of  that  place 
pos.sibly  came  up  to  Old  Scots  for  a  time.      But  preaching  services 
must  have  been  held  and  a  nucleus  begun  before  or  by  1734,    for  in 
that  year  a  call  from  the  people  of  Shrewsbury  and  Middletown  was 
made  to  Samuel  Blair,  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  a  student  of  the  Log 
College  ;   and  he  .settled  among   them.     The  church    was  compara- 
tively weak,  and  for  many  years  of  slow  growth.      It  suffered  much 
from  long  interims  of  settled   pastors  :    but  a  few  faithful  souls  kept 
the  little  flame  of  sanctuary  worship  alive.     Tho.se  who  have  .served 
as  pastors  or  supplies  are  Samuel  Blair  1 734-39.     Elihu  Spencer,  D.  D 
1761-64.     Charles   McKnight    1767-78.     Ebenezar    Grant    1800-02 
Horace   S.    Pratt    1822.     Nathaniel   A.    Pratt    1824-26.     James    M 
Huntting  1828-30.     James  Woodward  1830-39.     L.  S.   Bebee   1839 
Rufus  Taylor,    D.  D.    1840-52.     Thaddeus  Wilson,   D.  D.    1852-97 
Samuel  D.  Price  1898 — . 


ORGANIZATION.  23 

Allentoicn  Church, — or  Upper  Freehold,  probably  got  its  name  from 
one  Nathan  Allen,  who  in  1706  bought  a  large  tract  of  land  there, 
and  on  it  built  a  grist  mill  and  a  house.  The  settlement  was  largely 
made  up  of  Friends.  But  the  Dutch  from  near  Middletown  and 
Shrewsbury,  and  the  Scotch  from  Freehold  moved  in,  and  thus  a 
Presbyterian  element  was  begun.  Joseph  Morgan  of  Old  Scots 
church  visited  and  preached  in  the  settlement  and  helped  to  start  the 
movement  toward  gathering  a  church  : — later  also  Wm.  Tennent 
preached  there  as  an  occasional  supply  when  the  people  were  without 
a  pastor.  George  Whitefield  was  a  visitor  there  in  1740.  The 
church  was  organized,  or  formed,  1725,  although  a  house  of  worship 
had  been  built  and  preaching  services  conducted  some  time  previous 
to  that  date.  During  its  history  it  has  suffered  from  the  lack  of  pas- 
tors at  times,  of  which  some  were  long  interims  :  but  the  Lord  kept 
the  church  to  prosper.  At  one  time  it  was  joined  with  Cranbury  in 
the  collegiate  pastorate  of  Charles  McKnight,  preacher  and  martyr- 
patriot,  whose  tablet  may  be  seen  in  Trinity  Churchyard,  N.  Y.  In 
1752  a  parsonage  farm  was  purchased,  which  eventually  contained 
more  than  220  acres.  The  pastors  at  Allentown  have  been  Eleazar 
Wales  1730-34.  Charles  McKnight  1744-66.  Wm.  Schenck  1774-78. 
Geo.  Faitoute  1779-81.  Joseph  Clark  1788-96.  John  Cornell  1800-20. 
Henr}'  Perkins,  D.  D.  1820-64.  K.  P.  Ketcham  1864-71.  Lawrence 
M.  Colfelt  1872-74.     George  Swain,  D.  D.  1874—. 

CranbiDy  Church, — bj^  173S  was  organized  sufficiently  to  have  com- 
missioners appear  in  the  first  meeting  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  Bruns- 
wick and  ask  for  supplies.  In  1740  a  church  building  was  erected 
on  a  site  which  is  now  covered  b}'  the  old  cemetery.  Its  pastors  have 
been  Charles  McKnight  1744-56.  Thomas  Smith  1762-89.  Gilbert 
Tennent  Snowden  1790-97.  Geo.  Spafford  Wood  hull  1798- 1820. 
Symmes  C.  Henry  1820-57.  Joseph  G.  Symmes  1S57-94.  Joseph 
E.  Curry  1894 — . 

Pursuant  to  the  charter,  the  trustees  procured  a  book  (as  above 
mentioned)  into  which  they  entered  the  record  of  the  business  the}' 
performed  and  also  copies  of  deeds.  This  book  is  still  in  the  posses- 
sion of  Old  Tennent,  and  contains  interesting  information  as  to  the 
successive  trustees  and  how  they  disposed  of  business,  with  hints  as 
to  the  names  of  elders  and  deacons  in  the  respective  churches.  The 
trustees  met,  according  to  circumstance  and  convenience,  at  different 
places,  at  the  Old  Tennent  church  frequently,   and  at  the  houses  of 


24  HISTORY   OF  OLD  THNNENT. 

the  following  persons,  Capt.  John  Little  in  Shrewsbury  Feb.  1752, 
Rev.  Chas.  McKnight  in  Upper  Freehold  June  1752,  Widow  Allen 
in  Allentown  Ajiril  1756,  Mr.  Petter  Fonnan  Oct.  1767,  John  Hen- 
derson. Fvsq.  Oct.  1768,  Widow  Marfords  in  Freehold  Oct.  1769, 
Hartshorne  White  in  Lower  Freehold  Oct.  of  1771,  '72,  '73,  Widow 
White  in  Freehold  Oct.  1774,  and  frequently  at  James  RolDinson's  in 
Freehold. 


EDIFICES.  25 


CHAPTER  II. 

EDIFICES. 

The  first  house  for  worship,  in  the  history  of  Old  Tennent,  was 
erected  on  the  site  of  what  is  now  known  as  Old  Scots'  grave  yard,  a 
lonely,  retired,  and  sacred  God's  acre,  in  Marlboro  township,  Mon- 
mouth Co.,  and  near  to  Wickatunk  depot,  Central  R.  R.  of  N.  J. 
The  sanctuary  stood  on  a  little  eminence  which  the  early  settlers 
named  "Free  Hill."  It  is  about  195  feet  above  mean  .sea  level,  and 
water  flows  away  from  its  vicinity  in  several  directions.  The  current 
tradition  is  that  the  church  edifice  was  built  of  logs,  possibly  smoothed 
on  the  outer  and  inner  sides.  Or  it  may  have  had  a  frame  with  an 
inclosure  of  heavy  boards  without  paint.  It  must  have  been  of  primi- 
tive fashion  as  the  facilities  for  house-building  were  necessarily  limited 
in  those  early  days.  Monmouth  Co.  was  then  a  wilderness  with 
Indians  and  wild  beasts  through  it,  many  years  even  after  Old  Scots 
house  was  built.  As  late  as  1730  the  Council  sitting  at  Perth  Amboy 
passed  "An  Act  to  Encourage  the  Killing  of  Wolves  and  Panthers." 
A  few  months  previous  to  this  The  New  England  Weekly  Journal, 
Feb.  23,  1730,  had  the  following  item,  "Philadelphia,  January  13. 
On  Monday  sennight  was  killed  near  Shrewsbury  in  the  Jerseys  a 
monstrous  large  Phanter,  the  like  never  seen  before  in  these  Parts 
Its  Legs  being  thicker  than  that  of  a  Horse,  with  a  Body  propor- 
tionable, and  the  Nails  of  its  Claws  longer  than  the  middle  Finger  of 
a  Man's  Hand.  It  seems  the  Indian  who  killed  him  was  creeping 
up  on  the  Ground,  in  order  to  have  a  Shot  at  a  Buck,  but  hearing  a 
rustling  of  Leaves  behind  him  accidentily  saw  the  Panther  a  few  yards 
off,  just  ready  to  leap  upon  him  he  thereupon  instantly  fires,  and 
luckily,  with  about  4  or  5  Swan  shot,  hit  him  in  the  Head,  and  Killed 
him.  The  Indian  received  a  considerable  Reward  for  the  Service, 
from  the  Liberality  of  the  neighboring  People." 

It  is  interesting  and  amusing  to  note  also  the  lollowing  item  in  The 
American  Weekly  Mercury,  Sep.  2-9,  1731,  "Upper-Freehold,  Sep- 
tember 7.  Yesterday  one  Thomas  Deacon  a  Servant  to  Robert 
Lawrence,  and  a  Boy  of  about  1 1  Years  of  age,  coming  from  Meeting 


EDIFICES.  27 

together  heard  their  Dog  (who  for  Fashion  sake  had  been  to  Meet- 
ing) bark  ver}'  much,  sent  the  Child  to  see  what  was  the  Matter,  who 
running  back  told  him  it  was  two  great  Bucks  fast  together  by  the 
Horns.  The  Man  with  much  difficult}-  Cut  both  their  Throats,  their 
Horns  being  so  lockt  together  that  several  have  tried  to  part  them, 
since  both  their  Heads  are  cut  off,  but  find  it  cannot  be  done  without 
breaking  or  cutting  of  them." 

These  incidents  afford  some  idea  of  the  condition  of  the  localities 
through  which  the  people  traveled  long  distances  in  attending  church 
service.  Indians  and  their  descendants  remained  within  the  bounds 
of  the  congregation  for  100  years  after  the  first  church  was  built.  It 
is  to  be  regretted  that  we  do  not  know  more  about  the  style  and  size 
of  this  Old  Scots  meeting  house,  which  stood  about  five  miles  to  the 
northeast  of  where  Old  Tennent  now  stands.  Dr.  Arch.  Alexander 
said,  about  1S40,  that  the  remains  of  the  old  building  might  yet  be 
seen.  Rev.  H.  G.  Smith  in  1895  said  "Of  the  building  itself,  no 
memor}',  tradition,  or  trace  remains  except  the  slight  depression  in 
the  soil,  which  would  indicate  the  humble  dimensions  of  a  structure 
perhaps  some  twenty  feet  square' '  (History  of  Old  Scots  Church  p.  13. ) 
In  a  note  he  says  "These  dimensions  would  make  the  building  larger 
than  the  famous  'Eog  College,'  built  over  thirt}'  years  afterwards." 
Thus  one  of  the  most  famous  landmarks  of  this  section,  and  of  Pres- 
byterianism  in  this  country,  has  passed  into  oblivion. 

In  an  old  book  in  the  County  Clerk's  office  at  Freehold  marked 
"Minutes  of  Monmouth  Co.  168S-1721,"  p.  239,  is  this,  "At  A  Court 
of  Genarall  quorter  sessions  held  At  Shrowsbury  for  ye  County  of 
Monmouth  on  ye  fourth  Tusday  In  december  Annoqe  Dom  1705." 

The  next  day  after  this  opening  the  record  reads  thus  : — 
"At  Six  aclock  ye  Court  being  opened 

(John  Bowne  Esqr.      President 
I  Richard  Salter  ) 

p .    .  J  Obadiah  Bowne  | 

}  Anthony  Woodward    [>  Assistants 
!  George  Allen  j 

(Jeremiah  Stillwell        J 

At  ye  Request  of  Mr.  John  Craig  Walter  Ker  William  Ronnol 
Patrick  Imlay  in  behalf  of  themselves  &  their  breatheren  ye  protestant 
decenters  of  freehold  Called  Presbyterians  that  there  publick  Meeting 


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EARLY  COUNTY  COURT  RECORDS  ABOUT  OLD  SCOTS 
CHURCH   AND  JOHN  BOYD. 


EDIFICES.  29 

house  may  be  Recorded  Ordered  by  this  Cort  yt  It  be  Recorded  as 
followeth. 

The  Meeting  House  for  Relidgous  Worship  belonging  to  the  Prot- 
istant  discenters  Called  ye  Presbeterions  of  ye  town  of  Freehold  In  ys 
County  of  Monmouth  in  ye  Province  of  New  Jarsey  is  Scituate  built 
lying  &  being  at  &  upon  a  pece  of  Rising  grownd  or  little  hill  Com- 
monly known  &  Called  by  the  nane  of  free  hill  In  sd  town." 

This  recording  of  the  meeting  house  gave  to  the  Old  Scots  people 
a  sort  of  charter  and  title  of  possession  together,  as  Rev.  H.  G.  Smith 
says  that  it  gave  to  these  Pre.sbyterians  '  'an  endorsement  by  the 
constituted  authorities  of  their  ownership  and  their  rights  to  own." 

Of  the  men  mentioned  in  this  recording,  Walter  Ker  was  he  of 
whom  Wm.  Tennent  speaks,  that  he  came  over  in  16S5  banished  for 
religion's  sake.  He  was  then  about  twenty-nine  years  of  age.  He 
seems  to  have  served  indentures  for  four  5'ears,  when  Thomas  Parr, 
brick  maker,  deeded  to  him  March  2,  1689-90  "the  30  acres  of  head- 
land coming  to  him. ' '  He  became  a  land-holder  as  his  name  in  early 
deeds  may  show,  in  Matawan,  in  Topanemus,  and  near  the  Old  Ten- 
nent church.  Once  he  is  spoken  of  thus,  "John  Reid  of  Hortencie  to 
Walter  Ker  of  the  same  place,"  intimating  a  place  where  he  once 
lived  1698.  He  has  left  a  large  list  of  descendants  of  whom  three  at 
least  became  preachers,  Rev.  Nathan  Ker,  Goshen,  N.  Y.,  Rev. 
Jacob  Ker,  Somerset  Co.,  Md.,  and  Rev.  Frank  M.  Ker,  Hempstead, 
Long  Island,  {^sce  Appendix.)  He  was  evidently  a  man  of  decided 
opinions  and  force  of  character.  He  and  his  sons  were  active  elders 
and  deacons  in  the  church.  He  passed  the  years  of  his  early  life 
amid  the  sad  scenes  of  persecution  in  his  native  land  ;  but  by  the 
mercy  of  God  he  was  given  to  be  a  man  serviceable  in  promoting  the 
Christian  religion  in  this  Old  Tennent  region,  and  to  be  a  witness  in 
his  declining  years  of  the  glorious  scenes  of  "The  Great  Awakening" 
in  America.  Smith  says,  "Walter  Ker  came  from  the  Parish  of 
Dalsert,  Lanarkshire,  and  was  banished  two  days  before  Pitlochie's 
expedition  sailed  through  the  influence  of  the  curate  of  the  Parish, 
Joseph  Clelland." 

About  one-half  mile  east  of  the  present  Old  Tennent  church  on  a 
wooded  and  hilly  point  of  ground,  his  grave  stone  may  still  be  seen 
bearing  a  unique  inscription  which  testifies  to  the  esteem  in  which  he 
was  held  in  character  and  in  worth,  and  also  suggests  the  strong 
scriptural  faith  of  his  friends  in  Christian  eschatology. 


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TOMBSTONI':  OF  WALTICR   KIU^  IN    1897. 

(L   K.  Cheeseiuan,  Photographer.) 


EDIFICES.  31 

The  tombstone  is  of  "finiied-grained  sandstone"  and  the  letters  are 
neatly  and  clearly  cut,  and  may  still  be  easily  read,  thus  : 
"Here  lies  what's  Mortal  of  Walter  Ker 
Deceased  June  loth  174S  in  ye  92  j-ear  of  his  age 
who  long  with  Patience  Bore  lifes  heavy  load 
willing  to  spend  &  to  be  spent  for  God 
the  noble  Portrait  in  a  line  to  paint 
he  Breath'd  a  Father  liv"d  &  Dy'd  a  saint 
Here  sleeps  in  peace  the  aged  sire's  Dust 
Till  the  glad  Trump  arouse  the  sleeping  Just." 


His  autograph  here  given  is  taken  from  the  deed  of  1727,  when  lie 
was  about  seventy  years  of  age. 

William  Ronnol  (or  Ronnel )  was  an  early  settler.  A  William 
Ronald  (possibly  the  same  name),  came  over  by  or  before  Dec.  i, 
1684,  and  was  registered  "in  the  Secretary's  books  of  Records,"  and 
indentured  for  four  years.  William  Ronald  made  his  will  1709,  mak- 
ing his  wife  Helen  executrix,  and  names  his  sons  John,  William, 
and  James,  and  daughters  Euphame,  Janet,  Helen  and  Sophia.  In 
17 1 2  John  bought  land  on  Doctor's  Creek,  near  AUentown. 

Patrick  Iml}'  is  possibl}'  to  be  identified  with  the  one  that  was  a 
grantee  in  the  Matawan  tract  and  landing  ;  and  that  acquired  land 
on  Doctor's  Creek,  AUentown  ;  and  that  left  descendants  Robert, 
William,  and  Parthenia.  The  N.  J.  Archives  show  the  name  spelled 
variously,  and  yet  doirbtless  the  same  person. 

The  Philadelphia  Presbytery  was  the  first  one  formed  in  America. 
Some  claim  that  its  first  meeting  about  which  anything  is  officially 
known,  was  held  in  Old  Scots'  church  Dec.  29,  1706,  when  it  or- 
dained John  Boyd,  the  first  kriown  virtual  pastor  of  the  church  ;  and 
for  this  reason  great  honor  and  interest  have  been  attached  to  the 
spot.  Steen  questions  this  assertion,  and  gives  a  number  of  argu- 
ments to  show  why  it  could  not  have  been  so.  The  official  records 
of  this  Presbyter_v  open  in  the  midst  of  the  account  of  the  examina- 
tion and  ordination  of  John  Boyd,  as  the  first  leaf  of  the  record  is 
missing,  and  doubtless  irrecoverably  lost,  to  the  extreme  sorrow  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  in  this  country.  And  therefore  it  can  not 
be  positivel}'  affirmed  at  what  place  that  meeting  was  held. 


32  HISTORY  OF  OLD   TENNENT. 

There  is  a  deed  still  carefully  treasured  by  tlie  church,  dated  June 
I,  1727,  given  by  Alexander  Neiper  to  John  Johnston,  Senr.  Esq., 
Peter  Watson,  Walter  Ker,  Senr.,  Patrick  Inilay,  Senr.,  Archibald 
Creige  and  Richard  Watson  for  a  lot  of  ground  five  chains  square,  or 
two  and  one-half  acres,  {sec  Appendix).  To  this  deed  an  agree- 
ment is  added  and  signed  at  a  later  date,  March  27,  1728,  thus,  "Be- 
fore the  signeing  &  .sealing  of  this  Deed  the  within  Mentioned  persons 
Doth  all  promise  that  them  theire  heirs  and  Every  of  them  shall  use 
the  said  Land  for  a  buring  Yard  and  to  Keep  a  prisbteran  Meeting 
and  for  No  Other  Use  the  sade  Alexander  Nipper  his  heires  Exetor 
shall  Not  be  troubled  with  No  taueran  Nor  No  Residentar  on  the  said 
tract  of  Land,"  and  this  is  signed  by  Walter  Ker,  Archibald  Creige, 
Richard  Watson,  and  Charles  Gordon.  The  land  was  .sold  "for  and 
in  consideration  of  a  competent  Sum  of  money,"  and  a  .sort  of  rent 
was  to  be  paid,  thus,  "Yeilding  &  Paying  therefore  Yearly  &  every 
Year  for  ye  Said  Tract  of  Land  unto  him  ye  Sd.  Alexander  Nepier, 
his  Heirs  &  A.ssigns  a  corn  of  Peper  or  the  valire  thereof  at  or  upon 
every  25th  day  of  March  for  ever  hereafter  in  Lieu  &  instead  of  all 
other  Services  &  Demands."  Perhaps  this  means  that  the  land  was 
virtually  given  to  the  church.  A  number  of  graves  had  already  been 
made  around  the  church,  and  the  agreement  subjoined  was  perhaps 
an  effort  made  to  have  the  ground  preserved  sacred.  Of  the  men 
therein  named,  Steen  says  of  John  Johnston  that  he  had  been  a  drug- 
gist in  Edinburgh,  married  Eupham,  daughter  of  George  Scot,  April 
18,  1686  after  coming  to  this  country,  and  by  her  came  into  pos.ses- 
sion  of  a  large  tract  of  land  of  thousands  of  acres.  He  practiced 
medicine,  and  was  prominent  as  a  public  official.  He  had  six  sons, 
John,  Andrew,  William,  James,  George,  and  Lewis  (William  and 
James  died  young),  and  seven  daughters  only  two  of  whom  were 
married  :  and  a  large  and  respected  posterity  followed.  He  died  at 
Perth  Amboy  Sep.  6,  1732  in  his  71st  year.  Archibald  Craige  may 
po-ssibly  be  identified  with  the  one  who  came  over  under  Lord  Neil 
Campbell  Dec.  1685,  whose  list  includes  and  spells,  John,  James, 
Archibald,  and  Orsella  Graige  ;  and  with  the  one  named  among  the 
grantees  of  the  Matawan  tract  1701  ;  and  with  the  one  named  in  a 
deed  April  10,  1702,  "John  Craige  of  Amboy  to  his  .son  Archibald 
Craige,  for  a  lot  in  Monmouth  Co.,  on  Spotswood  Brook  ;"  this  would 
be  in  Old  Tennent  locality.  He  died  March  6,  1751,  aged  73  years, 
and  was  buried  in  Old  Scots  vard.      Richard  Watson  was  another 


EDIFICES.  33 

son  of  Peter,  beside  those  mentioned  in  Chapter  I.  Alexander  Nei- 
per  was  possibl}^  the  one  that  came  over  in  1684  and  indentured  for 
four  years.  He  was  Presbyterian,  then  Quaker,  then  Episcopalian. 
He  appears  to  have  been  father-in-law  to  Peter  Watson. 

This  Old  Scots  ground  had  been  granted  to  Alexander  Neiper  Feb. 
5,  1697,  by  tleed  of  sale  "from  John  Reid  Esqr.  Deceased  of  Horten- 
sie."  John  Reid  was  a  map-drawer  of  the  province,  and  subse- 
quently became  its  Surveyor-general.  He  had  one  son,  John,  who 
went  to  Westchester  and  practiced  law.  One  of  his  daughters,  Anna, 
married  Capt.  John  Anderson  of  Monmouth  :  the  other  daughter, 
Helena,  married  Rev.  John  Bartow  of  Westchester,  N.  Y.  ;  another 
daughter  died  in  infancy.  John  Reid  had  a  brother  Andrew.  Also 
he  had  a  brother,  James,  who  had  sons  Samuel  and  John,   and  who 


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34  HISTORY  OF  OLD   TENNENT. 

lias  had  uiaiiN'  descendants  in  Old  Tennent  a)ngregation.  According 
to  Whitehead  "Hortensia"  was  a  tract  of  200  acres  of  land  given  to 
John  Reid  for  his  services  in  drawing  maps.  It  was  situated  in  Mon- 
mouth County  on  the  east  branch  of  Hope  River. 

This  plot  of  two  and  a  lialf  acres  of  ground  at  Old  Scots  was  held 
in  peaceable  possession  by  the  congregation  for  many  years.  In  1S15, 
on  the  1 2th  of  October,  J.  H.  Newell,  D.  Sur.,  resurveyed  this  groiuid, 
and  made  a  map,  showing  the  original  lines.  Within  this  are  the  lines 
of  the  cemetery  which  then  enclosed  ninety-four  hundreds  of  an  acre. 
Oct.  I,  1S16,  the  trustees  of  Old  Tennent  church  (Thomas  Hender- 
son, M.  D.,  being  President  of  the  Board)  sold  to  Garret  I.  Coven- 
hoven  one  acre  and  a  half  of  this  ground  for  the  sum  of  $90,  "mone}^ 
of  the  United  vStates."  The  deed  stipulated  that  the  whole  plot  of 
ground  was  sold  to  Mr.  Covenhoven  "excepting  and  reserving  out 
of  the  same  one  acre  which  has  been  occupied  and  used  for  a  burying 
ground  ]:)y  the  presbyterian  Congregation  aforesaid  for  seventy  or 
eight}-  years  past,  and  is  to  be  and  remain  for  that  use  and  purpose 
forever  hereafter."  The  trustees  of  Old  Tennent  claimed  the  right 
of  selling  this  groiuid,  as  they  stated  in  the  deed  "by  virtue  of  a  deed 
of  sale  from  under  the  hand  and  .seal  of  Alexander  Neiper  bearing 
date  the  first  day  of  June  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  Seven 
hundred  and  twenty-seven  which  deed  has  been  duly  proved  and  re- 
corded," and  also  "by  virtue  of  possession  the  said  Congregation  not 
having  had  an}'  Legal  claim  vSet  up  against  the  said  lot  or  any  part 
thereof  since  the  date  of  the  aforesaid  deed  and  having  enjoyed  the 
peacible  quiet  and  undisturbed  possession  thereof  for  about  ninety 
years."  Thomas  Henderson  signed  this  deed  "  and  affixed  the  Seal 
of  the  Said  Corporation"  to  it.  This  deed  is  recorded  in  the  Count}^ 
Clerk's  office  at  Freehold,  N.  J.,  in  Book  Z,  page  288.  The  state- 
ments made  in  this  deed,  as  they  are  above  quoted,  form  a  part  of  the 
argument  that  Old  Tennent  church  is  one  continuous  organization 
with  Old  vScots.  From  18 16,  it  ai)pears,  the  Old  vScots  burying-ground 
has  remained  the  same  in  area  as  it  is  at  this  j^esent  day,  namely 
about  one  acre. 

In  this  Old  vScots  cemetery  are  a  number  of  memorial  ta))lets  of 
brown  sandstone,  the  forms  and  inscriptions  of  which  are  antique. 
How  interesting  and  helpful  in  our  study  of  tho.se  times  it  would  have 
been  if  all  the  graves  had  been  thus  marked,  and  bearing  items  of 
famih-  historv.      Among  the  oldest  mav  be  noted  that  of   \\'illiam 


EDIFICES.  35 

Redford  and  his  wife  Margaret,  telling  that  the}'  came  from  North 
Brittain  16S2.  The  State  Secretary's  Records  show  that  they  came 
with  seven  children  from  Frier  Shaw  in  Tiveodaill,  that  he  was  a 
husbandman,  and  that  he  was  "to  have  100  a.  rent  free  for  10  yrs." 
in  East  New  Jersey. 

How  long  services  continued  in  Old  Scots  church  is  not  known. 
The  Minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  College  of  New  Jersey 
(Princeton)  for  a  meeting  held  in  the  college  Aug.  2,  1785,  show 
that  there  was  produced  an  extract  from  the  will  of  William  McConky 
of  Monmouth  county  dated  Oct.  9,  1760,  as  follows  : — 

"First  I  give  and  bequeath  the  interest  of  the  sum  of  one  hundred 
pounds  for  the  support  of  a  Presbyterian  minister  at  the  Scotch  Meet- 
ing-house in  Freehold  ;  and  this  aforesaid  sum  to  be  committed  to  the 
care  of  the  Trustees  ;  likewise  this  aforesaid  sum  if  not  continuing  in 
that  use,  it  is  to  be  given  for  the  support  of  poor  scholars  at  the  Col- 
lege of  New  Jersey.  Likewise  I  do  give  and  bequeath  the  sum  of 
one  hundred  pounds  to  m}-  cousin  Samuel  McConky  son  of  Samuel 
for  the  use  of  college  learning  ;  and  if  not  put  to  that  use,  to  return 
likewise  for  the  support  of  poor  scholars  at  the  College  of  New  Jersey. 
I  do  likewise  give  and  bequeath  the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds  for 
the  support  of  poor  scholars  at  the  College  of  New  Jersey." 

Then  the  college  trustees  "Resolved  that  Mr.  Woodhull  be  author- 
ized and  impowered  to  negotiate  the  business  and  to  settle  the  legacies 
mentioned  therein  to  be  appropriated  to  the  purpose  of  educating  poor 
scholars  at  this  college,  with  the  said  Wm.  McConky"  etc.  (i.  e. 
the  Wm.  McConky  to  whom  administration  of  the  other  William's 
estate  had  been  granted).  Mr.  Woodhull  was  asked  to  request  Gen. 
Forman  to  assist  in  the  above  negotiation,  and  to  report  to  the  next 
session. 

In  connection  with  this  the  records  of  the  Trustees  of  Old  Tennent 
read,  for  April  30,  1790,  that  "The  mone)'  by  the  said  will  committed 
to  the  care  of  the  Trustees  which  is  one  hundred  pounds  was  put  on 
loan  to  Derick  Sutphin  and  a  bond  taken  therefor  payable  to  this 
Board  with  legal  interest  from  the  .sixth  day  of  february  seventeen 
hundred  and  eighty  seven."  This  money  was  subsequently  paid  to 
the  Trustees  and  they  put  it  out  again  on  interest  Nov.  8,  1791.  The 
significance  of  these  records,  in  regard  to  continued  service  at  Old 
Scots,  may  be  inferred. 


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EDIFICES.  37 

The  second  house  for  worship  in  the  history  of  Old  Tennent  was 
not  erected  on  the  Old  Scots  ground,  Init  about  five  miles  directly 
south  on  an  eminence  called  "White  Hill,"  the  name  probably  mean- 
ing White  (oak)  Hill  from  the  numerous  oak  trees  on  and  around  it. 
The  chief  reasons  perhaps  for  this  second  building  were  the  enlarge- 
ment of  the  congregation,  and  the  settling  of  a  large  portion  of  the 
members  around  what  is  now  Freehold  town,  and  Tennent,  and  to- 
ward Manalapan.  Rev.  H.  G.  Smith,  in  his  Old  Scots  History,  says 
that  in  1727  the  church  obtained  a  permit  from  the  Crown  for  this 
proposed  building,  and  that  this  permit  was  in  existence  some  years 
ago  but  seems  now  to  have  disappeared.  This  permit,  or  a  copy  of 
it,  may  possibly  have  been  among  the  papers  destro}-ed  by  the  de- 
plorable fire  of  1869.  On  the  first  page  of  the  Congregational  Records, 
(which  are  the  earliest  that  Old  Tennent  now  possesses  and  of  which 
in  some  places  the  edges  of  the  leaves  are  broken  off  or  so  stained 
that  the  writing  is  now  illegible)  may  be  seen  what  arrangements 
were  made  for  this  second  building,  thus  : — 

"The  Minutes  of  Freehold  Congregation  Begun 
Tuesday  June  9th,  1730." 
"June  9th  afd.  the  Congregation  Met  and  Chose  John  Henderson  to 
be  their  Clerk,  and  Charles  Gordon,   Timothy  Lloyd,  Jonathan  For- 
man,  Robert  Cumming  &  John  Henderson  as  helps  to  Waltar  Ker  & 
John  Hutton  Elders,  or  to  Represent  the  Congregation. 
Capt.  Archibald  Craig  &  W'illiam  Ker  Chosen  for  Trustees  for  the 
Money  that  The  Congregation  has  in  Bank." 

"Willm.  Ker  &  Samuel  Ker  Chosen  to  Act  as  Deacons  or  to  take 
Care  of  the  Collections  untill  Deacons  be  Ordained." 
"Monday  July  20th  The  Elders  &  Representatives  above  Mentioned 
Met  at  the  House  of  Charles  Gordon  and  Agreed  to  build  a  Meeting 
House  between  William  Kers  Barrs  &  Rockey  Hill  Bridge  Also  that 
the  Revd.  Mr.  John  Tennents  Year  begin  the  15th  Day  of  April  last 
past  viz  1730." 

"August  the  3th  at  a  Meeting  of  the  Congregation  at  Willm.  Kers, 
It  was  Agreed  that  the  Service  be  one  Sabbath  at  the  Upper  Meeting 
House  &  the  other  at  the  Lower  Meeting  House  and  so  to  Continue 
Successively  ;  Also  that  all  Diligence  be  Used  to  get  Sub.scriptions 
for  the  Building  the  Meeting  House  &  that  the  Old  Or  lower  Meet- 
ing House  be  Repaired  With  all  the  Haste  that  can  be.  William  Ker 
&  John  Henderson  to  be  Clear  of  all  Charges  towards  the  Old  Meet- 


38  HISTORY    OF  OLD  THXXEXT. 

iiig  House  in  Consideration  of  their  Cliarges  in  going  to  New-Castle 
Presbetrie  ;  That  Jolm  Hutton  l)ring  in  his  Acconipt  of  Cliarges  that 
he  was  at  in  his  going  to  Synods  &  Presbetries  &.c.  for  the  Congre- 
gation and  that  Said  Acconipt  be  paid  out  of  the  Collection  Money." 

"Saturday  August  the  29tli  1730  the  Elders  &  Representatives 
Met  at  House  of  David  Rhe  &  Chose  for  Undertakeis  or  Managers 
in  Building  the  Meeting  House  at  Wni.  Kers  Jonathan  Pornian, 
Timothy  Lloyd,  Archibald  Craig,  Daviil  Rhe,  William  Ker  and  John 
Henderson  who  is  to  go  on  in  Building  with  all  the  Speed  possible 
after  this  Sowing- time  is  Over  and  the  Congregation  is  to  give  each 
Man  their  Bill  or  Bond  to  the  Said  Mannagers  to  enable  them  to  go 
on  with  the  Work." 

"The  Meeting  House  to  be  made  Forty  feet  Long  and  Thirty  feet 
Wide  and  Each  of  the  Builders  to  have  One  Seat  in  it  above  their 
Common  Due." 

The  work  on  this  second  sanctuary  must  have  prosjiered  well,  lor 
by  the  next  springtime  it  was  sufficiently  finished  for  the  holding  of 
services  ;  and  in  that  first  service  Margaret  Ker.  daughter  of  Win., 
was  "the  first  Baptized  in  the  New  Meeting  Hou.se,"  as  the  Baptis- 
mal Records  show  (see .Appendix.)  Concerning  this  new  meeting  house 
the  Congregational  Record  has  these  further  items  : — 

"April  18,  1 73 1  was  the  first  Time  that  there  w^as  Service  in  the 
New  Meeting  House  on  WHiite  Hill." 

"May  2th  1731  Charles  Gordon  was  Ordained  an  Elder  of  this  Con- 
gregatn.  Jonathan  Forman  &  Archibald  Craig  Esqrs.  &  Timothy 
Lloyd  having  Declined  Serving  as  Mannagers  in  Carying  on  the 
Meeting  House  Aaron  Matti.son  of  his  own  free  Will  Served  And  the 
Said  Matti.son  together  with  David  Rhe  William  Ker  and  John  Hen- 
derson, carrytl  on  the  Work  which  is  now  Inclosed  and  Glased." 
"Saturday  April  13th  1734  The  Meeting-House  on  White-Hill  being 
Inclosed  The  Men  of  the  Congregation  Met  and  Voted  That  Aaron 
Matti.son,  David  Rhe,  W^illiani  Ker  &  John  Henderson  who  had 
hitherto  Carried  on  the  Work  of  the  House  Should  proceed  in  getting 
a  pulpit  &  Pews  Made  and  Appoint  where  each  Person  Should  Sit  and 
what  the  Price  of  liach  Pew  Should  be.  According  to  the  following 
figure."  (see  illustration  )  "  <^  wh(;le  '■-  ■'•'  tliePews/^igo.  -'^  imagers 
to  have  the  priveledge  of  one  Sitting  at  the  Table  (besides  '■'■'-  lilders 
or  Deacons)  in  consideration  of  their  Carrying  on  the  Work  dt  the 
Meeting  House. "      "April  13th  1734  The  Congregation   Chose  The 


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40  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

following  Persons  *  *  viz.  Robert  Cuniming,  David  Rhe,  Wil- 
liam Ker,  Joseph  Ker  <Sc  John  Henderson  Out  of  which  the  Minister 
&  Elders  that  now  are  may  take  which  they  Prefer  (?)."  "Lords 
Day  May  12th  1734  Robert  dimming  was  Ordained  an  Elder  and 
William  Ker  &  Samuel  Ker  Ordained  Deacons." 
"The  Upper  part  of  the  Congregation  of  Freehold  having  for  some 
Years  past  Complained  of  great  hardship  put  upon  them  in  Travail- 
ing so  far  to  the  Lower  Meeting-House  Seeing  the  Upper  Meeting 
Hou.se  was  below  the  Centre  of  the  Congregation,  And  for  the  pres- 
ent desires  only  to  have  the  Service  two  Sabbaths  at  the  Upper 

House  for  one  at  the  Lower  during  the  Winter  Six  Months  Accord- 
ingly David  Rhe  &  John  Henderson  were  Appointed  with  them  of 
the  Lower  part  the  3d.  of  Febr.  1737-8  at  Mr.  Timothy  Lloyds  who 
Accordingly  Met  with  Messrs.  Lloyd,  Gordon,  Reed  &  Logan  where 
the  matter  at  last  was  Refferred  to  the  Session  by  them  under  the  fol- 
lowing Restrictions  viz.  that  if  the  Se.ssion  would  Enact  that  if  the 
people  of  the  Lower  part  would  Join  &  Subscribe  for  the  Lower  Meet- 
inghouses' Reparation  6c  the  people  of  the  Upper  part  would  not  Join 
then  the  Subscription  to  fall  c\:  the  Reparation  to  be  made  out  of  the 
publick  Stock.  Accordingly  the  Session  Met  on  the  9th  Day  of  Sd. 
February  where  was  present  all  the  Members  Mr.  Lloyd  came  when 
the  Session  had  Almost  finished  &  Denied  Agreement  &  Said  the 
above  Mentioned  Supperscription  v/as  a  Mi.ssunderstanding  &  that  he 
in  the  Name  of  others  had  only  Consented  that  the  Lower  Meeting- 
hou.se  Should  be  maintained  out  of  the  Collections  The  Major  part  of 
the  Session  being  Inhabitants  of  the  Upper  part  of  Congregation 
thought  it  not  fit  to  give  their  Judgment  in  the  Affair  but  Refferred 
it  to  the  next  Presbyterie  for  their  Judgnit.  in  the  Affair  which  the 
Session  tho't  was  Weighty  And  Advised  each  party  to  attend  the 
next  meeting  of  the  Presbyterie  by  their  Commi.s.sioners  If  there  be  not 
Some  Expedient  found  out  before  that  time  for  a  Christian  Accom- 
modation of  the  Affair  this  Unanimously  Agreed  to  by  the  Session." 
"Monday  May  the  Sth  Day  1738.  In  Refiferrence  to  the  above  affair 
Mr.  Tennent  Gave  the  Congregation  Notice  of  the  time  of  the  Sitting 
of  the  Presbytrie  &  Desired  the  Congregation  to  go  &  Agree  Amica- 
bly or  to  Choose  Commi.ssioners  for  Each  party  <\:  fit  the  Busine.ss  for 
the  Judgment  of  the  Presbyterie,  Accordingly  after  Service  a  Num- 
ber of  Each  party  Stayed  at  the  Meeting-House  &  after  Debating  be- 
tween  tlicni  they  Came  to  the  following  Agreement  viz.   That  the 


EDIFICES.  41 

Congregation  Should  Join  Unanimously  &  Repair  the  Doors  &  De- 
fective post  of  the  Lower  Meetinghouse  &  that  from  Henceforth  the 
Service  Should  be  two  Sabbaths  at  the  Upper  Meeting  House  &  one 
at  the  Lower,  &  the  Lower  Meeting  house  was  forthwith  Repaired 
pursuant  to  Sd  Agreement." 

"At  a  Session  held  at  the  House  of  Samuel  Ker  February  7th 
1744-5.  Present  Mr.  William  Tennent  Pastor.  Robert  Gumming 
David  Rhe  John  Henderson  Elders.  William  Ker  Samuel  Ker  Dea- 
cons. The  Se.ssion  having  Examined  the  Stock  belonging  to  the 
Congregation  find,  That  (after  the  payment  of  Sundry  Accompts 
which  they  allowed  )  There  is  in  the  Hands  of  the  Deacons  the  Sum  of 
£16  :  o  :  3  at  8-p  oz." 

"Monday  April  ith  1745  being  the  Monday  after  the  Sacrament  of 
the  Lords  Supper  was  Administered  in  the  Congregation,  After 
Divine  Service  was  Concluded  ;  The  Congregation  Chose  the  fol- 
lowing Persons  to  the  following  Offices  without  One  Disenting  vote, 
viz.  Capt.  John  Anderson  and  Joseph  Ker,  Elders  to  be  Added  to  the 
Number  of  the  Present  Elders  and  Robert  Newall  and  Samuel  Craig 
Deacons  to  be  Added  to  the  Number  of  the  Present  Deacons  And 
Jacob  Sutphen  and  Samuel  Craig  Managers  To  take  Care  of  the  New 
Meeting-House  and  the  Buildings  on  the  Ministers  place  :  And  Peter 
Forman  and  Robert  Rhe  for  Trustees  in  the  Room  of  John  Anderson 
and  Peter  Gordon." 

"Lords  Day  May  19th  1745  Capt.  John  x\nder.son  &  Joseph  Ker 
were  Solemnly  Ordained  to  the  office  of  Elders  &  Samuel  Craig  to  the 
office  of  a  Deacon  pursuant  to  the  above  Election.  Robert  Newall 
declined  the  office  of  a  Deacon." 

These  long  quotations  are  made  in  order  to  preserve  in  a  printed 
book  the  important  parts  of  the  early  records  of  the  church,  and  to 
give  opportunity  to  the  reader  for  the  stud>-  of  all  that  is  stated  or 
suggested  therein  as  to  circumstances,  conditions,  discussions,  cus- 
toms, names,  and  dates  of  that  period. 

A  tradition  has  been  handed  down  that  it  was  planned  by  the  "un- 
dertakers" to  locate  the  church  on  a  lower  part  of  White  Hill,  and 
that  Janet  Rhea,  of  Scottish  descent,  seized  the  small  corner-stone  in 
her  apron,  and,  toiling  to  the  top  of  the  hill,  set  it  down  there  saying 
to  the  astonished  builders,  "Wha  ever  heard  o'  ganging  doon  to  the 
Hoo.se  o'  the  Lord,  an  no  'o  ganging  oop  to  the  Hoose  o'  the  Lord  ?" 
(Smith.)     This  woman,  of  strong  mind  and  scriptural  application,  was 


42  HISTORY   OF   OLD  TKNNENT. 

a  communion  member  in  Old  Tennent.  She  was  the  daughter  of 
John  Hamton.  She  married  Robert  Ray,  a  carpenter,  Nov.  9,  16S9, 
at  Shrewsbury  in  Quaker  meeting.  Her  grave  may  still  be  seen  on 
the  D.  D.  Denise  farm  near  Freehold,  where  she  was  buried  in  1761 
aged  about  93  years. 

Another  ancestral  tradition  relates  that  James  English  dug  the  first 
spade-tull  of  earth  for  setting  the  foundation  of  this  new  meeting-house 

on  White  Hill.     This  James  English  married  Margaret :  they 

had  a  son  James,  born  in  1733,  who  married  Catharine  Hutchinson, 
daughter  of  Wm.  and  Ann,  in  1755  :  and  they  had  a  .son  James  born 
1757,  who  became  a  physician  and  served  as  a  surgeon  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary war.  It  is  understood  that  the  brothers  James,  David,  and 
Robert  English  came  to  Monmouth  County  sometime  before  1730, 
and  bought  a  large  tract  of  land  embracing  about  all  of  what  is  now 
called  (after  the  tamily)  "Englishtown,"  the  brother  David  building 
on  the  ridge  toward  Tennent.  Descendants  of  this  family  still  sit  in 
the  pew  on  the  middle  aisle  of  the  present  church  corresponding  to 
that  which  James  English  occupied  when  the  first  map  of  pews  was 
made  in  1734.  (compare  illustrations.)  The  map  of  the  pews  is  a  history 
in  itself. 

The  ground  on  which  this  new  meeting-hou.se  stood  was  a  rectan- 
gle five  chains  long  b}'  two  chains  wide,  containing  one  acre.  It  was 
deeded  by  William  Ker,  out  of  ground  purchased  from  Walter  Ker, 
to  four  men  of  the  church,  viz.  Aaron  Mattison,  David  Rhe,  John 
Henderson,  and  Samuel  Ker,  on  May  i,  1731,  for  "the  Sum  of  One 
Shilling  Current  Money  of  the  province."  This  deed  is  still  one  of 
the  treasured  records  of  the  church,  a  copy  of  which  is  given  in  the 
Appendix  :  and  for  plan  of  this  ground  see  earl)'  map  of  Old  Tennent 
cemetery,  Chap.  XX.  In  this  new  hou.se  on  White  Hill  both  John 
and  William  Tennent  preached  as  pastors.  Here  also,  it  appears, 
George  Whitefield  preached,  with  who.se  labors  William  Tennent,  the 
pastor,  was  in  sympathy,  (see  Belchers  Life  of  whitefieW,  p.  117);  possibly,  at 
times,  also  Theodorus  Jacobus  Frelinghuy.sen,  Dutch  pastor  at  New 
Brunswick,  as  intimated  in  Wm.  Tennent's  letter  to  Mr.  Prince  (see 
Log  College.)  Tears  of  the  penitent  and  .songs  of  the  saved  mingled 
together  within  the  walls  of  this  house  during  revival  times,  when 
the  l)le.ssed  Lortl  shed  abroad  his  grace  from  on  high.  Doubtless  also 
David  Brainerd  preached  in  this  church.  In  the  present  .sanctuary, 
which  is  the  .second  one  built  on  White  Hill,  may  still  be  .seen  an  old 


EDIFICES. 


43 


communion  table,  that  bears  evidence  of  belonging  to  the  first  sanct- 
uary built  there.      Its  workmanship  does  not  correspond  to  that  of  the 


'^fmv'^mimMmmmmm 


The  Old  Comiuuniou  Table. 


inner  finishing  of  the  present  church,  especially  with  that  of  the  pul- 
pit and  the  square  enclosure.  There  is  a  rugged  massiveness  about 
it  that  suggests  the  work  of  an  earlier  date  than  that  of  the  fine  panel- 
work  of  the  present  church.  Also  by  comparing  the  conformation  of 
this  table  with  the  plans  of  the  pews  of  the  two  buildings,  it  will 
plainly  be  seen  to  apply  more  to  the  former  one  of  1734.  It  is  a  tra- 
dition that  Brainerd  (evidently  David)  administered  the  Lord's  Sup- 
per to  his  converted  Indians  at  this  old  table.  David,  in  his  diary 
Saturday,  June  7,  1746,  writes  :  "Being  desired  by  the  Rev.  Wil- 
liam Tennent  to  be  his  assista7it  in  the  administration  of  the  Lord's 
Supper,  I  this  morning  rode  to  Freehold  to  render  that  as.sistance. 
My  people  also  being  invited  to  attend  the  sacramental  solemnit}^ ; 
they  cheerfully  embraced  the  opportunity,  and  this  day  attended  the 
preparatory  services  with  me."  And  the  next  day,  among  other 
things,  he  writes,  "A  number  of  my  dear  people  sat  down  by  them- 
selves at  the  last  table  ;  at  which  time  God  seemed  to  be  in  the  midst 
of  them."  The  people  of  old  Freehold  seemed  to  have  been  kindly 
disposed  toward  missionary  labors  among  the  Indians  in  New  Jersey  ; 
and  in  a  certain  length  of  time  they  raised  £12.  iis.  for  that  work. 
In  the  present  Old  Tennent  church,  some  of  the  foundation  stones, 
some  of  the  frame  work,  some  of  the  window-casings  and  sashes,  and 
the  old  communion  table,  are  probably  parts  and  relics  of  the  first 
church  built  on  this  present  site. 

Concerning  some  of  the  men  whose  names  arc  mentioned  in  con- 
nection with  the  above  account  of  the  first  church  on  White  Hill, 
William,  Samuel,  and  Joseph  Ker  were  sons  of  Walter,  and  like  their 


44  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

father  were  active  in  the  spiritual  offices  of  the  church,  and  they  were 

prominent  in   its  financial  support.        (see  genealogy  in  Appendix.) 

Robert  Cunnning  was  another  very  prominent  member  and  elder 
for  many  years.  Stcen  has  to  .say  of  him  that  he  was  born  in  Mont- 
ro.se  vScotland,  and  .settled  here  in  Monmouth  early  in  the  eighteenth 
century.  He  married  Mi.ss  Blair,  born  in  Ireland,  and  si.ster  of  Rev. 
Sanuiel  Blair  first  pastor  of  Shrewsbury  church.  He  had  a  .son,  Alex- 
ander, born  1726,  who  became  a  Presbyterian  minister  :  and  his 
youngest  daughter  Mary,  by  his  first  wife,  married  1758  Rev.  Alex- 
ander McWhorter.  He  was  High  Sheriff  of  Monmouth  County. 
For  his  .second  wife  he  married  1746  Mary  Noble  born  in  New  York 
City  17 19,  and  who,  when  nineteen  years  of  age,  had  become  step- 
daughter to  Rev.  Wm.  Teiuient  by  his  marriage  to  her  mother.  Of 
the  children  of  Robert  and  Mary,  Anna  married  Rev.  Wm.  Schenck 
once  pastor  at  Allentown  ;  and  Margaret  married,  in  New  York, 
James  Watson  1780.  Robert  Coming  was  the  first  to  subscribe  to 
the  building  of  the  present  Old  Tennent  church.  Many  of  his  de- 
scendants to  this  day  occupy  honored  positions.  His  negro  servants 
as  well  as  his  family  were  trained  in  things  religious,  and  Cube  and 
Mimbo  were  members  of  the  church,      (see  lists  in  Appendix.) 

Peter  Forman  was  the  second  son  of  the  trustee  Jonathan,  born  in 
May  1718.  He  married  1742  Eleanor  Williamson,  and  their  children 
were  William,  Jonathan,  Samuel  P.,  Anna  married  Michael  Sweet- 
man,  Jane  married  Henderson  Sweetman,  Mary  married  Col.  EHsha 
Walton,  Eleanor  married  Wm.  Conover,  Lydia  married  Garret  B. 
Conover,  and  Helena  married  Tunis  Vanderveer.  From  his  list  of 
dues  on  the  church  pews  1755  he  appears  to  have  been  the  treasurer. 
For  some  years  after  the  present  church  was  built  he  led  the  singing 
in  the  .services.  At  the  time  of  the  Revolutionary  War  he  was  a 
justice  of  the  peace.  He  died  Sep.  8,  1785  in  his  67th  year,  and  was 
buried  in  Old  Tennent  yard. 

In  1750,  for  the  third  time  within  a  perioil  of  a  little  more  than 
fifty  years,  the  congregation  undertook  the  work  of  another  building. 
The  i^rosperit)-  and  enlargement  of  the  congregation  was  such  during 
the  twenty  years  previous  that  it  justified  them  in  undertaking  the 
erection  of  a  more  coininodious  room.  And  indeed  the  growth  must 
have  been  substantial  and  the  people  deepl}-  interested  and  willing 
that  it  should  move  those  staid  and  careful  fathers  to  build  two 
churches  on  the  same  spot  onl}-  twenty  years  apart,  tearing  down  one 


EDIFICES.  45 

and  building  up  another.  It  is  possible  also  that  the  attendance  on 
the  services  in  the  Old  Scots  church  was  declining,  and  that  it  was 
becoming  evident  the  meetings  there  might  eventually  be  discontinued 
and  all  the  congregation  be  assembling  at  White  Hill.  When  this 
famous  house  was  built  amid  the  green  swales  and  undulating  knolls 
of  Monmouth,  times  and  conditions  were  changing  for  the  better.  It 
was  in  the  reign  of  King  George  the  Second,  the  most  prosperous 
period  that  his  countr}*  had  ever  before  known  when  landed  territory, 
and  literary  fame,  and  opulent  commerce  were  being  added  to  En- 
gland ;  in  times  when  the  Crown  looked  with  more  religious  tolerance 
on  the  wishes  of  the  American  cohniists,  and  New  Jersey  was  feeling 
the  governing  hand  of  broader  minded  men  ;  in  the  days  of  the  in- 
fluence of  "The  Great  Awakening"  among  the  people  under  the 
preaching  of  Edwards  the  tremendous  metaphysician  and  theologian, 
of  Bellamy  the  precocious  youth  approbated  to  preach  when  about 
eighteen  years  of  age,  and  of  the  saintly  and  powerful  Tennents  ; 
when  peace  and  power  and  prosperity  were  settling  over  the  state, 
and  even  the  Indians  at  the  doors  were  listening  with  accepting  faith 

to  the  Brainerds  preaching  the  gospel  of  the  heavenly  life  ;  in 

such  times  the  Old  Tennent  fathers  were  moved  to  build  the  grand 
old  edifice  that  remains  unto  this  day. 

When  the  Royal  Charter  for  the  Monmouth  churches  was  granted 
in  Feb.  1750  the  Trustees  met  in  the  next  month,  March,  and  organ- 
ized their  board.  At  the  very  next  meeting  they  took  measures  for 
the  building  of  Old  Tennent  church.      The  record  book  reads  : — 

"1750  May  29th.  All  the  Trustees  Except  Tobias  Polhemus  met 
at  the  New- Meetinghouse  in  Freehold  Pursuant  to  the  Presidents 
Call  or  Citation.  And  the  Sd.  Trustees  Chose  and  Impowred  Jonth. 
Forman  &  John  Anderson  Esqrs.,  James  Robinson  and  John  Hen- 
derson to  Receive  the  Subscriptions,  Imploy  Work- Men,  And  Do 
every  lawful  and  Necessary  thing  towards  Building  &  finishing  a 
New  Meeting  House  or  Church  of  Sixty  Feet  Eong  cK:  Forty  Feet 
Wide  which  Hou.se  is  to  Stand  at  or  near  the  Meetinghouse  now 
Standing,  Commonly  Called  the  New-Meeting  Hou.se." 

At  another  meeting  in  the  following  August  arrangements  were 
made  for  the  work  to  be  done  : — 

"August  loth  1750.  the  Committee  of  the  Tru.stees  Met  at  Mr. 
Robinsons  &  Appointed  the  President  to  Agree  with  John  Davies  to 
be  Chief  Carpenter  to  Carry  on  the   Work  of  the  Meetinghouse  or 


46  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Church  :  Which  he  did,  And  Said  Davies  is  to  Work  at  four  Shillings 
&  Six  pence  light  Money  a  Day  &  his  Accommodations  &  to  Assist 
in  Getting  Timber  next  Octo])er  and  to  begin  to  Work  the  Latter  end 
of  next  February  or  beginning  of  March  &  not  to  Leave  the  Work 
untill  the  House  afd.  is  Finished." 

This  record  would  seem  to  imply  that  some  movement  had  been 
begun  towards  a  new  clnnxh  before  the  charter  trustees  took  any 
action  about  it  and  so  indeed  it  had,  for  a  subscription  paper  had 
been  started  in  March  of  that  year  headed  with  the  name  of  Robert 
Gumming,  and  perhaps  largely  due  to  his  influence.  That  paper, 
used  to  gather  funds  for  the  building  of  the  present  noble  edifice,  is 
an  intensely  interesting  and  suggestive  document,  still  preserved 
among  the  treasures  of  the  church.  So  fast  and  binding  were  its 
stipulations  that  a  man's  signature  thereto  was  substantially  in  honor 
equal  to  his  laying  a  mortgage  on  his  property  to  the  amount  sub- 
.scribed,  until  payment  was  made.  This  paper  contains  the  names  of 
one  hundred  and  ninety-two  persons,  and  the  total  amount  subscribed 
by  these  is  seen  to  be  about  ^500.     (see  Appeudix. ) 

This  third  house,  the  last  and  present  one  in  Old  Tennent  history, 
was  erected  near  to  or  on  the  spot  on  which  the  former  house  stood 
on  White  Hill.  It  is  probable  that  some  of  the  parts  of  the  former 
house  were  used  in  the  building  of  this  one.  For  the  most  part  a 
new  frame  was  made,  hewn  out,  by  skilled  hands  with  the  sharp 
broad-ax,  from  the  deciduous  but  enduring  white  oak.  It  is  told 
that  Dr.  A.  A.  Hodge  once  said  of  this  hou.se  "It  was  built  out  of 
the  heart,"  which  was  doubly  true,  materially  and  spirituall3\  The 
sempervirens  also  yielded  their  riches,  for  the  sides  of  the  building 
were  sheathed  with  long  cedar  shingles,  and  fastened  with  nails 
patiently  wrought  out  on  an  anvil  :  and  the  interior  was  finished  with 
beaded  and  paneled  Jersey  pine.  An  ancestral  tradition  tells  that 
William  Redford  Craig,  a  carpenter,  built  the  neat  and  unique  i)nlpit, 
as  his  contril)ntion  toward  the  erection  and  furnishing  of  the  church. 
It  is  placed  on  the  north  side  of  the  room,  built  against  the  wall, 
with  narrow  stairs  leading  up  to  it,  closed  in  with  a  door,  and  the 
Bible  desk  being  nine  feet  al)ove  the  audience  floor,  with  a  great 
.sounding-board  overhanging  the  whole.  It  is  an  amusing  little 
reminiscen.se  of  the  past  that  is  often  told  to  listening  observers  that 
Rev.  Wm.  Tennent  was  accustomed  to  hang  his  hat  on  one  of  the 
three  little  wooden  pegs  that  are  fastened  in  the  paneling  above  the 


1 


PULPIT  OF  OLD  TENNENT  CHURCH,  IN   1895. 


48  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

pulpit  seat,  and  that  in  warm  weather  he  would  haii^j  his  coat  on 
another  one  of  the  pegs,  and  in  very  warm  weather  his  wig  on  a  third. 
About  one  hundred  years  after  its  building  the  pulpit  was  draped 
with  a  damask  valance.  Below  the  main  ])ulpit  a  .second  de.sk  or 
sub-pulpit  is  Iniilt,  where  the  precentors  u.sed  to  stand  ;  and  around 
and  in  front  is  a  .square  of  seats,  commonly  called  the  "Elders  Square." 
The  galleries  extend  along  three  sides  of  the  room,  very  capacious, 
and  crowding  like  a  canopy  over  the  pews  below.  The  seatings  are 
in  straight  high-backed  pews,  closed  in  with  entrance  doors.  The 
tower  or  steeple  of  the  church  is  stoutly  Iniilt,  set  on  a  trestle-work  of 
enormous  strength  in  the  rafters,  capable  of  supporting,  in  its  ringing 
motion,  a  bell  of  re.spectable  power.  Although  in  1856  the  tru.stees 
made  some  movement  toward  the  .securing  of  a  bell,  yet  the  antique 
steeple  still  stands  empty  and  quiet.  Benjamin  Van  Cleve,  whose 
initials  are  stamped  in  the  iron  bars  or  latches  of  the  east  and  west 
doors,  is  reported  to  have  made  the  iron  furnishings  of  the  church, 
such  as  nails,  door-hinges,  latches,  and  po.ssibly  the  weather-vane  or 
finial  on  the  steeple,  a  study  in  it.self.  (seeiiiustratiou.)  These  presum- 
ably were  all  forged  out  on  his  anvil.  The  whole  make-up  of  the 
hou.se  is  an  excellent  sample  of  the  ecclesiastical  architecture  in  colo- 
nial times.  The  church  was  built  well,  the  best  and  of  the  best.  Its 
stiff  rugged  foundation  and  straight  level  combing  to-day  proves  its 
kind.  Still  it  survives,  while  many  of  the  old  home  buildings  all 
around  the  country  side  have  vanished  in  the  past,  like  Samuel  Craig's 
on  the  old  Englishtown  road,  and  Wm.  Ker'sand  its  famous  "Barrs" 
contiguous  to  the  south  boundary  of  the  cemetery,  and  on  the  hill 
anent  the  church  the  house  of  Matthew  Rue  Gordon  with  its  well  and 
cobbler's  bench,  and  like  the  famous  parsonage  on  the  battle  field. 
And  "Old  Tennent  church"  still  stands  to  this  present  day  (1904)  in 
all  general  respects  as  it  was  when  the  last  nails  were  driven ;  and  this 
is  probably  the  name  by  which  it  will  go  into  future  history,  though 
locally  it  has  i)een  called  the  "  New  Meeting  Hou.se  ",  and  "  Wood- 
hull's  church  ",  and  i)ossibly  the  "  Old  Red  Church  ". 

According  to  specifications  in  the  record  quoted  above  the  building 
must  have  been  begun  March  1751,  and  it  appears  to  have  been  two 
years  before  it  was  fully  completed,  as  the  iron  bar  fastenings  of  the 
doors  are  stamped  with  the  date  1753.  But,  like  its  predece.ssor,  it 
is  likely  that  the  work  was  ra})id  until  the  house  was  "Inclosed  and 
Glased,"   and  so  Old  Tennent  may  be  .spoken  (jf  as  built  in    1751, 


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50  HISTORY  OF  OLD   TENNENT. 

though  not  completely  finished  and  furnished  until  1753.  The  dia- 
gram of  pews  in  this  building  was  not  dated  when  it  was  made,  but 
evidenth'  it  was  about  1755  or  possibh-  a  little  later.  Peter  Forman, 
church  officer  and  i^robabl}'  treasurer,  made  report  May  29,  1755, 
showing  what  was  due,  "Interest  to  be  pay^^.  from  May  i,  1754," 
referring  to  dues  for  the  meeting  house,  or  to  dues  on  the  pews.  His 
pew  list,  apparently  made  out  at  the  same  date,  may  be  compared 
with  the  diagram  found  in  the  record  papers  of  the  church  (see  iiinstraiion,) 
and  is  the  same  except  in  the  following  instances  in  which  he  puts, 
pew  4-Darick  Suttfin  Jacob  son,  pew  7-Michal  Johnston,  pew  8-Darick 
Suttfin  cS:  his  son,  Darick,  pew  12-Cort  Schank  &  son  Garret  iS:  John 
Lonstrat,  pew  13-paseg  unto  the  pues,  pew  15-by  the  stares  a  short 
pue,  pew  iS-John  Formon  son  of  Jonethn  Esqr.,  pew  20-Petter  Will- 
son  son  of  Fetter,  pew  22-Gawen  Wattson,  pew  24-Jonethan  Forman 
Esqr.,  pew  25-A  ew  for  the  Minester  of  the  pleas,  pew  28-Timethy 
Loyd  &  his  son  John  Eoyd,  pew  32-John  Anderson  Esqr.,  pew  33- 
William  Mc  Knaight,  pew  45-John  Littel  Esqr.,  pew  46-Robert  Davi- 
son, pew  48-John  Truaxe  Thomas  Craig  &  William  Shaw,  pew  52- 
Charels  Hibbets  for  the  banesters,  pew  53-blank,  pew  54-the  upen 
Entrey,  pew  55-Michal  Errick.son,  pew  56-Joseph  Chesenian  William 
Cheseman  &  John  Reid  Junr.,  pew  57-William  Eaird  &  James  Dey, 
pew  58- Abraham  Clayton  Wm.  Preston  &  Legged  Smith,  pew  60- 
William  Covenhoven  Pr.  &  his  son  Fetter  &  John  Chassman,  pew  63- 
John  Vorhis  &  his  father  &  father  in  Law.  And  the  prices  of  the 
pews  are  the  same  except  Peter  Forman  puts  pew  2 5 -blank,  pew  53- 
blank,  pew  57-^15,  pew  66-David  Gordon  14  :  10  :  o  Fetter  Gordon 
Esqr.,  2  :  10  :  0=^17.  Peter  Forman's  list  also  shows  fourteen  pews 
in  the  gallery,  l)eginning  No.  i  at  the  northeast  corner  ;  five  of  these 
were  owned.  No.  7  Dockter  Fetter  Lacownt  ^8,  No.  1 1  Fhilap 
Conine  Estate  5  :  10  :  o  John  vSiliman  1  :  10  :  o=/^7.  No.  12  James 
Mulligan  &  David  Brooks  £'] ,  No.  13  Hugh  Mcfarren  /,"7,  No.  14 
Robert  Mc  Chesney  i\:  son  /,'8. 

In  the  map  here  given  pew  53  should  be  marked  £%  instead  £\o  ; 
this  was  the  author's  error  in  copying  the  original.  The  two  dia- 
grams of  pews  of  the  two  church  buildings  will  be  found  interesting 
and  informing  as  affording  sugge.stive  facts  about  the  people  of  the 
congregation.  The  jiews  appear  to  have  been  sold  and  bought  and 
written  titles  given,  and  possibly  transmitted  from  jiarent  to  child. 
Some  of  the  record  papers  speak  of  the  pews  as   "The  property  of," 


EDIFICES. 


51 


and  '  'The  property  of  the  heirs  of. ' '  The  church  support  presumably 
was  raised  by  assessing  the  pew  holders  according  to  the  value  of 
their  pew  :  and  other  methods  also  were  sometimes  used  such  as 
promises  on  subscription  lists  etc. ,  special  efforts  being  necessary  by 
occasion  of  accounts  in  arrears.  Later  the  seatings  were  spoken  of 
as  beins,'  "rented  to  the  hio-hest  bidder." 


Old  Teuueiit  Church,  in  1894,  Showing  the  Big  Oaks. 
L.  R.  Cheeseraan.  photo. 


Two  giant  white  oak  trees  have  for  man}-  years  stood  close  by  the 
old  church.  They  must  have  been  standing  when  the  church  was 
built,  though  possibly  small  in  size,  and  the}-  have  kept  a  sort  of 
gviard  on  the  old  building  ever  since.  In  1897  the  trustees  were  com- 
pelled to  take  one  of  the  trees  down.  It  stood  the  nearer  to  the 
church  and  had  man}^  branching  limbs  which  were  beginning  to  die, 
and  to  threaten  damage  to  the  church  by  falling.  The  other  oak 
still  stands  and  is  known  as  "the  oak  with  the  long  limb."  The 
people  of  the  church  have  taken  much  delight  in  these  two  handsome 
trees  with  grateful  shade  and  magnificent  shape. 


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HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


SECTIONAL  ELEYAnON. 


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One  of  Louis  Rue's  Drawings  of  Old  Teuueut  Church. 

In  1902  a  very  valuable  work  was  rendered  to  the  memory  of  Old 
Tennent  by  Louis  Rue  of  Freehold,  formerly  of  Alanalapan,  N.  J. 
After  very  careful  measurements  and  considerable  study  he  drafted 
in  blue  print  ten  fine  architectural  plans  of  the  old  building,  showing 
in  detail  its  structure  in  difi'erent  elevations,  and  its  various  frame- 
works and  finishings.  Also  he  prepared  elaborate  specifications  of 
the  construction  of  the  building.  So  complete  and  accurate  are  the 
drawings  and  the  descriptions  that  another  edifice  could  easily  be 
erected,  by  following  these  plans,  as  an  exact  copy  of  the  original. 
This  set  of  drawings  and  specifications  are  now  in  the  possession  of 
the  church. 


THE  OLD  PARSONAGE.  53 

CHAPTER  HI. 

THE    OLD    PARSONAGE. 

As  the  congregation  became  more  established  and  of  sufficient  ma- 
terial prosperit)',  their  attention  and  desire  was  turned  toward  the 
securing  of  a  parsonage.  Whether  or  not  the  church  had  owned  or 
held  an  interest  in  a  parsonage  plantation  previously,  at  all  events 
some  few  months  after  Wm.  Tennent,  Jr.  settled  in  the  congregation 
steps  were  taken  to  procure  a  permanent  home  for  the  pastor,  which 
in  those  days  was  thought  must  be  a  good  plantation  rather  than 
simply  a  house  and  lot.  The  congregational  records  read,  "Thurs- 
day February  13th  1734  the  Congregation  Met  at  White  Hill  Meeting 
House  and  Chose,  Archibald  Craig  &  Jonathan  Forman,  Esqrs.  and 
David  Rhe  and  Robert  Cumming  to  Purchass  a  Farm  for  Our  Minister 
to  Live  on  and  to  Have  it  Secured  for  a  Ministers  place  or  a  Parsonage 
to  Continue  for  the  use  of  the  Presbyterian  Congregation  forever. ' ' 

"Second  Tuesday  in  March  1734-5  at  the  Town  Meeting  the  Above 
Messrs.  Craig,  Forman,  Rhe  &  Cumming  Made  Report  that  they  in 
Name  of  the  Congregation  had  purchassed  the  Plantation  Lying  Be- 
tween Spotswoods  Middle  and  South  Brooks  from  William  Cowen- 
hoven  Son  of  Peter  for  ^500.  And  John  Henderson  Drew  the  Arti- 
cles of  Sale  and  was  Desired  to  Draw  the  Deed  in  Convenient  Time 
which  he  Did"  etc.  etc. 

In  the  midst  of  the  record  about  the  parsonage  business  is  inserted 
the  following  : — "Lords- Day  June  ith  1735  David  Rhe  &  John  Hen- 
derson w  *  ed  Elders  for  this  Congregation  :  The  Lord  Enable  them 
to  *  the  weight  of  their  Charge  &  preserve  them  from  becoming  ^''  *  to 
his  Cause  or  People. ' '    This  made  five  elders  in  the  session  at  that  time. 

Lacking  some  parts  broken  off  at  the  edges  of  the  leaves  the  record 
goes  on  at  some  length  to  show  what  was  done  to  make  the  parsonage 
farm  safe  to  the  church.  At  the  strong  insistence  of  John  Henderson 
efforts  were  made  to  secure,  in  legal  form,  the  plantation  "for  a  Con- 
tinual Parsonage  for  a  Presbyterian  Minister."  Accordingly  by  ap- 
pointment and  with  funds  provided,  Mr.  Henderson  went  to  Wm. 
Smith,  lawyer,  of  New  York,  and  laid  the  whole  matter  before  him, 
and  paid  him  for  the  service.  Mr.  Smith  wrote  a  letter  to  Wm. 
Tennent  describing  the  counsel  he  gave  in  the  matter,  and  enclosing 
what  he  called  a  "Declaration  of  Trust,"  presumably  to  be  signed  by 
the  acting  trustees  of  the  church.     All  this  was  done,   first,  because 


54 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


evideiitlv  the  cluirch  bail  no  charter  under  which  they  could  legally 
and  with  certain  security  hold  and  convey  property  ;  and  second,  be- 
cause the  congregation  desired  that  the  plantation  be  clear  of  all 
claims  of  interest  therein  or  ownership  thereof  by  any  others,  and 
also  probably  desired  that  the  farm  should  always  be  held  in  posses- 
sion by  the  church  alone.  The  farm  embraced  "All  that  tract  of 
Land  Scituate  Lying  and  being  in  the  County  of  Monmouth  aforesaid 
betwixt  Spotwoods  Middle  Brook  and  his  South  Brook  Supposed  to 
Contain  One  Hundred  and  fifty  Acres  be  the  Same  more  or  less." 
This  speaks  well  for  the  liberality  of  the  congregation,  that  having 
just  undergone  the  expense  of  building  the  first  church  on  White 
Hill  they  turned  and  bought  this  farm  of  such  respectable  propor- 
tions.     And  all  the  more  so,  since  in  1751  when  they  were  undertak- 


Old  Teuneiit   Famous  Parsonage. 


,s**^* 


THE  OLD  PARSONAGE.  55 

ing  the  greater  expense  of  building  the  present  church  on  White 
Hill,  it  appears  they  bought  100  acres  of  land  from  Isaac  and  Joseph 
Sharp  "for  the  yous  of  the  parsonage,"  thus  making  altogether  a 
glebe  of  very  extensive  area.  This  100  acre  addition  was  a  wood 
tract.  The  land  in  this  parsonage  farm  was  reasonably  fertile.  A 
paper,  still  preserved,  states  the  conditions  under  which  the  farm  was 
to  be  rented  in  1777,  after  Wm.  Tennent's  death,  during  the  interim 
of  pastors  ;  from  which  it  appears  that  Indian  corn,  wheat,  oats,  and 
flax  were  the  principal  products  at  that  time,  and  as  such  the}'  prove 
the  fruitfulness  of  the  soil. 

The  parsonage  house  was  situated  about  a  mile  and  a  half,  around 
by  carriage  road,  southeast  from  the  present  church  building,  and  is 
described  in  Franklin  Ellis'  "History  of  Monmouth  County,"  page 
686,  as  "a  low  building,  large  on  the  ground,  with  four  lower 
rooms, — two  on  each  side  of  the  hall, — with  kitchen  attached  in  the 
rear.  Above  was  the  attic  room,  sloping  on  one  side  with  the  rafters, 
and  with  a  window  facing  the  north,  which,  as  is  said,  was  u.sed  as 
a  study  by  both  Mr.  Tennent  and  Mr.  Woodhull.  During  the  battle 
of  June  28,  1778,  a  round  shot  came  through  the  roof  into  this  room 
while  the  conflict  raged  furiously  around  the  house  and  in  the  adjoin- 
ing orchard."  In  1795  some  move  appears  to  have  been  made  for 
the  repair  and  improvement  of  the  parsonage  buildings,  and  although 
it  does  not  state  that  the  work  was  done  the  record  paper  reads  : 

"It  is  the  opinion  of  the  Commity  Appointed  to  judg  what  Cash 
will  be  necery  for  the  Repairs  of  the  personage  buildings  &c  that  the 
Barn  &  garden  Cant  be  well  done  under  Seventy  or  Seventy  five 
pounds  :  the  house  &  Citchen  to  Repair  them  well  and  Inlarge  the 
Sellar  will  take  two  hundred  and  twenty  five.  It  is  our  opinion  to 
take  down  one  part  of  the  house  &  build  a  New  one  from  the  founda- 
tion would  be  Most  to  the  advantage  of  the  Congr.  and  the  Comfort 
of  Mr.  Woodhull. 

Signed  by  order  Thomas  Cook 

James  Anderson 
April  loth  1795  Jon.  Perrine." 

This  at  least  gives  us  an  idea  of  the  condition  of  the  parsonage  build- 
ings at  that  time.  A  new  barn  was  built  in  1802,  and  a  new  kitchen 
a  few  years  later. 

In  this  parsonage  home  Wm.  Tennent  lived  for  about  forty  years. 
Here  his  wife  proved  herself  an  able  and  skillful  manager  and  true 


56  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

help-meet,  for  "She  took  the  care  of  his  temporal  concerns  upon  her, 
extricated  him  from  debt,  and  by  a  happy  union  of  prudence  and 
economy,  so  managed  all  his  worldly  business  that  in  a  few  years  his 
circumstances  became  easy  and  comfortable."  And  she  and  Mr. 
Tennent  proved  themselves  genial  and  hospitable  entertainers.  Here 
Whitefield,  the  famous  evangelist,  was  a  guest  and  held  fellowship 
with  the  godl}'  pastor  of  Old  Tennent.  Doubtless  to  this  parsonage 
David  Brainerd  occasionally  came  during  his  short  and  toilsome  min- 
istry, and  possibly  also  some  of  his  Christian  Indians  to  whom  Mr. 
Tennent  was  a  true  friend.  Here  Wm.  Tennent  also  entertained 
John  Brainerd,  sometimes  over  night,  and  comforted  him  "in  his 
sadness  and  depression."  In  this  house  also  it  appears,  from  the 
diary  of  John  Brainerd,  that  Mr.  Tennent  entertained  Governor  Bel- 
cher and  his  wife  in  October  1749. 

In  this  old  parsonage  Rev.  John  Woodhull  also  lived  for  more  than 
two  score  years,  and  probably  some  of  the  young  men  that  studied 
under  his  teaching.  Rev.  D.  V.  McLean  was  the  last  pastor  that 
occupied  it,  although  his  predecessor,  Rev.  Robert  Ro}^  had  not 
made  it  his  home.  Many  and  impressive  sermons  were  prepared 
under  its  roof,  and  about  a  hundred  years  of  daily  family  pra3-ers 
sanctified  it  as  a  Bethel  in  the  community.  It  was  a  silent  witness 
to  the  struggle  on  Monmouth's  field,  and  hard  by  its  doors  the  gal- 
lant English  colonel,  Henry  Monckton,  fell  mortally  wounded.  In 
the  fields  around  the  house,  and  even  under  its  v^ery  windows,  can- 
non balls  and  musket  bullets  have  been  picked  up  during  the  years 
since.  And  later  on  some  New  Jersey  regiments  that  entered  the 
terrible  battles  of  the  Civil  War,  drilled  and  equipped  on  their  camp 
field  very  near  the  site  where  the  old  parsonage  had  stood. 

In  1827  the  parsonage  farm  was  rented  by  the  church  for  one  year 
to  Wm.  I  Thompson  for  $300  :  and  again  in  1831  it  was  rented  to  the 
same  man  for  $290.  Notwithstanding  the  design  of  the  purchasers 
of  the  parsonage  farm  to  have  it  secured  "for  the  use  of  the  Presby- 
terian Congregation  forever,"  it  appears  that  the  trustees  and  con- 
gregation, after  discussion  and  deliberation  that  extended  through  a 
period  of  more  than  twenty  years,  finally  decided  to  dispose  of  it,  and 
just  one  hundred  years  to  the  very  month  the  farm  was  .sold,  as  the 
paper  of  the  conditions  of  sale  dated  March  16,  1835  records  "Wil- 
liam T.  Sutfin,  being  the  highest  bidder  the  Farm  was  struck  off  to 
him  at  the  vSum  of  Nine  Thousand  nine  hundred  dollars."     Thus 


THE  OLD  PARSONAGE.  57 

was  made  a  break  in  the  historical  connections  of  the  temporal  pos- 
sessions of  the  old  church,  which  never  can  he  replaced,  since  the  old 
parsonage  was  more  venerable  than  the  old  church  building  itself,  it 
being  commonly  alleged  that  the  house  on  this  parsonage  farm  was 
erected  in  1706.  For  some  years  this  old  house  stood  empty,  a  sor- 
rowful reminder  of  men  that  were  buried  and  of  things  that  were  past. 
It  gradually  fell  into  decay,  and  became  lamentably  dilapidated, 
partly  by  the  ravages  of  time  and  partly  by  the  hands  of  relic-seekers, 
who  frequently  stopped  off  the  rail-road  trains  which  ran  close  by, 
and  carried  away  memento  pieces.  Finally,  about  1861,  the  old 
building  was  taken  down. 

John  Brainerd  writes  in  his  journal,  "Tuesday,  Aug.  22,  1749. — 
Attended  religious  duties,  and  after  some  time  took  leave  of  Dr.  Ee 
Count  and  his  spouse,  and  rode  about  three  miles  to  a  medicinal 
spring,  where  were  a  number  of  my  people,  who  came  there  to  drink 
the  waters  ;  with  these  I  spent  considerable  time  in  conversation  and 
prayer.  Took  leave  of  them,  and  went  to  several  houses  in  Freehold, 
where  I  had  business,  and  in  the  evening  came  to  Mr.  Tennent's  ; 
after  some  conversation  with  him,  attended  to  religious  duties  and 
went  to  rest."  The  name  of  Dr.  Peter  Laconte  with  that  of  Velariah 
his  wife  appears  in  the  early  church  records  as  a  communicant  in 
1744  ;  and  again  he  is  owner  of  pew  No.  7  in  the  gallery,  ^"8,  1755  ; 
also  he  had  five  children  baptized  some  at  home,  and  some  possibly 
at  one  of  the  meeting-houses.  Doubtless  this  is  the  same  person 
of  whom  John  Brainerd  speaks,  and  whom  Brainerd 's  biographer 
calls  "a  pious  parishioner  of  Tennent's."  Steen  says  that  Dr.  Ea 
Conte  and  his  wife  Velariah  were  members  of  Shrewsbury  church  ; 
that  he  was  of  Huguenot  descent,  and  that  he  "preached"  as  well  as 
"practiced  ;  "  that  his  second  wife  was  Velariah,  daughter  of  John 
Eaton,  founder  of  Eatontown  ;  that  some  of  his  descendants  became 
the  celebrated  California  professors  of  Natural  History  ;  and  that  his 
tombstone  is  about  the  oldest  in  the  old  Presb}'terian  graveyard  at 
Matawan  near  Freneau  depot  ;  that  his  wife's  sister,  Joanna  Eaton, 
was  the  wife  of  Rev.  Elihu  Spencer,  D.  D.,  and  in  her  descendants 
are  to  be  numbered  the  celebrated  Miller  family  of  Princeton. 

The  medicinal  spring,  of  which  Brainerd  speaks,  may  possibly  be 
the  one  on  the  farm  of  Staats  C.  Stillwell,  and  about  three  miles  from 
Old  Tennent  church  ;  but  more  probably  it  is  the  one  that  is  located 
in  the  neighborhood  of  Tinton  Falls. 


58  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


CHAPTER  IV. 

REV.    JOHN    BOYD,     I705-170S. 

The  Rev.  A.  P.  Cobb  stated  in  a  historical  sermon  that  the  Re\\ 
Mr.  Keith  while  a  missionary  at  Topanemus  preached  in  the  Old 
Scots  church,  and  that  also  probably  John  Gray  preached  there  in 
1708.  But  evidently  the  first  pastor  in  Old  Scots,  as  far  as  can  now 
be  definitely  known,  was  Rev.  John  Boyd.  He  was  virtually  so,  and 
considered  so,  though  not  regularly  installed.  Probably,  before  him, 
there  was  no  stated  preaching  by  one  man,  the  church  only  being 
served  when  occasional  supplies  could  be  obtained.  When  such 
supplies  could  not  be  obtained  it  is  only  justice  to  those  church  mem- 
bers, trained  in  Covenanters'  ways,  to  suppose  that  they  gathered  on 
the  Lord's  day,  possibly  in  the  Old  Scots  meeting-hou.se,  read  the 
sacred  Scriptures,  sang  Psalms,  catechized  the  youth,  and  united  in 
prayer  unto  the  Lord  who  hears  and  answers  prayer. 

Considerable  research  by  different  students  has  resulted  in  discover- 
ing scarcely  anything  definite  concerning  the  history  of  John  Boyd 
previously  to  his  coming  to  Old  Scots.  He  was  born  about  1680,  and 
as  is  believed  in  Scotland.  Webster  (p.  90)  suggests  that  when  Rev. 
Francis  Makemie  returned  to  America  in  the  fall  of  1705  accompanied 
by  the  Rev.  John  Hampton  and  George  McNish,  that  it  is  not  un- 
likely that  Mr.  Boyd  came  with  them  as  a  probationer.  Rev.  Dr. 
Alfred  Nevin  in  his  "History  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia" 
says  of  John  Boyd,  "His  name  is  entered  in  the  University  of  Glas- 
gow, as  a  student  of  the  4th  cla.ss,  March  11,  1701,  without  national- 
ity." The  surname  Bo^'d  is  often  found  in  the  lists  and  records  of 
that  period.  In  the  list  of  settlers  that  came  with  Lord  Neil  Camp- 
bell in  1685  is  found  the  name  of  John  Boyd,  but  this  is  evidently  a 
different  man  from  the  preacher  at  Old  Scots.  Smith  says  (iu  Note  21) 
"The  Rev.  William  Boyd,  ])astor  of  Lamington  Presb.  Church,  1784- 
1807,  was  'the  .son  of  John  Boyd,  a  Scotch-Irishman,  was  born  in 
Franklin  county,  Penn.,  where  his  father  settled  on  removing  to 
America.'  Manual  of  Lamington  Church,  p.  12.  Mr.  John  Boyd 
Van  Doren,  of  Princeton,  considers  Rev.  Wm.  Boyd  'the  son  or  direct 


REV.  JOHN  BOYD.  59 

descendant  of  the  Rev.  John  Boyd  of  Monmouth.'  "  John  S.  Neill, 
of  Phil.  Pa.,  is  a  descendant  of  Sarah  Knott,  who  had  brothers  Peter 
and  John,  and  sisters  Mary  Knott  (nee  Holmes)  and  L,ydia  Knott 
(nee  Hufnian).  Sarah  Knott  married  a  Mr.  Boyd,  and  Mr.  Neil 
thinks  that  this  may  have  been  Rev.  John  Boyd.  A  certain  John 
Boyd,  buried  in  Old  Tennent  yard  in  1S63  in  his  75th  year,  came 
from  Ireland,  and  was  a  teacher  and  afterwards  a  merchant  in  the 
Tennent  community. 

In  the  Monmouth  Co.  old  record  book,  immediately  following  the 
statement  about  the  recording  of  Old  Scots  meeting-house,  Dec.  1705 
as  referred  to  in  Chap.  II,  is  this  item, 

"Mr.  John  Boyd  Minnister  of  the  sd  Presbeterians  of  freehold  did 
also  Parsonally  Appear  &  did  desire  that  he  might  be  Admitted  to 
qualify  himself  as  the  law  directs  in  that  behalf.  Ordered  that  fur- 
ther Consideration  thereof  be  Refered  untill  the  next  Court  of  Quarter 
Sessions. ' ' 

Further  on  the  old  minute  book  reads, 

"Att  a  Court  of  Generall  Quarter  Sessions  Begun  &  Held  att 
Shrowsbury  for  ye  County  of  Monmouth  on  ye  28  day  of  May  1706. 
The  Justices  Present  Were  Capn.  John  Bowne,  Capn.  Richard  Sal- 
ter, Jeremiah  Stillwell,  George  Allen  Esqrs."  In  the  record  of  the 
next  day's  session,  May  29,  1706,  the  same  justices  and  also  Obediah 
Bowne  being  present,  is  also  this  item, 

"Whereas  Mr.  John  Boyd,  Minister  of  ye  Presbyterians  of  freehold, 
Made  applycation  to  ye  Court  of  Sessions,  held  Last  December,  yt  he 
Might  be  admitted  to  qualifie  himselfe  as  ye  Law  Directs  in  yt  be- 
halfe,  and  ye  Court  ordered  yt  further  Consideration  thereof  should 
be  Refered,  and  Now  ye  Sd.  John  Boyd  appeared  In  open  Sessions 
and  Was  by  ye  Court  permitted  to  Qualifie  himselfe  ;  and  accordingly 
ye  Sd.  John  Boyd  hath  Quallyfied  himselfe  as  ye  Law  in  yt  Case 
directs,  viz.  Did  take  ye  oaths  Made  in  a  Statue  Made  in  the  first 
Yeare  of  their  Majesties'  Reign,  Intitled,  An  act  for  Removing  and 
preventing  all  Questions  and  Disputes  Conserning  ye  assembling  of 
yt  parlement  ;  and  did  Make  and  Subscribe  ye  Decleration  Mentioned 
in  ye  Statute  Made  in  the  30  yeare  of  ye  Reign  of  King  Charles  ye 
2d,  Intitled,  An  act  to  prevent  papist  from  Sitting  in  Either  hou.ses 
of  parlement  ;  and  Did  also  Declare  his  aprobation  of  and  Did  Sub- 
.scribe  ye  articles  of  Religion   Mentioned  in  yt  Statute  made  In  ye 


6o  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

30th  yeare  of  ye  Reigne  of  ye  Late  Queen  Elizabeth,  Except  y&  34, 
35,  &  36,  and  these  Words  of  ye  20th  article,  viz  :  the  Church  hath 
power  to  Decree  Rite  or  Ceremonyes  and  authority  in  Controvercyes 
of  faith,  and  Yet — all  Which  are  here  Entred  of  Record,  according 
to  ye  Direction  of  an  other  Act  of  parlenient,  Intitled,  an  act  for 
Exempting  her  Majesties  protesants  subjects  Desenting  from  ye 
Church  of  England  from  the  penalties  of  Sertain  Laws." 

About  a  year  after  John  Boyd  appeared  in  the  Monmouth  court  he 
is  found  in  Presbytery,  for  the  first  page  of  the  earliest  records  of  the 
first  Presbytery  in  America  opens  in  the  midst  of  a  minute  concern- 
ing the  examination  of  Mr.  Boyd  in  view  of  ordination  to  the  ministry. 
The  ordination  took  place  Sunday,  Dec.  29,  1706.  Because  of  the 
loss  of  the  first  leaf  of  the  records  the  account  begins  abruptly,  and 
reads  as  follows  : 


"  BOOK  : 
Dc  Rcginiinc  Ecclesia\  icJiicli  being  luard  7cas 
approved  ofand  sustained.     He  gave  in  a/so  //is  T/iesis 
to  be  considered  of  against  next  sedenoit. 

Sedejunt  2d.      10  bris.  2~ . 
Post  preees  sederiDit.     Mr.  franeis  MeKemie  Modr. 
Af).  Jedidia/i  Andrews  and  Jo/in  Hampton  Minis) . 

Mr.  Jo/in  Boyd  performed  t/ie  ot/ier  parts 
of  /lis  Trya/s,  viz.  prcae/ied  a  popu/ar  sermon  on 
J  no.  1 .  12.  def elided  /lis  T/iesis,  gave  satis/action 
as  to  /lis  S/ci//  in  t/ie  Languages  &  ansivcred 
to  extemorary  (juestions  :  a/l  -w/iie/i  x^'ere  approved 
of  &  sustained. 

Appointed  //is  ordination  to  be  on  ye 
next  Lds.  day  ye  2gt/i  Ins.  tv/iie/i  7oas  accordingiy 
performed  m  t/ic  pub/ie/c  Meeting  /lOuse  of  t/iis 
P/aee,  before  a  n//n/ero//s  Assen/b/y.      .h/d  t//e  next 
dav  //e  //ad  ye  Certifteat  of  //is  (hdii/atio// .'' 


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62  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Of  Mr.  Boyd's  poi->ular  sermon  on  John  1:12  "But  as  many  as  re- 
ceived him,  to  them  gave  he  power  to  become  the  sons  of  God,  even  to 
them  that  believe  on  his  name".  Rev.  H.  G.  Smith  (p  25)  exegetically 
remarks  "This  is  one  of  those  texts  that  Luther  aptly  names  'little 
Bibles',  and  in  it  the  young  preacher,  before  his  stern  but  kindly 
critics,  could  manifest  his  ability  to  expound,  defend  and  apply  the 
great  doctrines  of  Election,  Adoption,  Faith  and  Conversion". 

Mr.  Boyd  was  faithful  in  being  present  at  every  meeting  of  Pres- 
bytery until  his  death,  and  he  was  chosen  by  the  Presbytery  to  mat- 
ters and  po.sitions  of  importance;  in  1707  on  a  committee  with  Mr. 
Andrews  to  "prepare  some  overtures  to  be  considered  by  the  Presby- 
tery for  propagating  religion  in  their  respective  congregations";  in 
1708  on  a  committee  with  Mr.  Wilson  and  Mr.  Andrews  to  "wait 
upon  them  at  Cohansey,  in  order  to  his  (Mr.  Smith's)  ordination, 
and  the  people  are  to  present  them  a  call  to  the  said  Mr.  Smith"  ;  in 
1708  at  the  same  meeting  on  a  committee  with  Mr.  Andrews  and  Mr. 
McNish  to  "read  over  the  letters  from  Woodbridge  concerning  the 
differences  betwixt  that  people  and  Mr.  Wade,  and  make  a  summary 
report  thereof  at  the  next  meeting" ;  and  also  at  the  same  meeting 
Mr.  Boyd  was  appointed  to  preach  every  third  sabbath  at  Woodbridge 
if  those  people  desired  it,  and  if  the  people  of  Freehold  would  con.sent 
to  it,  and  under  certain  conditions  of  a  meeting  place.  Thus  it  will 
be  seen  that  Mr.  Boyd's  ministerial  duties  in  his  short  career,  called 
him  out  on  long  horse-back  rides  through  the  .state  of  New  Jersey, 
beside  his  regular  pastoral  seivice  at  Old  Scots.  Dr.  Mc  Lean  says 
that  Mr.  Boyd  "devoted  some  portion  of  his  time  to  Middletown". 

On  May  20,  1708  a  letter  was  presented  in  Presbytery  by  the  people 
of  Freehold  about  the  settlement  of  Mr.  Boyd,  and  it  was  "referred 
till  the  next  meeting".  The  reason  for  this  postponement  is  not 
given.  Before  the  next  meeting  Mr.  Boyd  had  gone  to  the  house 
appointed  for  all  living;  and  so  in  the  meeting  of  1709  the  Presbytery 
made  this  sad,  short,  expres.sive  record  "The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Boyd 
being  dead,  what  relates  to  him  ceases".  He  died  August  30,  1708, 
and  was  buried  in  the  Old  Scots  sacred  acre,  close  to  where  the  church 
is  supposed  to  have  stood.  A  tombstone  of  brown  sandstone  inscribed 
in  Latin  w^as  set  over  his  grave.  At  first  it  was  laid  horizontal  on  a 
packing  of  .stone  and  lime.  In  this  po.sition  it  rested  for  nearly  175 
years,  until,  about  1883,  in  a  neglected  and  dilapidated  state  and 
covered  with  a  luxuriant    growth  of  lichens  it  attracted  the  attention 


Old  Tombstone,   Formerly  on  Rev.  Johu  Boyd's  Grave  in  Old  Scots  Yard. 


64  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

of  Gideon  C.  Mc  Dowell,  living  nearby  the  cemetery,  who  respectfully 
thinking  to  preserve  it,  raised  it  to  an  upright  position,  fastening  one 
end  of  the  slab  to  the  ground.  Rev.  Prof.  H.  C.  Cameron,  of  Prince- 
ton University,  thinks  that  this  stone  possibly  was  brought  across  the 
ocean  as  ballast  for  a  ship.  He  has  made  a  very  careful  study  of  the 
Latin  inscription,  which  is  intricate  in  its  diction  and  becoming  much 
time-worn  on  the  face  of  the  stone.  The  following  is  Prof.  Cameron's 
copy  of  the  Latin  inscription  and  his  translation  into  English  : 

PIENTISSIMI  DOMINI  JOANNIS 
BOYDII  CINERES  ECCLESIAE  HUJUS  CAL 
VINI  PASTOR  [IS]    HIC  DEFODIUNTUR.     SU 
AM  OPERAM  QUAMVIS  STERILI  SOLIDO 
CONSUMPTAM  NON  PERDIDIT. 
QUI  ILLUM  PERNOVERUNT  ATQUE 
VIRTUTIBUS  INGENTIS  ILLO  TE 
MPORE  DIGNITATEM  EJUS  EX 
PLORAVERUNT.     LECTOR  VESTIG 
lA  ILLIUS  PERSEQUERE  ET  T 
E  BEATUM  FORE  SPERO.     MOR 
TEM  OBIIT  TRICESIMO  DIE 
AUGUSTI  MILLESIMO  SEP 
TINGENTESIMO  OCTAVO 
AETATIS  SUAE  VICESIMO 
NONO. 

' '  The  ashes  of  the  eminently  pious  Mr.  John  Boyd,  pastor 
of  this  church  of  Calvin,  are  bnried  here.  His  labor,  al- 
though expended  on  barren  oround,  he  did  not  lose.  They 
zvho  knezu  him  zvell  also  proved  his  worth  \_who  7i'as'\  at 
that  time  distinguished  for  \Jiis\  virtues.  Reader,  follow 
perseveringly  his  footsteps,  and  I  hope  thou  tcilt  be  happy. 
He  died  the  thirtieth  day  of  August,  one  thousand  seven 
hundred  and  eight,  in  the  t7centy-ni)ith  year  of  his  age. 

Thus  it  is  noticed  that  Mr.  Bt)yd's  ministry  at  Old  Scots  was  of 
short  duration,  and  his  death  must  have  been  a  sad  experience  to  the 
hopes  of  the  little  church.      Mr.  Steen  claims  that  Rev.  John  Boyd 


REV.  JOHN  BOYD.  65 

came  to  Old  Scots  largely  through  the  influence  of  Peter  Watson. 
Searching  for  record  of  Mr.  Boyd's  will  in  corroboration  of  this,  he 
says,  "Instead  of  a  will,  however,  we  found  that  on  September  8, 
1708,  Governor  Richard  Ingoldsby,  Governor  of  New  York,  New 
Jersey,  etc.,  granted  letters  of  administration  upon  the  estate  of  'John 
Boyde',  of  Monmouth  county,  to  Peter  Watson.  Which,  considering 
all  the  circumstances,  seems  to  indicate  Peter  Watson  as  the  intimate 
friend  and  acquaintance  of  the  dead  pastor." 

The  church  possesses  no  records  concerning  Mr.  Boyd's  pastorate, 
and  no  papers  showing  his  hand-writing  or  in  any  way  suggesting 
the  location  of  his  home,  the  salary  that  was  paid  him,  or  his  family 
connections,  or  the  church  officers  associated  with  him. 

Much  interest  in  Presbyterian  circles,  especially  in  New  Jersey,  has 
centered  of  late  in  Old  Scots  yard,  from  the  fact  that  Rev.  John  Boyd 
was  the  first  minister  ordained  by  the  first  Presbytery  in  America, 
and  the  fact  that  Old  Scots  was  the  church  of  which  he  was  pastor, 
and  the  fact  that  his  grave  had  been  marked  with  a  tombstone  promi- 
nently inscribed,  while  the  grave  of  Rev.  Francis  Makemie,  the 
moderator  at  his  ordination,  is  unknown.  In  1894  Rev.  Allen  H. 
Brown  brought  these  facts  into  prominence  before  the  Synod  of  New 
Jersey,  and  at  that  time  the  Synod  appointed  a  committee,  of  which 
Mr.  Brown  was  chairman,  to  consider  what  might  be  done  to  com- 
memorate the  establishment  of  the  Old  Scots  and  Tennent  church, 
and  to  arrange  for  a  visitation  of  these  historic  places.  Largely 
through  the  leadership  and  the  untiring  efforts  of  Mr.  Brown  such  a 
commemorative  gathering  was  arranged  and  pleasurably  accomplished 
on  Tuesday,  June  4,  1895.  It  was  called  the  "Boyd-Tennent-,Pil- 
grimage. ' '  Invitations  were  sent  out  to  different  ecclesiastical  bodies, 
to  various  institutions,  and  to  high  public  officials,  to  be  present  at 
the  exercises  ;  and  general  notices  were  given  through  the  press.  At 
the  forenoon  session  in  Old  Scots  yard  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  M.  Studdi- 
ford  presided  :  and  after  devotional  exercises,  addresses  were  made  by 
Rev.  Dr.  George  Swain  "On  the  Beginnings  of  Monmouth,"  by  Rev. 
Frank  M.  Kerr  "On  Walter  Ker  and  his  Posterity,"  by  Rev.  Dr. 
John  S.  Mcintosh  "On  Makemie,  Our  First  Father  and  his  Monu- 
ment," by  Rev.  H.  G.  Smith  "On  Rev.  John  Boyd  :  " — Greetings 
etc.  followed.  At  the  afternoon  session  in  Old  Tennent  church  Rev. 
Dr.  F.  R.  Brace  presided  assisted  by  Mr.  Brown.  The  pastor  of  the 
church  extended  a  welcome  and  exhibited  some  relics.      Addresses 


66 


HISTORY  OF  OLD   TENNENT. 


Hist.  Monument  on   Rev.  John  BoycV.s  Grave  in  Old  Scots  Yard. 


REV.  JOHN  BOYD.  67 

were  made  by  Rev.  Dr.  Howard  Duffield  "The  Pioneer  Guard  of 
New  Jersey  Presbyterianism,"  by  R^ev.  Dr.  J.-,  Hetiry  Sharpe  "The 
Presbyterian  Historical  Society,"  by  Col.  James  S.  Yard  "The  Battle 
of  Monmouth,"  by  James  Steen,  Esq.,  "Prominent  Scotch,  Irish  and 
Huguenot  Settlers  of  Monmouth  County  :  " — Greetings  etc.  followed. 

It  was  decided  to  raise  in  Old  Scots  yard  a  monument  to  Presby- 
terianism, and  Mr.  Brown  was  placed  at  the  head  of  this  movement. 
By  his  indefatigable  exertions  the  funds  were  raised  in  due  time, 
churches  and  individuals  contributing.  The  monument  was  built  by 
Messrs.  J.  &  R.  Lamb  of  New  York  after  carefully  studied  designs. 
It  is  suggestively  composed  of  Scotch  and  Vermont  granite  and  Irish 
greystone,  surmounted  by  a  Scotch  thistle  carved  in  Scotch  granite. 
Fastened  to  the  monument  are  tablets  and  seals  all  of  bronze,  and  all 
bearing  historical  significance.  Its  cost  complete  was  $1300.  It  is 
known  by  the  name  of  "The  Presbyterian  Historical  Monument." 
A  similar  visitation  to  that  of  1S95  was  arranged,  and  successfully 
accomplished  on  Thursday,  June  14,  1900.  At  the  forenoon  session 
in  Old  Scots  ground  Rev.  Dr.  A.  N.  Hollifield  presided.  After  de- 
votional exercises  Rev.  A.  H.  Brown  gave  the  history  and  description 
of  the  monument,  and  Walter  Kerr,  Esq.,  of  New  York,  unveiled  it. 
Rev.  Dr.  Geo.  D.  Baker  made  the  dedicatory  prayer.  Rev.  Dr.  R. 
F.  Sample  presented  the  greetings  and  congratulations  of  the  North- 
ern General  Assembly,  and  Rev.  Dr.  Robt.  P.  Kerr  bore  the  saluta- 
tions from  the  Southern  General  Assembly.  Rev.  Dr.  W.  H.  Roberts 
made  an  address  on  "  Characteristics  of  the  Presbyterian  Church." 
At  Old  Tennent  church  in  the  afternoon  Dr.  Hollifield  again  presided. 
Rev.  Dr.  Parke  P.  Flournoy  made  an  address  on  "Presbyterians  be- 
fore Presbyter}'."  Then  followed  brief  addresses  by  Revs.  Dr.  H. 
C.  Cameron,  H.  G.  Smith,  H.  B.  Mc  Cauley,  F.  R  Symmes,  Wm. 
M.  Rice,  and  Robert  Alexander. 

After  this,  another  fund  of  $1000  was  raised,  the  income  of  which 
is  to  be  used  primaril}'  for  the  preservation  of  the  monument  and  the 
care  of  the  grounds.  The  trustees  of  Synod  who  hold  the  fund,  and 
the  trustees  of  Old  Tennent  who  hold  the  deed  for  the  yard,  have 
executed  a  written  agreement  between  them  for  the  proper  perform- 
ance of  this  work  in  the  Old  Scots  ground.  The  old  tombstone  of 
Rev.  John  Boyd  was  taken  to  Philadelphia,  encased  in  a  strong  stand- 
ing-frame made  from  locust  trees  grown  at  Old  Scots,  and  set  up  in 
the  Library  of  the  Presbyterian  Historical  Society. 


68 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TRNNENT. 


REV.  JOHN  BOYD. 


69 


BRONZE  SEALS  ON  THE  PRES.  MONUMENT. 


70  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

CHAPTER  V. 

KKV.    JOSEPH    MORGAN,     170S-1729. 

Rev.  Joseph  Murgan  was  the  second  pastor  in  Old  Scots.  He  wa.s 
po.ssibly  of  Welsh  descent.  His  grandfather,  James  Morgan,  came 
to  New  London,  Connecticut,  about  1647.  His  third  .son  married 
April  1670  Dorothy  Parks,  daughter  of  Thomas.  Their  son  Joseph 
was  born  in  New  London,  Conn.,  Nov.  6,  1674.  It  is  said  that  he 
graduated  at  Yale  College,  1702,  being  in  the  first  class  that  com- 
pleted its  course  in  that  institution  ;  but  he  had  begun  to  preach  be- 
fore this.  The  Association  of  Ministers  of  Fairfield  County,  Conn., 
ordained  him.  He  .served  churches  in  Bedford,  and  in  East  Chester, 
N.  Y.,  and  in  Greenwich,  Conn.  In  the  close  of  the  year  1708,  or 
in  1709,  he  came  to  Old  Scots.  He  was  pastor  of  this  church  ;  and 
at  the  same  time  he  was  pastor,  or  "Dominie,"  of  the  Brick  church 
at  Marlboro,  now  called  The  First  Reformed  Church  of  Freehold, 
where  he  was  installed  Oct.  17,  1709.  When  he  appeared  before  the 
court  to  qualify  in  Sept.  1709,  the  record  terms  him  "Minister  of  ye 
Presbiterians  in  Freehold  &  Middletowne."  (old  court  Records  p.  152.) 
The  Dutch  church  at  Marlboro  (Freehold)  was  connected  with  a 
church  at  Middletown,  "a  double  congregation  of  Dutch  settlers, 
sometimes  called  'the  congregation  of  the  Navesink.'  "  And  accord- 
ing to  Ellis'  Hist.  Mon.  Co.  p.  532,  a  Presbyterian  edifice  was  built 
on  its  burying  ground  plot  at  Middletown  .soon  after  1706,  and  that 
John  Boyd  and  then  Joseph  Morgan  had  the  care  of  the  congregation. 
Rev.  T.  W.  Wells  says,  "When  he  (Mr.  Morgan)  appeared  in  Court 
to  take  the  necessary  oaths  as  a  minister  of  the  Gospel,  he  was  pre- 
sented by  representatives  of  both  congregations  (Old  Scots  and  Marl- 
boro). These  oaths  were  required  because  he  was  not  a  minister  of 
the  church  of  England.  According  to  'An  Act  of  Parliament  for 
Exempting  her  Majesties  Protestant  subjects  discenting  from  the 
Church  of  ICngland,  from  the  penalties  of  certain  laws,'  every  minis- 
ter not  in  the  conununion  of  the  English  church  was  obliged  to  take 
oath  that  he  would  not  teach  the  doctrine  of  Transubstantiation,  nor 
an}'thing  contrar>-  to  the  doctrine  of  the  Trinity,  as  taught  in   the 


REV.  JOSEPH  MORGAN.  71 

thirty-nine  articles  of  the  Enghsh  church.  This  was  called  'qualify- 
ing,' and  in  this  manner  Dominie  Morgan  'qualified'  himself,  in 
December,  1709,  having  been  'presented  by  several  of  said  congrega- 
tion, viz  :  Jacob  Laen,  John  Wikof,  John  Sutfin,  William  Hendrick- 
son,  John  Essmith,  William  Wilkins  and  Auri  Mattison,  in  behalf  of 
themselves  and  the  rest  of  their  brethren.'  The  first  three  of  these 
persons  were  in  the  communion  of  the  Reformed  church,  the  others 
repre.sented  the  Scotch  Presbyterians."  x\uri  Mattison  was  probably 
Aaron  Mattison,  then  twenty-eight  years  of  age.  Mr.  Morgan  lived 
on  the  parsonage  farm  belonging  to  the  Dutch  church,  which  had 
"one  hundred  acres  of  good  arable  land,  as  good  as  any  in  Freehold, 
on  which  a  family  may  sub.sist  comfortably."  Speaking  of  his  sons 
Mr.  Alorgan  said  "His  eldest  son  had  been  more  of  an  impediment 
than  a  help  to  him  ;  his  second  son  was  at  Yale  ;  and  the  third  and 
fourth  relieved  him  from  the  labour  of  the  parsonage  plantation" 
(see  Webster.)  The  Dutch  church  and  Scots  church  were  not  greatly 
distant  from  each  other,  and  Mr.  Morgan  was  able  to  preach  both  in 
the  English  and  Low  Dutch  languages.  But  the  Dutch  church  at 
that  time  was  more  flourishing  than  the  Scots,  and  so  all  parties  were 
willing  that  the  Dutch  church  should  emplo}'  three-fourths  of  the  ser- 
vices of  Mr.  Morgan.  Yet  during  the  whole  period  of  his  pastorate 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  or  at  least  from 
the  time  he  was  received  as  a  member  of  that  body  in  Sep.  1710. 

"At  this  time  Monmouth  county  was  little  less  than  a  forest.  Here 
and  there  was  a  clearing,  but  the  settlements  were  widely  scattered, 
the  streams  unbridged,  and  the  roads  not  much  more  than  paths 
through  the  wilderness.  Horseback  riding  for  many  years  was  a 
necessity.  In  the  latter  part  of  his  ministry-  Dominie  Morgan,  it  is 
said,  attracted  attention  by  riding  through  the  country  in  a  two 
wheeled  cart  or  gig — probably  the  first  thing  of  the  kind  brought 
into  the  county."  (weiis )  Indians  lived  in  the  country  during  and 
long  after  Mr.  Morgan's  pastorate.  In  June  1727  a  certain  Indian 
King,  Wequalia,  was  executed  at  Perth  Ambo}-  for  the  murder  of 
Capt.  John  Leonard.  When  the  sheriff  asked  him  if  any  of  the  min- 
isters should  pray  with  him  before  he  died,  he  rather  indifferently 
chose  Mr.  Morgan,  and  chose  him  only  "because  he  was  his  Neigh- 
bor." This  shows  how  heathen  were  at  the  verj-  doors  of  Old  Scots, 
and  suggests  the  varied  character  of  Mr.  Morgan's  ministrations. 

He  wrote  and  printed  a  number  of  treatises  and  dissertations,   the 


72  HISTORY    OF  OLD  TKNNENT. 

study  of  which  as  well  as  of  his  letters  atid  the  records  concerning 
him  might  lead  one  to  style  him  as  somewhat  eccentric.  Certainly 
he  was  possessed  of  intellectual  ability,  and  was  a  man  of  extended 
erudition  for  his  times.  A  letter  was  preserved  that  he  wrote  in  Latin 
to  Cotton  Mather  in  1721.  He  was  of  an  ingenious  inventive  turn 
of  mind,  but  possibly  might  be  called  visionary.  In  his  later  life 
various  charges  were  brought  against  his  conduct,  aj)parently  without 
foundation.  But  later  on,  in  1736,  Presbytery  disciplined  him  on  the 
unfortunate  charge  of  intemjierance,  and  suspended  him  for  a  .season. 
He  was  sub.sequently  restored  to  his  good  standing. 

The  only  record  the  church  possesses  about  Mr.  Morgan  is  the 
following  : — 

"October  15,  1730.  the  Revd.  Mr.  Joseph  Morgan  (after  having 
made  a  Complaint  against  this  Congregation  that  that  they  Owed  him 
above  /,20o  Arreas  of  Sallarie)  Met  the  Congregation  at  the  Old  (or 
Scots)  Meeting  House,  where  Accompts  was  fairly  made  up,  and 
Mr.  Morgan  gave  the  Congregation  a  Discharge  in  full  the  Copy 
which  is  Received  October  15th,  1730  from  the  Congregation  Free- 
hold, full  Sattisfaction  to  this  Day  for  all  Sallarie  Due  to  him  as  their 
Pastor,  Joseph  Morgan,  a  True  Copy  p  Me  John  Henderson." 
In  1729,  or  1730,  he  separated  from  the  Old  Scots  church,  ])ut  re- 
mained a  while  longer  with  the  Dutch  church  at  Marll)oro,  when  he 
went  to  labor  in  the  churches  of  Hoj^iewell  and  Maidenhead.  He 
died  al)out  1742  while  ardently  engaged  in  missionary  labors  in  des- 
titute districts  along  the  seacoasts  of  New  Jersey,  and  was  buried  in 
a  grave  now  probably  unknown. 

What  little  is  known  about  the  church  and  congregation  during 
these  years  apparently  discloses  a  sad  condition,  especially  toward 
the  close  of  Mr.  Morgan's  ]-)astorate.  Divisions  seem  to  have  arisen 
among  the  people,  and  probably  also  an  opposition  to  Mr.  Morgan, 
in  which  perhajxs  was  Walter  Ker.  Rev.  Wm.  Tennent,  Jr.,  in  a 
letter  to  Rev.  Mr.  Prince  of  Boston,  says  of  the  Freehold  church, 
"In  the  year  1729  their  minister  removetl  from  them,  and  they  were 
so  grievously  divided  among  themselves,  that  it  appeared  improbable 
they  would  ever  agree  in  the  settlement  of  another.  In  this  mi.ser- 
able,  helpless  and  almost  hopeless  condition  they  lay,  and  few  among 
them  had  eyes  to  see,  or  hearts  to  bewail,  their  woful.  wretched  cir- 
cumstances. Thus  they  seemed  to  be  cast  out,  as  the  prophet  Ezekiel 
represents  it  in  the  i6tli  chapter  of  his  b(K>k,  and  5th  verse.      But  the 


REV    JOSEPH  MORGAN.  73 

Lord,  who  is  rich  in  merc3^  of  his  unexpected  and  unmerited  love, 
passed  by  them  lying  in  their  blood,  and  said  unto  many  of  them 
since  that  day,  Live  ;  and  live  they  shall  to  all  eternit}'."  The 
church  had  undoubtedly  grown  in  some  degree  during  Mr.  Morgan's 
time,  even  though  it  was  somewhat  distracted  when  he  left.  But  re- 
freshing times,  and  better  daj-s  were  coming,  and  the  beginning  of 
a  long  period  of  prosperity  and  comparative  peace. 


74  HISTORY    OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

CHAPTER  \T. 

REV.    JOHN   TENNENT,     1730-I732. 

The  third  pastor  of  the  church  was  Rev.  John  Tennent,  who  entered 
upon  his  uiinistr}'  and  continued  through  his  short  career  in  all  the 
ardor  and  consecration  natural  to  youth.  He  was  a  young  man 
eminently  pious,  and  "thoroughly  furnished  unto  all  good  works." 
He  belonged  to  the  family  of  Tennents  that  have  become  famous  in 
Presbyterian  history.  Rev.  Wm.  Tennent,  Sr.,  his  father,  was  born 
and  educated  in  Ireland,  and  ordained  a  priest  1706  in  the  Episcopal 
church  of  that  country.  In  May  1702  he  married  the  daughter  of 
Rev.  Gilbert  Kennedy,  and  by  her  had  four  sons,  Gilbert,  William, 
John  and  Charles.  With  his  wife  and  four  sons  he  came  to  America 
1 7 16,  and  preached  in  New  York  and  Pennsylvania.  In  17 18  he 
united  with  the  Synod  of  Pa.  writing  out  the  reasons  for  his  changing 
to  the  Presbyterian  denomination.  He  was  settled  as  pastor  of  the 
church  at  Neshaminy,  Pa.,  1726  about  twenty  miles  north  of  Phila- 
delphia, and  being  a  man  of  classical  learning,  so  much  so  that  he 
could  converse  freel}'  in  the  Latin  language,  and  seeing  the  need  of 
higher  schools  of  learning  for  young  men,  he  erected  an  academy 
house,  about  twenty  feet  long  and  nearly  as  broad,  built  of  logs,  clo.se 
by  his  own  dwelling,  and  began  his  teaching.      This  school  came  to 


THE  LOG  COLLEGE, 
Suggestive  of  the  Possible  Appearance  of  Old  Scots  Church. 

be  known  as  the  "Log  College,"  from  which  has  "proceeded  streams 
of  blessings  to  the  cluu'ch."  Its  founder  died  1746  aged  73  years. 
Log  College  may  he  considered  the  virtual  beginning  of  what  is  now 
Princeton  University. 


REV.  JOHN  TENNENT.  75 

John  Teniient  was  born  in  county  Armaugh,  North  Ireland,  Nov. 
12,  1707.  When  a  boy  he  came  to  America  with  his  father,  and  was 
afterwards  educated  in  tl:;e  "Log  College."  His  conviction  of  sin 
was  unusually  deep  and  intense,  bringing  him  sometimes  almost  to 
despair  ;  and  he  continued  in  agony  for  about  four  days  and  four 
nights  with  "doleful  lamentations."  On  the  other  hand  his  conver- 
sion was  a  remarkable  experience  of  inexpressible  jo}-  and  abiding 
consolation.  Distinguished  for  piety  and  consecrated  zeal  in  his 
Christian  life,  he  was  a  modest,  gentle,  humble  young  man  ;  yet  he 
proved  to  be  possessed  of  the  traits  of  an  attractive  and  powerfully 
effective  preacher. 

Walter  Ker,  went  to  Neshaminy  (as  will  be  related  in  Chapter  X) 
and  was  instrumental,  under  God,  of  inducing  John  Tennent  to  make 
a  preaching  visit  to  Old  Scots,  which  resulted  in  the  congregation 
giving  him  a  unanimous  call  April  15,  1730.  The  following  autumn 
he  was  .settled  as  pastor,  and  entered  upon  his  labors  which  he  ful- 
filled with  "prudence,  diligence,  and  success."  John  Henderson's 
congregational  record  reads  "Thursday,  November  19th,  1730  Then 
the  Presbytry  or  a  Committee  of  the  Same  Met  at  the  Scots  Meeting 
house  and  after  fasting  and  prayer  and  Strict  Examination  and  full 
Approbation  Did  Ordain  the  Revd.  Mr.  John  Tennent  -•-  -''^  Minis- 
terial Charge  in  this  Congregation  :     The  Ministers  N -^    that 

■^  *  >!=  *  William  Tennent,  Jonathan  Dickinson,  Joseph  Morgan,  and 
Gilbert  Tennent.  The  Names  of  the  Committee  for  the  Congregation 
was  Walter  Ker  &  John  Hutton  Elders,  Jonathan  Forman  Esqr. 
Richard  Clark,  David  Rhe,  Richard  Watson,  William  Ker,  Robt 
Cumming,  John  Henderson,  Robert  Newall,  Waltar  Wilson,  George 
Walker,  Timothy  Eloyd  «&  Charles  Gordon."  As  has  been  said,  the 
congregation  was  in  a  deplorable  condition  when  John  Tennent  was 
requested  to  preach  in  the  church.  Wm.  Tennent,  Jr.,  in  his  letter, 
previously  mentioned,  says  that  his  brother  shrunk  from  going  to 
preach  in  Freehold,  for  he  wrote  that  John  "often  told  me,  that  he 
•was  heartily  sorry  that  he  had  engaged  to  go  among  them,  for  it 
.seemed  to  him  that  they  were  a  people  whom  God  had  given  up  for 
their  abuse  of  the  gospel.  But  the  Lord's  thoughts  are  not  our 
thoughts,  nor  his  ways  our  ways,  for  when  he  had  preached  four  or 
five  Sabbaths  in  the  place,  which  was  the  whole  time  he  tarried  among 
them  at  first,  the  Lord  so  ble.ssed  his  labours,  engaging  people  to  at- 
tend to  the  things  which  were  spoken,   and  in  stirring  them   up  to 


76  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TKXXENT. 

search  the  Scriptuies  whether  these  things  were  so  or  not,  and  withal 
enabling  him  to  preach  to  them  with  such  uncommon  freedom  and 
earnestness,  that  he  told  me  he  was  fully  persuaded  Christ  Jesus  had 
a  large  harvest  to  bring  home  there  ;  so  that,  though  they  were  a 
poor  broken  people,  yet  if  they  called  him,  he  would  settle  among 
them,  albeit  he  should  be  put  to  beg  his  bread  by  so  doing." 

During  his  pastorate  John  Tennent  preached  l)oth  in  the  Old  Scots 
church  and  in  the  new  and  first  church  on  White  Hill.  The  next 
month  after  his  ordination  he  baptized  Jane  Henderson,  daughter  of 
John,  who  made  this  entry  in  the  church  record  of  baptisms  "The 
first  Child  ever  the  Revd.  Mr.  John  Tennent  Baptized."  She  died 
in  her  19th  year,  and  her  tombstone  may  still  be  seen  in  the  Old  Scots 
yard.  John  Tennent's  ministry  was  remarkal)ly  fruitful.  He  came 
to  the  Freehold  church  seemingly  as  a  ready  and  tireless  reaper  to  a 
ripe  harvest.  Again  \Vm.  Tennent's  letter  says  of  his  brother  "his 
labours  were  greatly  blessed,  so  that  the  place  of  public  worship  was 
usually  crowded  with  people  of  all  ranks  and  orders,  as  well  as  pro- 
fessions, that  obtained  in  that  part  of  the  country,  and  they  seemed 
to  hear  generally  as  for  their  lives  ;  yea,  such  as  were  wont  to  go  to 
those  places  for  their  diversion,  viz.  to  hear  news  or  speak  to  their 
tradesmen,  t&c. ,  even  on  the  Lord's  day,  as  they  themselves  have 
since  confessed,  were  taken  in  the  gospel  net.  A  solemn  awe  of 
God's  majesty  possessed  many,  so  that  they  behaved  themselves  as 
at  his  bar  while  in  his  house.  Many  tears  were  usually  shed  when 
he  preached,  and  sometimes  the  body  of  the  congregation  was  moved 
or  affected.  I  can  say,  and  let  the  Lord  alone  have  the  glory  of  it, 
that  I  have  .seen  both  minister  and  people  wet  with  their  tears,  as 
with  a  bedewing  rain.  It  was  no  unconnnon  thing  to  see  persons  in 
the  time  of  hearing,  sobbing  as  if  their  hearts  would  break,  but  with- 
out an\-  public  outcry,  and  .some  have  been  carried  out  of  the  assem- 
bly (  being  overcome)  as  if  they  had  been  dead."  A  great  reforming 
work  began.  Religion  was  the  common  topic.  Many  sought  the 
saving  |)ower  of  Christ.  These  reviving  times  in  old  F^'reehold  under 
John  Tennent  formed  a  portion  of  the  early  workings  of  "The  Great 
Awakening"  in  America  in  the  eighteenth  century.  Dr.  D.  V.  Me 
Lean's  lecture  on  John  Tennent  says  "According  to  tradition  his  zeal 
was  ardent,  his  style  beautiful  with  remarkable  fluency  of  expression, 
and  luxuriance  and  aptness  of  illustration,  while  a  peculiar  tender- 
ness, compassion  and  pathos,  breathed  in  all  he  said,  even   while  de- 


REV.  JOHN  TENNENT.  77 

nouncing  the  terrors  of  the  law  against  the  secure  and  impenitent. 
His  memory  was  long  and  lovingly  cherished  by  his  people." 

But  God  soon  took  this  young  servant  to  himself  ;  for,  only  two 
3'ears  after  the  church  had  called  him,  this  saintly  young  man,  on  a 
Sabbath  morning  April  23,  1732  entered  his  eternal  rest.  The  peo- 
ple, who  had  greatly  respected  and  trusted  him,  mourned  deeply  over 
his  early  departure.  This  is  expressed  by  John  Henderson  in  his 
congregational  record,  "Lords  Day  April  23th  1732.  The  Reverd. 
&  Dear  Mr.  John  Tennant  Departed  this  Life  between  S  &  g  of  the 
Clock  in  the  Morning  and  was  Buried  on  The  Tuesday  following  A 
Mournful  Providence  &  cause  of  great  Humiliation  to  this  poor  Con- 
gregation to  be  bereaved  of  the  flour  of  Youth  The  most  Labourious 
Successful  well  Ouallified  &  pious  Pastor  this  Age  aforded  tho.  but  a 
Youth  of  25  Years  5  Months  &  11  Days  of  Age."  For  about  six 
months  before  he  died  he  was  physically  unable  to  preach  in  the  pub- 
lic services,  but  "his  love  for  his  people  and  concern  for  their  welfare" 
rather  increased  than  diminished.  He  was  quick  to  see  the  work  of 
God  in  the  heart.  He,  with  his  brother  William,  believed  in  early 
regeneration,  for  just  two  months  before  he  died  a  little  girl,  Hannah 
Hankinson,  aged  13  years,  was  received  into  the  full  communion  of 
the  church.  The  results  of  his  ministr}'  continued  to  be  manifested 
in  the  conversion  of  souls  very  conspicuously  after  his  death  ;  and 
which  his  brother  William  said  were  reaped  by  him  especiall}'  during 
the  early  years  of  his  long  pastorate  in  the  church.  Thus  in  what- 
ever credit  that  may  be  attached  to  human  agency  under  God's  ble.ss- 
ing  in  making  the  life  of  Old  Tennent  vigorous  and  influential,  the 
name  of  John  Tennent,  in  some  respects  more  than  that  of  Wm.  Ten- 
nent, deserves  a  position  of  distinguished  honor. 

John  Tennent  was  buried  in  Old  Scots  yard,  hard  by  the  old  build- 
ing ;  and  for  his  tombstone,  that  lies  horizontally  sinking  into  the 
turf,  the  Rev.  Jonathan  Dickinson  of  Elizabethtown  composed  the 
epitaph,  which  still  may  plainly  be  seen  : 

''Here  lies  lohat  icas  mortal  of 

The  Rev.  Mr.  John  Tennent 

Nat.  Nov.  12,  1707  Obijt  April  23 

1732 
Who  quick  greic  old  in  learning   Wrtue  Grace. 
Quick  finished  'cell  yielded  to  Death's  Embrace. 


78  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Whose  vwulded  dust  this  Cabinet  contains. 
.  Whose  soul  tritunphant  with  bright  Seraphs  reigns. 

Waiting  the  time  till  Heaven''  s  bright  Concave  flame 
And  ye  last  trump  repairs  this  ruined  frame .  , 

Cur  praeniaturam  mortemq^ie  queramuracerbam 
Mors  Matura  vinit  cunibona   \  'ita  fuit.'^ 

The  grave  stone  is  quadrangular  in  form,  lies  flat  in  the  ground, 
gray  and  brown  with  age,  and  sacred  with  the  memory  of  his  godl}^ 
life,  a  very  inspiration  to  the  thoughtful  observer.  Two  sermons  of 
John  Tennent's  writing  are  left,  one  on  "The  Nature  of  Regenera- 
tion," and  the  other  on  "The  Nature  of  Adoption." 


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CHAPTER  VII. 

REV.    WIIJJAM    TENNENT,    JR.,     1733-1777. 

The  fourth  pastor  of  Old  Tennent  (formerly  called  Freehold)  was 
the  Rev.  William  Tennent,  Jr.,  famous  in  religious  and  church  his- 
tory. He  was  born  June  3,  1705  in  the  county  of  Armaugh,  Ireland, 
and  was  a  boy  in  his  teens  when  he  came  with  his  father  to  America, 
as  related  in  the  foregoing  chapter.  In  his  studies  he  showed  great 
industry,  and  became  particularly  proficient  in  the  Latin  language. 
Early  in  life  he  was  deeply  impressed  with  a  sense  of  divine  things, 
and  soon  determined  to  devote  his  life  to  the  ministr\'  of  the  gospel. 
His  biography  is  of  surpassing  interest,  a  fascinating  story  of  the  un- 
usual and  extraordinary  in  spiritual  life  ;  the  main  features  of  which 
are  too  well  known  to  recount  here  in  detail.  The  memoir  of  Mr. 
Tennent  was  first  published  in   "The  Assembly's  Mi.ssionar}^  Maga- 


REV.  WILLIAM  TENNENT  JR 


8o  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

zine"  iSo6,  and  was  prepared  by  Hon.  Elias  Boudinot,  LL.  D.,  but 
at  his  request  the  greater  part  of  the  narrative  was  written  by  Thomas 
Henderson,  M.  D.,  one  of  Old  Tennent's  faithful  elders  and  most 
distinguished  sons.  The  original  manuscript  has  long  been  in  the 
possession  of  the  Historical  Society  of  New  Jersey.  The  story  has 
been  published  in  book  form  bj'  Dr.  Archibald  Alexander  in  his  "Log 
College"  (Presbyterian  Board  of  Publication,  Phila.)  from  which 
quotations  are  herein  made  ;  and  also  the  story  is  published  in  neat 
booklet  form  (Robert  Carter  &  Bros.,  New  York).  To  these  the 
reader  is  referred  for  further  account  than  herein  given.  The  most 
prominent  feature  in  Mr.  Tennent's  life  and  personal  experience  is 
the  account  of  his  remarkable  and  celebrated  trance.  He  had  com- 
pleted his  course  in  the  languages,  and  then  had  gone  to  New  Bruns- 
wick, N.  J.,  to  study  theology  under  his  brother  Gilbert  who  was 
preacher  of  the  church  in  that  town.  While  there  he  experienced 
the  trance  ;  and  it  is  said,  that  the  house,  in  which  it  is  supposed  to 
have  taken  place,  can  still  be  pointed  out.  The  story  is  told  in  the 
book  "Log  College"  as  follows  : — 

'  "After  a  regular  course  of  study  in  theology,  Mr.  Teiment  was 
preparing  for  his  examination  by  the  Presbyterj^  as  a  candidate  for 
the  gospel  mini.stry.  His  intense  application  affected  his  health,  and 
brought  on  a  pain  in  his  breast,  and  a  .slight  hectic.  He  soon  became 
emaciated,  and  at  length  was  like  a  living  skeleton.  His  life  was 
now  threatened.  He  was  attended  by  a  physician,  a  young  gentle- 
man who  was  attached  to  him  by  the  strictest  and  warmest  friendship. 
He  grew  worse  and  worse,  till  little  hope  of  life  was  left.  In  this 
situation,  his  spirits  failed  him,  and  he  began  to  entertain  doubts  of 
his  final  happiness.  He  was  conversing  one  morning  with  his  brother 
in  Latin,  on  the  state  of  his  soul,  when  he  fainted  and  died  away. 
After  the  usual  time  he  was  laid  out  on  a  board,  according  to  the 
common  practice  of  the  country,  and  the  neighborhood  were  invited 
to  attend  his  funeral  on  the  next  day.  In  the  evening,  his  phy.sician 
and  friend  returned  from  a  ride  in  the  country,  and  was  afflicted  be- 
yond measure  at  the  news  of  his  death.  He  could  not  be  persuaded 
tliat  it  was  certain  ;  and  on  being  told  that  one  of  the  pensons  who 
had  assisted  in  laying  out  the  body  thought  he  had  observed  a  little 
tremor  of  the  fle.sh  under  the  arm,  although  the  body  was  cold  and 
stiff,  he  endeavored  to  ascertain  the  fact.  He  first  put  his  own  hand 
into  warm  water,  to  make  it  as  sensible  as  possible,  and  then  felt  under 


REV.  WILLIAM  TENNENT,  Jr.  8i 

the  arm,  and  at  the  heart,  and  affirmed  that  he  felt  an  unusual 
warmth,  though  no  one  else  could.  He  had  the  body  restored  to  a 
warm  bed,  and  insisted  that  the  people  who  had  been  invited  to  the 
funeral  should  be  requested  not  to  attend.  To  this  the  brother  ob- 
jected as  absurd,  the  eyes  being  sunk,  the  lips  discoloured,  and  the 
whole  body  cold  and  stiff.  However,  the  doctor  finally  prevailed, 
and  all  probable  means  were  used  to  discover  symptoms  of  returning 
life.  But  the  third  day  arrived,  and  no  hopes  were  entertained  of 
success  but  by  the  doctor,  who  never  left  him  night  nor  day.  The 
people  were  again  invited,  and  assembled  to  attend  the  funeral.  The 
doctor  still  objected,  and  at  last  confined  his  request  for  delaj'  to  one 
hour,  then  to  half  an  hour,  and  finally  to  a  quarter  of  an  hour.  He 
had  discovered  that  the  tongue  was  much  swollen,  and  threatened  to 
crack.  He  was  endeavoring  to  soften  it,  by  some  emollient  ointment 
put  upon  it  with  a  feather,  when  the  brother  came  in,  about  the  ex- 
piration of  the  last  period,  and  mistaking  what  the  doctor  was  doing 
for  an  attempt  to  feed  him,  manifested  some  resentment,  and  in  a 
spirited  tone  said,  'It  is  shameful  to  be  feeding  a  lifeless  corpse  ;'  and 
insisted  with  earnestness,  that  the  funeral  should  immediately  proceed. 
At  this  critical  and  important  moment,  the  body  to  the  great  alarm 
and  astonishment  of  all  present  opened  its  eyes,  gave  a  dreadful  groan 
and  sunk  again  into  apparent  death.  This  put  an  end  to  all  thoughts 
of  burying  him,  and  every  effort  was  again  employed  in  hopes  of 
bringing  about  a  speedy  resuscitation.  In  about  an  hour  the  eyes 
again  opened,  a  heavy  groan  proceeded  from  the  body,  and  again  all 
appearance  of  animation  vani.shed.  In  another  hour  life  seemed  to 
return  with  more  power,  and  a  complete  revival  took  place  to  the 
great  joy  of  the  family  and  friends,  and  to  the  no  small  astonishment 
and  conviction  of  very  many  who  had  been  ridiculing  the  idea  of  re- 
storing to  life  a  dead  body. 

"Mr.  Tennent  continued  in  so  weak  and  low  a  state  for  six  weeks, 
that  great  doubts  were  entertained  of  his  final  recovery.  However, 
after  that  period  he  recovered  much  faster,  but  it  was  about  twelve 
months  before  he  was  completely  restored.  After  he  was  able  to 
walk  the  room,  and  to  take  notice  of  what  passed  around  him,  on  a 
Sunday  afternoon,  his  sister,  who  had  staid  from  church  to  attend 
him,  was  reading  in  the  Bible,  when  he  took  notice  of  it  and  asked 
her  what  she  had  in  her  hand.  She  answered  that  she  was  reading 
the  Bible.      He  replied,  'What  is  the  Bible?     I  know  not  what  you 


82  HISTORY    OF  OLD  TEXXEXT. 

mean.'  This  affected  the  sister  so  much  that  she  burst  into  tears, 
and  informed  him  that  lie  was  once  well  acquainted  with  it.  On  her 
reporting  this  to  the  brother,  when  he  returned,  Mr.  Tennent  was 
found,  upon  examination,  to  be  totally  ignorant  of  every  transaction 
of  life  previous  to  his  sickness.  He  could  not  read  a  single  word, 
neither  did  he  seem  to  have  any  idea  of  what  it  meant.  As  soon  as 
he  became  capable  of  attention,  he  was  taught  to  read  and  write,  as 
children  are  usually  taught,  and  afterwards  began  to  learn  the  Latin 
language  under  the  tuition  of  his  brother.  One  day,  as  he  was  re- 
citing a  lesson  in  Cornelius  Nepos,  he  suddenly  started,  clapped  his 
hand  to  his  head,  as  if  .something  had  hurt  him,  and  made  a  pause. 
His  brother  asking  him  what  was  the  matter,  he  said  that  he  felt  a 
.sudden  shock  in  his  head,  and  now  it  seemed  to  him  as  if  he  had  read 
that  l)ook  before.  By  degrees  his  recollection  was  restored,  and  he 
could  speak  Latin  as  fluently  as  before  his  sickness.  His  memor\-  .so 
completely  revived,  that  he  gained  a  perfect  knowledge  of  the  past 
tran.sactions  of  his  life,  as  if  no  difficulty  had  previously  occurred. 
This  event,  at  the  time,  made  a  con.siderable  noise,  and  afforded,  not 
only  a  matter  of  serious  contemplation  to  the  devout  Christian,  es- 
pecially when  connected  with  what  follows  in  this  narration,  but  fur- 
nished a  subject  of  deep  investigation  and  learned  niquiry  to  the  real 
philosopher  and  curious  anatomist. 

"The  writer  ofthe.se  memoirs  was  greatly  interested  by  these  un- 
common events  ;  and,  on  a  favourable  occasion,  earnestly  pres.sed  Mr. 
Tennent  for  a  minute  account  of  what  his  views  and  apprehensions 
were,  while  he  lay  in  this  extraordinary  state  of  suspended  animation. 
He  discovered  great  reluctance  to  enter  into  any  explanation  of  his 
perceptions  and  feelings,  at  this  time  ;  but,  being  importunately  urged 
to  do  it,  he  at  length  consented,  and  proceeded  with  a  .solemnity  not 
to  be  described. 

"  '  While  I  was  conversing  with  mv  brother,'  said  he,  'on  the  state 
of  m\-  soul,  and  the  fears  I  had  entertained  for  my  future  welfare,  I 
found  niy.self,  in  an  instant,  in  another  state  of  existence,  under  the 
direction  of  a  superior  l)eing,  who  ordered  me  to  follow  him.  I  was 
accordingly  wafted  along,  I  know  not  how,  till  I  beheld  at  a  dis- 
tance an  ineffable  glory,  the  imj^'cssion  of  which  on  ni}-  mind  it  is 
impossible  to  communicate  to  mortal  man.  I  immediateh-  reflected 
on  my  happy  change,  and  thought, — Well,  blessed  be  God  1  I  am 
safe  at  last,   notwithstanding  all   m\-  fears.      I  saw  an   innumerable 


REV.  WILLIAM  TENNENT,  Jr.  83 

host  of  happy  beings  surrounding  the  inexpressible  glory,  in  acts  of 
adoration  and  joj-ous  worship  ;  but  I  did  not  see  any  bodily  shape  or 
representation  in  the  glorious  appearance.  I  heard  things  unutter- 
able. I  heard  their  songs  and  hallelujahs  of  thanksgiving  and  praise 
with  unspeakable  rapture.  I  felt  joy  unutterable  and  full  of  glory. 
I  then  applied  to  my  conductor,  and  requested  leave  to  join  the  happy 
throng  ;  on  which  he  tapped  me  on  the  shoulder,  and  said,  'You 
must  return  to  the  earth.'  This  seemed  like  a  sword  through  my 
heart.  In  an  instant,  I  recollect  to  have  seen  mj'  brother  standing 
before  me,  disputing  with  the  doctor.  The  three  days  during  which 
I  had  appeared  lifeless  seemed  to  me  not  more  than  ten  or  twenty 
minutes.  The  idea  of  returning  to  this  world  of  sorrow  and  trouble 
gave  me  such  a  shock,  that  I  fainted  repeatedly.'  He  added,  'Such 
was  the  effect  on  my  mind  of  what  I  had  seen  and  heard,  that  if  it  be 
possible  for  a  human  being  to  live  entirel}^  above  the  world  and  the 
things  of  it,  for  some  time  afterwards  I  was  that  person.  The  rav- 
ishing sound  of  the  songs  and  hallelujahs  that  I  heard,  and  the  very 
words  uttered,  were  not  out  of  my  ears  when  awake,  for  at  least  three 
years.  All  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  were  in  my  sight  as  nothing 
and  vanity  ;  and  so  great  were  my  ideas  of  heavenly  glory,  that  noth- 
ing which  did  not  in  some  measure  relate  to  it  could  command  my 
serious  attention.'  " 

It  appears  that  Mr.  Tennent  had  written  out  a  more  extended  ac- 
count of  this  trance  and  left  it  among  his  papers.  But  these  papers 
were  either  burned  in  Dr.  Henderson's  house  when  it  was  destroyed 
by  fire  at  the  time  of  the  Battle  of  Monmouth,  or  lost  after  the  death 
of  Mr.  Tennent' s  son  in  Carolina.  Many  interesting  anecdotes  are 
recorded  about  Mr.  Tennent  in  regard  to  his  preaching,  his  manners, 
his  dealing  with  men,  and  his  personal  and  spiritual  experience, 
which  may  variously'  be  described  as  amusing,  singular,  extraordi- 
nary, mysterious. 

Wm.  Tennent' s  autograph,  here  shown,  was  taken  from  a  receipt 
of  1773,  when  he  was  about  sixty -eight  years  of  age.  In  personal 
appearance  he  was  tall  in  stature,  being  somewhat  over  six  feet,  and 


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84  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

erect.  His  face  was  thin,  his  nose  long  and  sharp,  and  his  eyes 
bright  and  piercing.  His  countenance  was  of  solemn  mien,  as  might 
be  suppo.sed  in  such  a  man,  and  yet  withal  it  was  cheerful  ;  and  he 
was  a  man  of  conspicuous  activity  in  both  body  and  mind.  Thus 
his  whole  external  appearance  was  such  as  would  command  respect- 
ful attention  before  any  audience.  A  man  of  scrupulous  integrity,  of 
pronounced  piety  and  intense  spirituality,  of  decision  of  character,  of 
cheerful  disposition,  and  of  thorough  education,  he  exercised  a  wide 
influence  ;  and  was  a  successful  peacemaker  in  settling  disputes  and 
difficulties  in  surrounding  congregations.  As  a  preacher  he  was 
strong,  attractive,  prolific,  successful  ;  a  few  specimens  of  his  sermon- 
izing remain  for  study  to  this  day.  Mr.  Tennent  was  chosen  as  one 
of  the  first  tru.stees  in  The  College  of  New  Jersey  (Princeton),  and 
his  name  is  mentioned  in  the  memorandum  of  the  first  charter  1747. 
xA-fter  the  death  of  John  Tennent  the  congregation  turned  their  at- 
tention to  Wm.  Tennent,  who  had  been  preaching  for  them  for  about 
six  months  while  his  brother  John  was  slowly  dying.  He  supplied 
them  for  about  a  year  and  then  was  settled  as  their  pastor.  John 
Henderson  gives  an  account  of  this  settlement  in  his  usual  accurate 
statement  in  the  Record  book.  He  sadly  writes  of  John  Tennent's 
death,  and  then  goes  on  to  record,  "after  which  we  lived  Destitute  of 
a  Pastor  or  any  Constant  Supply  untill  September  28  Day  1732  when 
the  Revd.  Mr.  Wm.  Tennent  Junr.  after  much  Reluctance  was  pre- 
vailed upon  to  Settle  amongst  us  at  least  for  a  time.  Saturday 
March  loth  1732-3  The  Elders  cS:  the  Majr.  part  of  the  Represen- 
tatives met  at  the  House  of  David  Rhea  &  Cho.se  Collectors  to  Collect 
the  Ministers  Sallerie  for  the  Ensuing  Year,  viz.  Mr.  Charles  Gordon, 
Jonathan  Forman  Esqr.  Robert  Cumming,  Samuel  Ker  «&:John  Hen- 
derson, with  John  Hutton  for  the  fresh  Ponds."  (Fresh  Ponds  was 
possibly  in  the  vicinity  of  what  is  now  North  Long  Branch  :  there 
were  Huttons  or  Hootons  there  at  an  early  date).  "Saturday  Sep- 
tember 8th  1733  David  Rhe  &  Robert  Cumming  was  Cho.sen  our 
Commissioners  to  Present  a  Call  to  the  Revred  Mr.  Wm.  Tennent 
Junr.  at  tlie  Synod  of  Philadelphia  which  Call  Mr.  Tennent  Accepted. 
Thursday  October  25th.  1733  A  Committee  of  the  Presbetry  Met  at 
White  Hill  Meeting  House  &  after  Examination  &  Approbation  Did 
with  Fa.sting  Prayer  &  Laying  on  of  Hands  Ordain  the  Revd.  Mr. 
Willm.  Tennent  Junr.  to  Pastoral  Charge  in  this  Congregation  The 
Names  of  the  Ministers  of  the  Committee  were  the  Revd.  Mr.  Jo.seph 


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Morgan  Moderator  Mr.  William  Teniient  *  *  *  &  Mr.  Eleazar 
Wales,  The  Names  of  the  Committee  '■■  *  *  John  Hntton  Elders  *  * 
man  Esqr.  David  Rhe,  Richard  Watson,  Robert  Gumming,  Wil- 
liam Ker,  Samuel  Ker,  John  Henderson,  Timothy  Lloyd,  Robert 
Newall,  Waltar  Wilson,  George  Walker  and  Peter  Gordon." 

With  the  settlement  of  Wm.  Tennent  the  church  entered  upon  a 
long  period  of  flourishing  growth.  There  was  a  great  increase  of 
communicants.  The  reviving  times  of  John  Tennent's  ministry  con- 
tinued after  his  death,  and  a  harvest  from  his  labors  was  partially 
reaped  by  his  brother  through  a  number  of  3'ears.  But  Wm.  Ten- 
nent's preaching  and  energetic  and  thorough  pastoral  visitation  and 
conversation  promoted  a  deep  spiritual  influence  throughout  the  con- 
gregation. 

Wm.  Tennent  preached  in  both  pulpits,  the  one  at  White  Hill  in 
the  "Upper  Meeting  Hou.se,"  and  the  one  at  Old  Scots  the  "Lower 
Meeting  House."  For  arrangements  about  the  division  of  preaching 
services  in  the  two  meeting  houses,  see  quotation  of  church  records 
in  chapter  II. 

Wm.  Tennent  continued  the  active  and  earnest  pastor  of  the  church 
until  his  triumphant  death  March  8,  1777,  when  he  had  almost 
reached  seventy-two  years  of  life.  He  had  been  a  helper  of  the  poor, 
a  friend  to  the  rich,  a  true  and  loj^al  patriot,  a  peacemaker  of  unusual 
tact,  and  a  trusted  and  revered  pastor.  A  great  concourse  of  people 
from  his  own  congregation  and  from  the  country  around  as.sembled 
at  his  funeral  service,  and  Dr.  McLean  said  in  his  lecture  on  Wm. 
Tennent  "The  Rev.  Charles  McKnight,  then  pastor  of  the  church  of 
Shrew.sbury  preached  the  sermon  at  his  funeral  at  the  Parsonage  and 
not  at  the  church."  His  bod}'  was  buried  beneath  the  floor  near  the 
center  of  the  present  church  building  on  White  Hill  where  it  still 
rests.  It  was  buried  there,  it  is  said,  for  safety  from  possible  moles- 
tation by  English  sympathizers  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  probably 
the  same  that  had  annoyed  and  threatened  and  involved  him  in  an 
unpleasant  situation  on  account  of  his  patriotism,  just  previous  to  his 
death.  Fort3'-one  j^ears  after  this,  in  1818,  a  memorial  tablet  three 
feet  by  six  feet  in  size,  made  of  white  marble  and  with  a  suitable  in- 
scription was  placed  in  the  wall  of  the  church  on  the  west  side  of  the 
pulpit.  The  funds  for  the  erection  of  this  tablet  were  contributed  by 
friends,  subscriptions  being  solicited  by  a  young  woman  with  others 
to  assist  her.     In  i8qo  this  tablet  was  removed  to  the  wall  on  the 


86  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

east  side  of  the  pulpit,  and  its  engraved  lettters  regilded.  This  was 
in  order  to  erect  a  recess  on  the  side  of  the  church  where  it  had  first 
been  placed,  and  in  which  a  pipe  organ  now  stands  (see  pulpit  picture) 
This  inscription  is  as  follows  :  — 

"  Sacred 

to  the  Memory  of 

the  Reverend 

WILLIAM  TENNENT 

Pastor  of 

the  first  Presbyterian  Church 

in  Freehold 

who  departed  this  life 

the  8th  of  March,  1777  ; 

Aged  71  Years, 

and  9  Months. 

He  was 

Pastor  of  said  Church 

43  Years,  and  6  Months. 

Faithful  and  Beloved.  " 

During  the  pastorate  of  Wm.  Tennent  some  noted  divines  preached 
in  the  pulpit  of  old  Freehold,  as  mentioned  in  chapter  II.  The 
American  Weekly  Mercury,  April  24-May  i,  1740  announced  the 
preaching  places  of  Mr.  Whitefield,  for  the  week  and  shows  that  on 
Tuesday  Morning  at  10  o'clock  May  13,  1740  he  was  to  preach  "at 
Mr.  William  Tennent's  new  Meeting  House  at  Freehold,  where  a 
Collection  is  to  be  made  for  the  Orphan  House"  in  Georgia.  This 
was  in  the  first  house  on  White  Hill.  Also  it  is  a  well  authenticated 
tradition  that  Whitefield  once  preached  in  the  present  Old  Tennent 
pulpit  from  the  text  Acts  26  :  18.  Doul)tless  David  Brainerd  and  his 
brother  John  both  preached  in  the  first  house  on  White  Hill,  and 
possibly  John  in  the  second  or  present  house.  The.se  two  men  were 
intimate  friends  of  Wm.  Tennent,  and  he  was  interested  in  their 
labors  among  the  Indians  near  to  Freehold,  "and  often  took  the  care 
of  the  Indian  church  in  their  absence."  In  a  letter  for  the  general 
public  written  August  16,  1746,  to  attest  the  work  of  divine  grace 
among  the  Indians,  he  says,  "As  I  live  not  far  from  the  Indians,  I 
have  been  much  conversant  with  them,  both  at  their  own  place,  and 
in  my  own  parish,  where  they  generall)'  convene  for  public  worship 
in  Mr.  Brainerd's  absence,  and  I  think  it  my  duty  to  acknowledge, 
that  their  conversation,  hath  often,  under  God,  refreshed  my  soul." 


REV.   WILLIAM  TENNENT,  Jr.  87 

His  elders  and  deacons  also  made  an  attestation  of  the  true  work  of 
grace  among  the  Indians  as  follows  : 

"We  whose  names  are  underwritten,  being  elders  and  deacons  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Freehold,  do  hereb}-  testify,  that  in  our 
humble  opinion,  God,  even  our  Saviour,  has  brought  a  considerable 
number  of  the  Indians  in  these  parts  to  a  saving  union  with  himself. 
Of  this  we  are  persuaded  from  a  personal  acquaintance  with  them  ; 
whom  we  not  only  hear  speak  of  the  great  doctrines  of  the  gospel  with 
humility,  affection,  and  understanding,  but  we  see  walk,  as  far  as  man 
can  judge,  soberly,  righteously,  and  godly.  We  have  joined  with 
them  at  the  Lord's  supper,  and  do  from  our  hearts  esteem  them  as 
our  brethren  in  Jesus.  For  'these  who  were  not  God's  people,  may 
now  be  called  the  children  of  the  living  God  ;  it  is  the  Lord's  doing, 
and  it  is  marvellous  in  our  eyes.'  Oh  that  he  may  go  on  'conquering 
and  to  conquer,'  until  he  has  subdued  all  things  to  himself!  This 
is,  and  shall  be  the  unfeigned  desire  and  prayer  of, 

Walter  Ker,  ^  William  Ker,           ] 

Robert  Cummins.  |     .  Samuel  Ker,             |  x 

David  Rhe,  !    ^  Samuel  Craig,          !  0 

John  Henderson,  [2  i  ^ 

John  Anderson,  j  W  j  q 

Joseph  Ker,  J  J 

Presbyterian  Church,  Freehold,  Aug.  16,  1746."  (Edwards  p.  364  &  366). 
David  Brainerd  died  Oct.  9,  1747,  about  five  years  before  the  present 
Old  Tennent  pulpit  was  built.  In  the  book  "The  Indians  of  New 
Jersey,"  etc.,  by  W^illiam  Nelson,  Paterson,  N.  J.,  1S94,  p.  141- 143. 
is  the  following  letter  by  Rev.  Wm.  Tennent  telling  of  the  Indian 
mis.sion  at  Cranbury  ;  the  style,  abbreviation,  and  orthography  of  the 
original  are  here  presented  with  the  utmost  accuracy  : — 


" 141 

The  Indian  Mission  at  Cranbury,  in  1756. 
The  following  letter  of  the  Rev.  William  Tennent,  of  New  Jersey, 
never  before  published,  as  far  as  known  to  the  author,  in  whose  pos- 
session it  now  is,  gives  some  interesting  particulars  of  the  Indian 
Mission  at  Cranbury.  It  will  be  observed  that  Mr.  Tennent  uses  the 
letter  "y"  very  freely  for  "th." 


88  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Freehold  march  1756 

As  it  hes  l)een  ye  Constant  practis  of  my  Reverend  Brethren  mesurs 
David,  &  John  Brainard  ;  to  give  an  act  of  ye  state  of  ye  Indian  Con- 
gregation under  their  Charge  (at  least  annualy)  for  ye  satisfation  of 
all  concerned,  with  the  means  they  used  to  promote  God  worke  [am] 
ong  them,  in  As  much  as  I  have  been  intrusted  with  ye  care  of  that 
society,  for  some  time  past  ;  aprehending  that  something  of  that  Kind 
may  be  (Reasonably,)  expected  of  me,  have  drawn  up  ys  General, 
&  succinct  narative. 

All  their  Lands  haveing  been  sold  by  a  drunken  Indian  by  wc  they 
were  liable  to  be  turned  oft"  at  pleasure,  &  so  scatered  yt  that  they 
•cold  not  enjoy  Gospel  ordinances  :  to  prevent  wc,  care  has  been  taken 
to  secure  to  jmi  500  acers  of  ye  same  large  tract,  iK:  they  have  now 
Removed  on  to  it  &  made  some  considerable  improvements.  So  yt 
yy  have  a  medium  for  their  temporal  suport  for  ye  present,  &  can 
conveniently  meet  for  divine  praise.  But  as  their  Bounds  is  too  con- 
tracted to  incourage  others  to  setle  among  them  I  hope  means  will 
stil  be  used  to  obtain  a  large  tract,  for  ye  use  of  all  such  as  may  be 
inclined  to  embrace  the  christian  Religion  &.c.  then  wc  nothing  is 
more  necessary  to  ye  spreading  ye  gospel  among  ye  Indians,  except 
it  be,  ye  continewing  to  Ijuld  up  yt  Church,  wc  oure  Lord  by  ye  un- 
weried  labours  of  his  servants  hes  gratiously  Raised  among  them. 

to  return  The  School  had  been  droped  for  .some  time,  &  ye  Children 
neglected  except  by  ye  almost  matchless  pains  of  mr.  Br  &  after  all 
(by  his  man}'  avocations)  cold  not  carry  ym  on  in  their  Learning  as 
other  ways  yy  might  be.  nor  had  he  freedom  to  imploy  a  master 
parti}'  becaus  yy  were  unsetled,  &  partly  ye  smalness  of  ye  medium 
wc  had  to  support  on.  But  as  ye  Learning  of  ye  children  is  of  ye  last 
importance  to  ye  spread  of  christian  knowlog  I  venturd  to  erect  ye 
.scool  under  ye  care  of  an  Indian  master,  hopeing  by  ys  means  to  have 
it  continewed  at  much  less  charge,  as  also  to  rais  in  ye  Indians  a 
Laudable  emulation  in  Learning,  by  advanseing  one  of  ym  .selfs  to  be 
master.  Bles.sed  be  God  I  am  not  disapoynted.  The  .school  is  Regu- 
larly carried  on  ;  ye  Children  learn  well  I  have  weekl}-  examined 
them  &  am  Refreshed  at  their  progress,  morning  &  evening  prayer 
is  performed  by  ye  master,  &  a  due  decorum  preserved,  tho  we  greatly 
need  Catechisms  &  other  bookes  ;  there  are  between  15  &  20  ordinarily 
yt  attend  &  sometimes  more. 

I  have  according  to  my  measure  preached  to  }-e  congregation  once 


REV.  WILLIAM  TENNENT,  Jr.  89 

evrey  week  ordinarily.  &  frequently  oftener,  as  I  can  preach  wt  them 
in  ye  morning,  &  at  my  one  church  in  ye  afternoon  :  ye  distance  be- 
ing as  is  computed  between  7  &  8  mils,  nor  have  I  faild  to  discharge 
evrey  part  of  ye  Pastoral  office  as  far  as  I  am  acquainted  with  it,  tho 
there  has  been  alles  and  stil  is  in  all  great  weaknesses,  and  many 
sinful  infirmitys  wc  need  ye  blood  of  X  to  cleans  them. 

The  Congregation  is  in  poynt  of  number  is  rather  larger  yn  wn  mr 
Br  left  it  some  haveing  returned  who  had  left  it  &  have  declared  yy 
cold  not  be  easy  in  their  hearts  without  ye  preached  word  They  are 
sincearly  attached  to  ye  inglish  intrest  &  I  doubt  not  wold  be  as  free 
to  venture  their  all  in  delence  of  it  as  any  of  his  magestys  subjects  as 
is  evident  from  ye  declaration  of  one  of  them  called  Simon  who  listed 
in  ye  Provinsial  troops  ye  last  campain.  being  asked  by  me  wt  in- 
dused  him  to  enlist  he  Replied  j-t  he  understood  yt  ye  French  had 
not  only  a  designe  to  take  our  lands  but  to  keep  us  from  serveing 
Jesus  as  he  wold  have  us.  &  furder  aded  yt  as  he  had  given  him.self 
to  X  soul  &  body  he  thought  it  his  duty  to  fight  for  him.  I  asked 
him  how  he  made  out  wt  his  felow  soldiars  ?  he  answered  he  was 
more  afraid  of  ym  3-n  ye  enimy  yy  were  so  wicked,  for  sd  he  yy  drink 
yy  sweare  yy  fight,  &  dont  mind  ye  Sabath  I  again  asked  him  wt  he 
did  about  praying?  he  answered,  tho  he  cold  but  seldom  get  alone 
j-et  he  often  yea  when  under  arms  lifted  up  his  heart  to  Jesus  X  who 
gratiously  mad  his  heart  warm  wt  love  to  him.    excuse  this  degression. 

Profesors  among  them  are  generaly  regular  in  ye  walke  there  has 
been  but  two  instances  of  misconduct  that  I  know  of  among  ye  mem- 
bers since  I  was  concerned  wt  ye  sosiety  one  yt  was  drinkeing  to  ex- 
cess. &  both  have  publiquely  confesst  it  nay  one  of  ye  persons  spoke 
so  to  ye  congregation  warning  ym  b}-  his  fall  yt  yr  was  floods  of  tears 
shed  all  over  ye  house  he  was  so  afected  himself  that  he  was  not  able 
to  speake  for  some  time,  &  after  he  begun  to  speake  was  more  yn 
once  constrained  to  stop,  &  sob  as  if  his  heart  wold  breake,  such  was 
his  sence  of  ye  dishonour  done  to  god.  I  wold  to  god  yt  amongst 
our  .selfs  where  more  may  be  expected  there  was  such  preceiuse  evi- 
dences of  contrition. 

ye  worshipe  of  god  is  carried  on  in  yr  familyes  from  house  to  house 
morning  &  evining  they  convean  twice  aweeke  when  yy  convers  to 
gether  about  ye  things  of  God  pray  to  ye  lord  &  sing  his  prayses  ex- 
clusive of  ye  times  of  my  being  wt  them  &  on  Lord's  Day  they  meet 
3  times  to  worship  they  read  some  portion  of  scripture  &  then  alter- 


90  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNEXT. 

iiately  pray,  .S:  sing,  it  is  to  be  feard  yt  some  of  them  Joyn  out  of 
mear  form  vS:  custom,  tho  I  dout  not  others  of  ym  worship  ye  lord,  in 
spirit,  .v  truth. 

yr  conversation  hes  often  ministerd  matter  of  reproof,  &  quikening 
to  my  vain  &  shigish  heart,  thus  my  lord  has  sent  me  to  Reape  yt  on 
wc  I  bestowed  no  labour,  others  hes  laboured  c\:  I  am  a  jiartaker  of 
ye  fruit  of  yr  toil,  but  god  have  all  ye  glory. 

Some  I  hope  have  got  saveing  benefit  since  I  preached  among  them 
some  have  been  brought  under  concern  about  their  state  some  have 
been  comforted. 

I  have  baptised  3  adults  who  gave  charitable  rea.son  to  hope  they 
are  sinceare  To  conclude  tho  I  have  had  no  small  exercise  on  there 
act  cheefly  occasioned  by  some  il  minded  people  who  have  wikedly 
indeavourd  to  insence  yr  neighbours  against  them  mearly  becaus  ye 
indians  on  ye  frontears  have  commited  many  murders,  yy  .sought  to 
have  these  poor  inocents  cut  off  &.c.  I  say  altho  I  have  been  il  u.sed 
(becaus  I  interposed  in  their  behalf)  in  my  Character  yet  ye  Lord  hes 
made  my  labours  among  ym  sweet  to  mj^  soul,  so  yt  I  have  gon  to 
instruct  ym  as  a  mother  to  feed  ye  child  of  her  love  &  in  heart  bless 
ye  lord  yt  he  counts  me  worthy  to  either  do  or  suffer  [for]  him." 

Mr.  Tennent's  salar}',  it  is  thought,  was  po.ssibly  less  than  /"loo. 
But  he  lived  on  the  parsonage  farm,  which  was  an  excellent  planta- 
tion, capable  of  yielding  a  comfortable  support  to  his  family.  And 
yet  he  became  embarrassed  in  his  expenses,  through  inattention  to 
temporal  concerns,  when  he  was  a  bachelor  thirty-three  years  of  age. 
A  friend  from  New  York  visiting  him  advised  him  to  be  married,  and 
suggesting  a  certain  widow  as  an  appropriate  helpmate,  recommended 
her  in  high  terms,  "In  short,  that  she  was  every  thing  he  ought  to 
look  for  ;  and  if  he  would  go  with  him  to  New  York  the  next  day,  he 
would  settle  the  negotiation  for  him.  To  this  he  (Mr.  Tenneut)  soon 
assented.  The  next  evening  found  him  in  that  city,  and  before  noon 
the  day  after,  he  was  introduced  to  Mrs.  Noble.  He  was  much 
pleased  with  her  appearance  ;  and  when  left  alone  with  her,  abruptly 
told  her  that  he  supposed  her  brother  had  informed  her  of  his  errand  ; 
that  neither  his  time  nor  inclination  would  suffer  him  to  use  much 
ceremony,  ])ut  that  if  she  approved  the  measure,  he  would  attend  his 
charge  on  the  next  Sabbath  and  return  on  Monday,  be  married  and 
immediately  take  her  home.  The  lady  with  some  hesitation  and  diffi- 
culty at  last  consented,   being  convinced  that  his  situation  and  cir- 


REV.  WILLIAM  TENNENT,  Jr.  91 

cumstances  rendered  it  proper.  Thus  in  one  week  she  found  herself 
mistress  of  his  house.  She  proved  a  most  invaluable  treasure  to  him, 
more  than  answering  ever}'  thing  said  of  her  by  an  affectionate 
brother."  The  marriage  took  place  Aug.  23,  1738.  The  lady's 
maiden  name  was  Catharine  Van  Brugh.  She  married  first  171 7 
John  Noble,  and  they  had  a  daughter  Mary  who  married  Robert 
Gumming.  Beside  several  children  that  died  in  infancy  Mr.  Tennent 
had  three  sons  that  grew  to  manhood,  John,  who  was  a  physician  and 
died  in  the  West  Indies,  William,  who  was  a  minister,  in  Charleston, 
So.  Carolina,  and  died  the  same  year  as  his  father,  and  Gilbert,  who 
was  a  physician  and  died  at  Freehold  in  a  remarkable  deathbed  re- 
pentance, and  there  being  no  minister  near  by  his  father  conducted 
the  funeral  service  and  preached  an  impressive  sermon.  Mrs.  Ten- 
nent died  at  Pittsgrove,  N.  J.,  in  her  82nd  year. 

Thomas  Henderson,  M.  D.,  the  biographer  of  Wm.  Tennent,  was 
an  efficient  and  influential  man.  For  his  family  connection  see  in 
Genealogical  Notes,  Appendix.  Graduated  at  Princeton  1761. 
Studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Nathaniel  Scudder.  Pursued  his  profes- 
sion first  at  what  is  now  Freneau,  near  Matawan  :  afterwards  at  Free- 
hold ;  had  extensive  practice.  Was  a  member  of  the  first  Medical 
Society  of  N.  J.,  1766.  His  home  for  many  years  was  one  and  a  half 
miles  due  southwest  from  Monmouth  Court  house  on  road  from  Free- 
hold to  Mt.  Holly.  This  house,  which  he  built  after  his  first  house 
on  same  place  had  been  burned  by  the  British  1778,  is  still  standing. 
In  his  day  he  was  considered  one  of  the  largest  land  owners  in  Mon- 
mouth Co.  He  was  an  ardent  patriot  :  was  one  of  the  "Committee 
of  Observation  and  Inspection"  1774,  and  of  the  "Committee  of 
Safety  :"  was  Major  of  Minute  Men  1776,  and  later  was  Lieut.  Col. 
in  Genl.  David  Forman's  Brigade  :  rendered  valuable  .service  in  the 
Battle  of  Monmouth  :  was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Order 
of  the  Cincinnati  1783.  He  served  in  several  different  offices  at  dif- 
ferent times  :  was  Justice  of  the  Peace  :  Surrogate  of  Mon.  Co.  1776  : 
Judge  in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  1783  and  1799  :  Master  in 
Chancery  1790  :  Member  of  N.  J.  Assembly  1780-85  :  Vice-Pres.  of 
Legislative  Council  1793-94,  and  acted  as  Lieut.  Govr.  for  a  time 
during  absence  of  Gov.  Howell  :  Member  of  Congress,  and  in  April 
1796  made  a  long  speech  supporting  treaty  with  Great  Britain.  A 
man  of  faithful  Christian  life  and  strong  attachment  to  his  church. 
Like  his  father  John,  he  was  a  ruling  elder  and  trustee  in  Old  Ten- 


92  HISTORY    OF  OLD  TEXNENT. 

neiit  for  many  years,  and,  as  president  of  the  trustees,  their  records 
are  still  preserved  in  liis  chirography  from  1787  to  1817.  He  was  a 
promoter  and  charter  member  of  the  Monmouth  Co.  Bible  Society, 
formed  Sep.  8,  1817,  with  Rev.  John  Woodhull  president  and  Thomas 
Henderson  vice-president.  His  grave  is  in  Old  Tennent  yard  sur- 
mounted by  a  marble  tombstone  of  the  table-like  pattern. 

FREEHOLD  CHURCH,   CHARLTON,   N.   Y. 

In  1774  a  family  of  Sweetman's,  of  Scotch  Irish  descent  and  of 
Covenanter  doctrine,  left  Freehold,  Monmouth  Co.,  and  went  up  into 
the  wilderne.ss  region  north  of  Schenectady,  and  .settled  on  the  west- 
ern borders  of  Ballston  township,  Saratoga  Co.,  New  York.  They 
W'ere  shortly  joined  by  other  families  from  Freehold,  from  other  parts 
of  New  Jersey,  and  by  a  few  from  Connecticut.  A  settlement  was 
thus  formed,  and  a  church  was  organized  Jan.  3,  1786,  which  took 
the  type  of  "Presbyterian"  largely  through  the  influence,  it  is  said, 
of  the  members  from  Old  Tennent.  The  town  became  known  as 
"Charlton,"  and  the  church  as  "The  Freehold  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Charlton."  Many  of  the  founders  of  this  church  had  come  from 
Old  Tennent.  One  of  its  most  efficient  and  successful  pastors  was 
Rev.  Joseph  Sweetman,  son  of  Thomas  Sweetman  and  Sarah  Kerr, 
grand-daughter  of  Walter  Kerr.  He  was  baptized  by  Wm.  Tennent 
in  1774,  just  before  his  father  Thomas  went  with  the  first  band  of 
settlers  up  to  the  Charlton  wilderness.  In  after  j^ears  also  the  records 
of  Old  Tennent  show  that  .some  members  were  dismissed  to  join  this 
church  at  Charlton,  manifesting  the  subsequent  drawing  of  one  com- 
munity to  the  other.  Thus  it  may  be  said  that  the  "Freehold  Church 
of  Charlton"  is  virtuallv  the  child  of  Old  Tennent. 


THE  BATTLE  OF  MONMOUTH.  93 

CHAPTER  Vin. 

THE    BATTLE    OF    MONMOUTH.      JUNE    28,     1 778. 

The  vacancy  between  the  pastorate  of  Wm.  Tennent  and  that  of 
Dr.  Woodhull  has  been  made  memorable  in  the  history  of  Old  Ten- 
nent because  of  the  famous  Battle  of  Monmouth  which  took  place 
during  this  interim  and  about  one  mile  and  a  quarter  to  the  .southeast 
of  the  pre.sent  church  building.  The  battle  occurred  on  Sunday  June 
28,  1778,  beginning  quite  early  in  the  morning,  and  continuing  at 
intervals  through  the  forenoon,  raged  in  the  afternoon  until  the  setting 
of  the  sun,  and  is  celebrated  as  one  of  the  .severest  and  also  the  longest 
in  duration  of  all  the  battles  of  the  Revolution.  On  the  day  of  the 
Battle  the  calm  and  stillness  of  a  summer  Sabbath  was  resting  in  all 
nature  around  the  old  church,  bright,  warm,  and  beautiful.  Fields 
of  corn,  wheat,  oats,  and  flax  stretched  awa3Mn  the  openings,  and 
the  oak  woods  between  were  covered  with  their  deepest  green.  For 
years  the  church  doors  had  been  opened  on  Sabbath  morning  for 
reverend  worship  by  God's  people.  But  on  that  Sunday  the  usual 
double  preaching  service  could  scarcely  have  been  held,  since  the 
church  was  pastorless  at  the  time,  and  though  it  is  said  that  Rev. 
Benjamin  Du  Bois  of  the  Brick  church  was  performing  most  of  the 
ministerial  functions  for  Old  Tennent  during  that  interim,  he  could 
scarcely  have  left  his  own  congregation  on  that  Sunday  morning  when 
they  were  aroused  by  the  British  troops  and  trains  pa.ssing  near  by  on 
their  waj'  to  Navesink.  Moreover  a  portion  of  the  women  and  chil- 
dren of  Old  Tennent  community  had  been  taken  away  to  places  of 
.safety  and  hiding,  a  precaution  to  which  some  of  them  had  been  ad- 
vised as  early  as  Saturday  afternoon.  But  especially,  a  congregation 
could  scarcely  sit  in  a  woi'shipful  .service  when  a  battle  was  roaring 
three  and  a  half  miles  distant  :  and  about  midday  Gen.  Washington 
with  the  artiller}^  and  infantry  of  about  6000  men  came  sweeping 
along  the  road  by  the  church  in  hot  haste  to  the  Battle. 

The  Battle  of  Monmouth  has  sometimes  been  called  the  "Battle  of 
Monmouth  Court  House,"  because  it  began  near  to  that  building, 
and  because  that  building  prominently  identified  the  locality.      Mon- 


94 


HISTORY  OF  OLD   TENNENT. 


MONMOUTH  COURT  HOUSE  177S.         From  a  Painting. 


mouth  Court  House  was  and  is  in  the  town  of  Freehold.  It  was 
built  in  1 7 15  and  the  place  was  called  b\'  its  name,  and  not  called 
Freehold  until  after  the  Revolution.  At  the  time  of  the  Battle  the 
place  had  scarcely  more  than  a  dozen  houses.  But  the  Battle  proper 
was  fought  in  the  woods  and  fields  about  halfway  between  Old  Ten- 
nent  and  St.  Peters  P.  E.  church  in  Freehold,  both  of  which  build- 
ings were  standing  at  the  time.  A  magnificent  monument  commem- 
orative <;f  this  historic  battle  has  been  erected  in  Freehold  (town), 
and  was  unveiled  with  appropriate  ceremonies  Nov.  13,  18S4.  The 
funds  for  this  monument  were  started  by  an  Association  organized  in 
its  interest  in  1878,  which  rai.sed  $10,000.  To  this  sum  the  State 
Legislature  added  $10  000,  and  Congress  contributed  $^20,000.  The 
monument  is  built  of  Oninc\-  and  Concord  granite,  and  stands  nearly 
100  feet  high.  On  the  top  is  placed  a  large  granite  statue,  styled 
"Liberty  Triumphant."  Around  the  ba.se  are  five  finely  executed 
bronze  tablets,  Bas-reliefs  of  thrilling  scenes  in  the  Battle  and  previous 
to  it.      They  were  designed  by  Mr.  J.  E.  Kelly. 


THE  BATTLE  OF  MONMOUTH. 


95 


MONMOUTH  BATTLE  MONUMENT. 

The  facts  and  figures,  as  here  given  about  the  Battle,  are  chiefly 
based  on  "Battles  of  the  United  States,  by  Henry  B.  Dawson,"  and 
"Battles  of  the  American  Revolution,  by  Col.  Henry  B.  Carrington," 
and  a  paper  read  by  Charles  King,  Esqr.,  before  the  New  Jersey 
Historical  Society  at  Freehold,  Sep.  13,  1849,  and  the  excellent  his- 
torical sketches  by  Lossing,   and   the  full   accounts  given  in    "Old 

Times    in    Old    Monmouth,"    (all  ofwhich  see  for  the  fullest  iuformatiou).       GCU. 

George  Washington  for  the  Americans,  and  Gen.  Sir  Henry  Clinton 
for  the  British,  commanded  the  Battle  in  person.  Students  have 
variously  estimated  the  number  of  troops  in  each  army,  but  possibly 
it  will  afford  a  fair  idea  of  the  size  of  the  Battle  to  accept  the  estimate 
of  about  11,000  men  for  the  Americans,  and   10,000  for  the  British. 


96 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


The  British  army  had  been  comfortably  quartered  in  Philadelphia 
during  the  previous  winter,  while  the  American  army  had  wintered 
at  Valley  Forge  with  all  its  rigorous  experience.  The  events  and 
conditions  of  the  opening  of  the  year  1778  made  it  necessary  for  Gen. 
Clinton  to  abandon  Philadelphia  and  repair  to  New  York.  Accord- 
ingly he  evacuated  Philadelphia  early  in  the  morning  of  June  iSth, 
crossed  the  Delaware  river  near  Camden  and  began  his  march  through 
New  Jersey.  First  he  came  to  Haddonfield,  thence  to  Evesham  with 
a  portion  of  his  army  through  Moorestown,  and  on  to  Mt.  Holly,  to 
Black  Horse  (Columbus),  to  Crosswicks,  through  Imlaystown  and 
Allentown  where  he  changed  his  course  and  turned  towards  the  Jer- 
.sey  shore,  and  so  came  on  to  Monmouth  Court  House.  The  starting 
of  this  march  from  Philadelphia  by  the  British  made  it  necessary  for 
Gen.  Washington  to  follow  and  come  to  open  battle  if  need  be,  in 
order  to  sustain  and  augment  respect  for  his  army  and  its  cause,  and 
to  endeavor  to  fulfill  the  expectation  of  his  countr}-.  So  on  the  after- 
noon of  June  1 8th  Washington  started  his  army  from  Valley  Forge. 
They  crossed  the  Delaware  at  Coryell's  Ferry  (near  Lambertville), 
and  came  on  to  Hopewell  where  Washington  held  a  second  council 


COr>"CII-   UF    WAR   AT    m  ipKWKI.I, 


Bas-kki.ikk. 


THE  BATTLE  OF  MONMOUTH.  97 

of  war  concerning  this  pursuit  and  attack  of  the  British,  which  is 
depicted  in  one  of  the  bas-reliefs  on  the  handsome  monument,  and  is 
described  as  representing  "Generals  Washington,  Lee,  Greene, 
Stirling,  Lafayette,  Steuben,  Knox,  Poor,  Wayne,  Woodford,  Patter- 
son, Scott  and  Duportail  as  they  appeared  in  the  important  council 
of  war  held  at  Hopewell,  old  Hunterdon  county.  New  Jersej^  June 
24,  1778.  General  Washington  is  listening  attentively  as  General 
Lafayette,  standing  by  the  table,  is  urging  upon  the  council  to  decide 
on  making  a  strong  demonstration  against  the  British  column,  even 
if  it  brought  on  a  battle.  The  position  and  general  expression  of  other 
officers  clearly  indicates  their  opinion  of  Lafayette's  appeal.  General 
Lee,  who  preferred  to  let  the  British  force  parade  unmolested  across 
the  State,  looks  anxious  and  indignant  that  his  military  experience 
and  judgment  does  not  entirely  control  the  board.  It  is  also  easy  to 
see  that  the  foreign  officers,  Steuben  and  Duportail,  want  to  make  a 
strong  attack,  and  not  simply  to  feel  the  enemy.  General  Patterson 
agrees  with  them,  and  so  does  the  true-hearted  Greene.  General 
Wayne,  always  ready  for  fight,  can  hardly  wait  until  Lafayette  has 
finished  that  he  may  speak  a  few  words  of  ardent  patriotism.  Colonel 
Scammel,  Washington's  Adjutant-General,  who  afterwards  gave  his 
life  for  liberty  on  Yorktown's  ramparts,  is  here  engaged  in  noting  the 
opinions  of  the  general  officers  for  the  guidance  of  his  chief. ' '  Gen- 
eral Washington,  favoring  the  opinion  of  Gen.  Wayne,  proceeded  to 
Kingston,  thence  to  Cranbury,  and  finally  to  near  Englishtown  by 
June  27.  He  had  sent  on  in  advance  of  his  main  army  several  de- 
tachments of  troops  at  different  times  to  harrass  the  British  army. 
These  detachments  amounting  altogether  to  about  5000  men,  were 
finally  commanded  by  Gen.  Charles  Lee,  sent  forward  with  instruc- 
tions to  arrange  an  attack.  On  Saturday  afternoon  the  Americans 
were  completing  their  arrangements  for  this  attack,  and  Gen.  Clinton, 
previously  apprehending  it,  had  changed  the  positions  of  his  troops 
so  as  to  be  ready.  Saturday  night  was  one  of  great  anxiety  to  both 
the  armies,  and  of  considerable  excitement  to  the  people  of  the  vicinity. 
Sunday  morning  opened,  a  day  of  sultry  and  enervating  heat,  exceed- 
ingly prostrating  to  soldiers.  The  armies  were  moving  early,  and  the 
Battle  was  preceeded  by  a  number  of  skirmishes  of  increasing  severity. 
First  was  that  of  Dickinson's  reconnoitering  party  between  7  and  8 
o'clock.  After  this  Butler,  northwest  of  the  Court  House,  drove  back 
the  Queen's  Rangers  acting  as  a  small  rear  guard.     The  next  fight- 


98  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

ing  occurred  a  little  nearer  to  the  rear  of  the  British  on  their  march 
toward  Middletown,  Gen.  Wayne  in  the  front.  But  at  this  point  the 
Americans  began  to  fall  back  before  the  British,  who  had  turned  their 
rear  guards  into  an  advancing  front.  This  backward  movement  of 
the  Americans  confu.sed  and  irritated  their  brigade  generals  and 
colonels,  who  did  not  understand  the  reasons  for  it.  They  were  vir- 
tuall_\-  in  retreat  without  seeing  the  explanation  of  it.  There  was 
disappointment  and  .some  confusion,  but  no  panic  among  the  Ameri- 
cans. The  under  officers  and  the  .soldiers  were  perplexed  but  not 
demoralized.  The  British  continued  their  advance  pres.sing  on  the 
Americans  who  retired  through  the  woods  and  down  the  road  leading 
from  Freehold  to  Old  Tennent.  Upon  Gen.  Lee  was  laid  the  respon- 
sibility of  this  seemingly  needless  retreat.  He  was  afterwards  tried 
b}'  court-martial,  found  guilty,  and  punished. 

But  meanwhile  the  cannonading  during  the  forenoon  aroused  Gen. 
Washington,  who  was  at  Englishtown,  to  press  forward  with  his  main 
army.  As  he  hurried  on  wnth  the  left  wing  of  the  rear  column,  led 
by  David  Forman  and  Peter  Wikoff  as  guides,  he  was  unaware  of  the 
confu.sion  and  retreat  of  his  forward  troops.  Passing  about  a  hundred 
yards  in  front  of  the  church  door,  he  .soon  began  to  meet  men  return- 
ing on  the  road,  and  inquiring  the  reason  of  their  hurried  return  could 
scarcely  believe  their  story  of  the  retreat,  until  he  came  into  the  midst 
of  the  di.sorded  and  retrogade  regiments.  Considerably  surprised, 
disappointed,  and  exasperated  he  met  Gen.  Lee  and  addres.sed  him 
in  terms  of  rebuke,  near  to  the  bridge  over  the  brook  that  cros.ses  the 
road  about  a  mile  and  a  quarter  from  the  church.  He  quickly 
checked  the  retreat,  reforming  the  line,  and  bringing  up  the  new 
troops  into  position.  Of  the  retreat  of  the  Americans,  Carrington 
says  "The  ordeal  of  Valley  Forge  saved  the  army.  The  arrival  of 
Washington  restored  it."  The  sight  of  Washington  riding  down  the 
line  magnificently  inspired  the  .soldiers.  One  of  the  bronze  tablets  on 
the  monument  shows  Washington  "riding  down  the  American  lines 
on  the  splendid  horse  which  had  just  been  presented  to  him  by  New 
Jersey's  War  Governor,  William  Livingston,  and  rallying  the  troops 
after  Gen.  L^e's  unaccountal)le  retreat.  He  is  placing  the  regiments 
of  Stewart  and  Ram.sey  and  Livingston  in  position  to  check  the  advance 
party  of  the  British.  General  Washington's  head  and  figure  are 
modeled  from  Houdin's  life-cast,  now  in  possession  of  Mr.  Power. 
The  model  is  worked  on  a  scale,  and  is  entirely  accurate  in   all  its 


THE  BATTLE  OF  MONMOUTH. 


99 


WASHINGTON  RALLYING  THE  TROOPS. 


Bas-relief. 


proportions,  from  Hondin's  measurements.  The  st^'Ie  of  the  uniform 
and  horse  equipments  of  the  chieftain  are  all  from  authentic  sources." 
Setting  his  batteries  in  advantageous  positions,  and  placing  Lord 
Stirling  in  command  of  the  left  wing,  and  Gen.  Greene  of  the  right, 
he  took  leading  command  in  the  center  with  Gen.  Wayne  in  front  of 
him.  Lieu.  Col.  Nathaniel  Ramsey,  of  Maryland,  and  others,  were 
the  first  to  stand  and  resist  the  pursuing  British,  after  the  retreat.  In 
the  bas-relief  he  is  depicted  "in  the  closing  effort  to  hold  his  position 
until  the  main  army  could  be  rallied.  General  Washington  had  told 
him  he  depended  on  his  exertions,  and  he  had  promised  to  check  the 
enemy.  He  tried  with  his  gallant  regiment  to  defend  the  guns  of 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Oswald,  until,  having  been  dismounted,  he  was 
overwhelmed  by  the  superior  numbers  of  the  British  Dragoons.  In 
the  foreground  he  is  represented  with  historical  accuracy  in  a  hand- 
to-hand  conflict  with  a  detachment  of  the  Seventeenth  British  Regi- 
ment, Light  Dragoons.  Colonel  Ramsey's  portrait  is  from  a  minature 
and  silhouette,  both  taken  from  life  and  furnished  by  his  family.  His 
sword  is  modeled  from  the  short  bladed  weapon  which  he  actually 
carried  and  used  with  great  effect  that  da}',  and  which  is  still  preserved. 
The  uniform,  horse  furniture  and  all  the  equipments  of  the  Dragoons 


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HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


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are  taken  iVoni  the  official  record  of  the  regiment.  So  particular  has 
the  artist  been  that  the  'death  head'  may  be  seen  on  the  hat  of  the 
trooper  of  the  Seventeenth  Dragoons — the  organization  allowed  to 
wear  the  same  by  the  order  of  the  King — with  the  motto  'Glory  or 
Death.'  In  the  background  Oswald  is  directing  his  men  in  their 
attempt  to  carry  off  his  guns."  The  Battle  raged  with  the  combat- 
ants face  to  face,  and  .sometimes  hand  to  hand.  Gen.  Wayne's  pc^si- 
tion  was  near  the  par.sonage.  The  British  grenadiers  attacked  him 
but  were  repulsed  again  and  again.  The  British  moved  against  the 
left  wing  of  the  Americans,  Imt  were  repulsed.  They  then  turned 
against  the  right  but  were  compelled  to  retire.  Gen.  Wayne  at  last 
advanced  against  the  British  and  drove  them  back  to  a  defensive  posi- 
tion, which  they  held  when  the  Battle  ended  at  sundown.  One  of 
the  five  bas-reliefs  "depicts  Mad  Anthony  Wayne  leading  his  troops 
in  the  final  charge  of  the  day  through  a  trampled  cornfield,  and  the 
battalions  of  British  grenadiers  falling  back  and  trying  in  vain  to  carry 
away  the  body  of  their  dead  commander,  Lieut. -Colonel  Henry 
Monckton.     The  parsonage  of  Tennent  Church  is  seen  in  the  l)ack- 


THE  BATTLE  OF  MONMOUTH. 


lOI 


WAYNE'S  CHARGE.        Bas-relief. 

ground."  Both  armies,  worn  out  with  fighting  and  with  the  heat  of 
the  day,  threw  themselves  on  the  ground  to  sleep  for  the  night. 
Washington,  wrapped  in  his  cloak,  slept  the  night  under  a  tree.  It 
was  his  purpose  to  renew  the  Battle  in  the  morning.  But  during  the 
night  Gen.  Clinton  had  diawn  his  men  off  the  field,  and  by  morning 
was  well  on  his  march  towards  the  Navesink  hills  ;  and  Washington 
deemed  it  impracticable  to  pursue.  The  sudden,  silent,  and  unusual 
retirement  of  the  British  from  the  battle-field  made  Washington's 
victory  more  pronounced  ;  and  the  battle  and  its  issue  strengthened 
and  encouraged  the  colonies  in  their  struggle  for  independence.  In 
the  Battle  Gen.  Washington  was  unusually  exposed  to  the  enemy's 
fire  in  his  endeavors  to  insipirit  his  soldiers,  and  many  of  the  promi- 
nent officers  of  the  American  armj'  were  engaged.  A  long  list  of 
names  is  preserved  of  the  men  of  Monmouth  Co.  who  at  this  time 
fought  for  their  liberty  and  their  homes.  Many  .soldiers  in  both  armies 
died  of  the  effects  of  heat,  and  Dr.  Sam.  Forman  said  the  tongues  of 
hundreds  of  soldiers  "were  swollen  so  as  to  render  them  incapable  of 
speaking."     The  Americans  lost  8  ofl[icers  and  6i  non-commissioned 


102 


HISTORY    OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


officers  and  privates  killed  :  iS  officers  and  142  non-commissioned 
officers  and  privates  wounded  :  5  sergeants  and  126  rank  and  file  miss- 
ing, some  of  wlioni  were  overcome  with  fatigue  and  heat,  and  subse- 
quently reported  for  service.  The  British  lost  4  officers  and  61  non- 
commissioned officers  killed  and  59  died  from  fatigue  :  15  officers  and 
155  non-commissioned  officers  and  privates  wounded  :  and  68  missing. 
Dead  British  soldiers  were  buried  on  the  battle-field,  and  probably 
also  some  of  the  Americans. 

One  of  the  thrilling  stories  about  the  Battle  is  that  of  Molly  Pitcher 
called  the  "heroine  of  Monmouth."  Her  maiden  name  was  Mary 
lyiidwig,  of  German  descent,  born  1754  in  New  Jerse}^  on  a  farm 
situated  between  Princeton  and  Trenton,  and  married  John  Hays,  of 
Carlisle  Pa.,  who  joined  the  Continental  army,  and  Mary  came  back 
home  to  live  with  her  father.  As  the  army  came  across  New  Jersey 
she  visited  her  husband  and  was  with  him  on  the  Sunday  of  the  Bat- 
tle. During  the  Battle  she  aided  her  husband  and  the  gunners  in 
Gen.  Knox's  artiller}-  b}-  carrying  water  in  the  cannon's  bucket  for 
her  husband's  cannon   and  for  the   thirsty  men,   who  in   pleasantry 


MOLLY   PITCHHK  Bas-rklief. 


THE  BATTLE  OF  MONMOUTH.  103 

called  her  "Molly  Pitcher."  Her  husband,  overcome  with  fatigue 
and  heat  dropped  down  by  the  cannon,  when  his  wife  jumped  forward 
and  helped  to  "work  the  gun."  A  bas-relief  on  the  monument  gives 
this  scene  showing  her  as  "an  ideal  woman  of  great  muscular  power. 
Her  (exhausted)  husband  is  at  her  feet,  and  Gen.  Knox  is  seen  in 
the  background  directing  his  artillery  line.  A  wounded  soldier  uses 
his  right  hand  instead  of  left  in  thumbing  the  vent.  This,  it  is  readily 
seen,  improves  the  composition  of  the  picture.  The  Old  Tennent 
Church,  still  standing  as  a  memorial  of  the  battle,  is  .seen  on  the  ex- 
treme left  of  the  relief."  Molly  soon  nursed  her  husband  to  his  usual 
strength  after  the  battle.  Gens.  Washington,  Greene,  and  Lafayette 
complimented  her.  Congress  bestowed  on  her  an  annuity  of  $40. 
After  the  death  of  her  first  husband  she  married  a  man  by  the  name 
of  McCauley.  She  died  Jan.  1833,  and  was  buried  at  Carlisle,  Pa. 
Years  afterwards  on  July  4,  1876  the  citizens  of  Cumberland  Co.,  Pa. 
placed  a  handsome  Italian  marble  stone  over  her  grave.  She  was  not 
a  coarse  camp-follower,  as  has  sometimes  been  said,  but  a  robust,  in- 
dustrious, kind-hearted  woman,  faithful  as  a  wife  and  mother.  Mrs. 
Isabella  (Crater)  McGeorge  has  written  a  fine  sketch  of  this  subject 
in  the  American  Monthly  Magazine  of  Nov.  1900. 

Ancestral  tales  and  traditions  are  still  told  that  relate  to  the  church 
and  its  people  in  connection  with  the  Battle,  and  with  a  good  degree 
of  authenticity.  It  is  said  that  the  house  of  Wm  Ker,  now  long  since 
taken  down,  and  that  stood  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  from  the  church, 
was  one  of  the  places  used  as  a  hospital  at  the  time  of  the  Battle. 
Also  it  is  a  current  story  in  the  present  Bills'  famil}',  descendants  of 
the  George  and  Tone  families,  that  their  great-grandmother  and  her 
mother  nursed  the  wounded  soldiers  in  the  church  ;  and  their  great- 
grandfather George  and  his  brother  carried  water  all  day  to  the 
wounded  soldiers  on  the  battle-field  from  Molly  Pitcher's  spring  :  and 
also  that  their  great-grandmother,  aided  by  her  mother,  entered  the 
British  lines,  having  the  pass-word  from  her  father  an  American 
soldier  of  the  most  loyal  type,  and  by  means  of  a  few  biscuits  and  two 
or  three  chickens,  bought  silk  for  a  gown  and  broadcloth  for  a  cloak, 
bringing  them  home  secretly,  and  keeping  them  without  her  father's 
knowledge,  for  her  wedding  apparel,  some  five  years  after. 

It  is  a  current  tradition  that  musket  balls  pierced  the  sides  of  the 
old  church  during  the  Battle.  Whatever  breakings  were  thus  made 
in  the  enclosure  have  long  .since  been  repaired  with  other  shingles. 


T04  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

It  is  also  a  much  repeated  tradition  that  during  the  Battle  an  Ameri- 
can soldier,  ]X)Ssibly  fatigued  with  the  heat  and  having  drank  at  the 
well  on  the  south  line  of  the  church  lot,  had  come  up  and  sat  on  the 
headstone  of  a  grave  a  few  feet  to  the  southwest  from  the  church, 
when  he  was  struck  by  a  cannon  ball  and  badly  wounded,  and  the 
headstone  broken  off.  He  was  carried  into  the  church  and  laid  in 
the  third  pew  from  the  door  in  the  west  aisle.  There  his  blood  drip- 
ped out  and  he  died.  The  blood  stains  from  his  wounds  can  still  be 
plainlv  seen  on  the  board  seat  ;  and  before  the  graining  of  the  pews 
was  put  on,  the  marks  of  the  bloody  hands  of  this  dying  soldier  were 
visible  on  the  book-rest  of  the  pew  in  which  he  died,  and  on  that  also 
in  the  pew  behind.  The  headstone  of  the  grave  is  now  gone  though 
a  part  still  remains  under  ground,  and  the  footstone  is  also  standing. 
The  grave  was  that  of  Sarah  Mattison,  buried  in    1774. 

Lieut.  Col.  Henry  Monckton,  a  man  of  tall  stature  and  fine  per- 
sonal bearing  and  high  moral  character,  a  brave  loyal  subject  of  his 
King,  a  gallant  and  able  officer  commanding  the  2nd  battalion  British 
Grenadiers,  was  killed  in  the  Battle  while  leading  his  men  in  a  fierce 
charge  against  Gen.  Wayne  near  the  parsonage.  Over  his  body  was 
a  desperate  struggle  until  finally  the  Americans  .secured  possession  of 
it,  carried  it  to  the  rear,  brought  it  up  to  the  church  yard,  and  buried 
it  a  few  feet  from  the  southwest  corner  of  the  church.  A  half  century 
or  more  later,  Wm.  R.  Wilson,  a  native  of  Scotland,  and  a  school 
master  in  Monmouth  Co.,  set  up  a  board  over  Col.  Monckton's  grave 
wnth  an  inscription  thereon  beginning  with  the  Latin  words  "Hie 
jacet."  Some  years  after  this,  Samuel  Fryer,  a  marble  dealer  of 
Hightstown,  N.  J. ,  gratuitously  erected  a  marble  headstone  with  a  suit- 
able inscrii)tion,  in  the  place  of  the  board  .slab.  Over  this  grave  on 
Decoration  Day  for  many  years  a  British  flag  was  placed  by  Mrs.  For- 
man  Still  well,  while  the  stars  and  stripes  were  set  over  many  graves 
around  it  by  the  detail  from  the  Po.st  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 

May  12,  1874  R.  Perrine  Craig,  sexton  of  the  cemetery,  in  digging 
a  grave  came  upon  three  skeletons  of  human  bodies.  One  apparently 
had  an  arm  broken,  or  the  arm  amputated.  The  bodies  had  evidently 
been  buried  together,  and  there  were  no  signs  of  there  being  any 
cofifin.  These  were  supposed  to  have  been  .soldiers  that  po.ssibly  had 
died  in  the  church.  Three  flags  are  j^laced  across  each  other  over 
this  grave  on  Decoration  Day. 

It  is  a  tradition  in  the  Perrine  family  that  Gen.  Wa.shington  slept 


io6  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

the  night  after  the  Battle  under  an  appletree  on  ground  belonging  to 
Henry  Perrine,  who  had  a  farm  of  about  800  acres  right  close  by  the 
battle-ground  ;  his  100  acre  field  of  barley  was  a  part  of  the  battle-field 
where  the  struggle  took  place.  Seven  cannon  balls  it  is  said  passed 
through  his  house  ;  which  house  stood,  it  is  supposed,  near  to  what 
is  known  now  ( 1904)  as  the  Sheriff  John  Perrine  home.  The  present 
house  was  built  about  1832  by  John  Conover.  The  previous  house 
was  one  with  low  hanging  eaves  and  a  large  porch.  Henry  Perrine 
was  the  son  of  Henry,  and  father  of  Lewis  and  Matthew. 

Lieut.  Col.  David  Rhea,  son  of  David  ruling  elder  in  Old  Tennent, 
fought  in  the  Battle  almost  over  the  very  spot  where  the  graves  of  his 
family's  dead  were  made.  His  sister,  Janet  Rhea  wife  of  Aaron 
Davis,  lived  near  Monmouth  Court  House  on  the  place  now  known 
as  the  John  Bowne  farm,  with  their  seven  children,  Anna  the  oldest 
at  twenty  years  and  little  Aaron  the  youngest  at  one  year  and  four 
months.  In  the  imminence  of  battle  on  that  hot  Sunday  morning 
Anna  had  assisted  in  driving  the  cattle  to  the  woods  for  protection. 
She  wore  a  straw  hat,  the  kind  that  was  plaited  and  sewed  together. 
Being  startled  by  a  rustling  of  leaves  behind  her  she  hurried  away 
and  her  hat  caught  in  the  bushes  and  the  straw  plait  unraveled. 
Hearing  a  laugh  she  looked  behind  her  and  saw  in  Continental  uni- 
form a  tall  soldier  of  the  New  Jersey  line.  He  was  Alexander  Low, 
a  carpenter  and  cabinet-maker,  whom  she  afterwards  married.  Col. 
David  Rhea  rode  up  to  his  sister's,  Janet  Davis,  and  wanted  to  help 
them  to  hurry  away  to  some  place  of  safety,  as  her  home  appeared  to 
be  right  in  the  path  of  the  Battle.  But  Mrs.  Davis  refused  to  leave 
her  home  ;  nevertheless  at  the  earnest  urging  of  her  brother  she  went 
with  her  children  into  a  dirt  cellar  near  the  house,  after  burying  the 
pewter  platters  and  other  ware,  no  sooner  having  fini.shed  which  the)'' 
heard  the  fife  and  drum  of  the  soldiers.  Mrs.  Davis  took  with  her 
into  the  cellar  a  piggin  of  mush  for  the  children.  Little  Aaron  was 
put  in  his  cradle  and  set  against  the  inside  of  the  cellar  door  to  keep 
it  closed.  Before  long  a  cannon  ball  thundered  past  the  cellar  door. 
Mrs.  Davis  thinking  she  was  as  safe  out  of  there  as  in  there  went  with 
her  children  out  of  the  cellar  into  the  house.  She  found  that  British 
cannon  had  been  placed  around  the  barn,  for  a  short  time  in  the 
morning.  Two  Hessians  were  ran-sacking  the  house,  and  frightened 
the  little  four  year  old  Janet.  Mrs.  Davis  fearlessly  upbraided  them 
especially  for  trying  to  carry  away  some  of  the  baby's  clothes.     They 


THE  BATTLE  OF  MONMOUTH.  107 

were  hastened  in  their  departure  by  the  British  bringing  in  one  of 
their  wounded  officers  for  care,  and  in  their  hurry  out  jumped  over  the 
half  of  the  old  fashioned  door.  The  wounded  officer  remained  in  the 
home  a  long  while  and  was  faithfully  cared  for.  He  taught  Mrs, 
Davis  to  make  an  ointment  for  the  healing  of  flesh  wounds,  with  this 
formula  :  Take  a  quantity  of  caul  fat  of  hogs,  and  let  it  simmer 
slowly  on  the  back  of  the  stove  until  it  is  all  dissolved.  To  one  por- 
tion of  the  fat  add  half  as  much  melted  rosin  and  beeswax.  This  was 
known  in  the  family  afterwards  as  "Pense's  Salve"  taking  its  name 
from  that  of  the  wounded  officer. 

During  the  times  of  the  Battle,  families  in  Old  Tennent  congrega- 
tion and  others  in  the  vicinity  suffered  at  the  hands  of  the  British, 
who,  it  is  said,  burnt  the  homes  of  Dr.  Thomas  Henderson,  Benjamin 
Covenhoven,  George  Walker,  Hannah  Solomon,  Benjamin  VanCleve, 
David  Covenhoven,  and  Garret  Vanderveer,  and  destroyed  the  home 
of  John  Benham,  and  others  besides.  (Ellis).  In  contra.st  to  this 
while  some  suffered  in  the  loss  of  their  homes,  others  were  honored 
in  the  u.se  of  their  homes,  for  it  is  told  that  Moses  Laird,  at  English- 
town,  sumptuously  entertained  Gen.  Washington  on  the  night  before 
the  Battle,  in  a  house  which  was  afterwards  owned  by  Old  Tennent 
for  a  time  and  used  as  a  parsonage.  (See  in  Genealogical  Notes  in 
Appendix  under  Laird  family). 

From  a  farm  ver}^  near  by  the  church  Samuel  Craig  with  his  broth- 
ers James  and  David  went  into  the  Battle,  and  coming  home  on  Mon- 
day found  some  of  the  American  soldiers  cutting  the  grass  in  one  of 
his  fields  presumably  for  their  horses.  Turning  to  him  the}-  said 
"Comrade,  this  is  pretty  hard  lines,"  "No,"  said  Mr.  Craig,  "take 
all  you  can  get."  Also  of  this  same  Samuel  Craig  and  his  brother 
it  is  told  in  an  ancestral  tradition  that  they  were  cutting  buckwheat 
on  his  farm  about  a  half  mile  to  the  west  of  the  church,  in  September 
following  the  Battle.  Hearing  their  dogs  barking  excitedly  in  the 
woods  they  went  over  to  investigate  the  cause,  and  beheld  a  gruesome 
spectacle.  Leaning  against  a  tree  and  supported  by  a  thick  growth 
of  briars  was  the  dead  body  of  a  Hessian  with  his  musket  standing 
by  him.  It  was  supposed  that  he  had  been  wounded  in  the  Battle 
and  strayed  away  in  the  woods  :  or  had  lost  his  way,  and  being  over- 
come with  the  excessive  heat  had  drunk  profuseh-  of  water  in  the 
brook  near  by,  and  thus  had  died,  a  sad  and  lonely  instance  of  the 
dreadful  events  of  war. 


io8  HISTORY   OF   OLD   TENNEXT. 

There  is  an  interesting  tradition  connected  with  the  old  John  Craig 
farm-honse  on  the  farm  now  owned  hy  Samuel  Craig  Cowart  and 
Enoch  L.  Cowart,  the  location  of  which  is  shown  on  the  map  of  the 
Battle  Ground  in  this  chapter.  John  Craig  was  in  tht  American 
Army  on  the  day  of  the  battle,  and  left  his  wife  and  his  one  child 
Amelia  and  two  slaves  at  the  old  farm-house.  As  soon  as  Mrs.  Craig 
heard  the  British  were  likely  to  join  l)altle  with  the  American  forces 
near  the  old  farm,  she  packed  her  household  goods  in  two  wagons 
and  with  her  child  and  two  slaves  rode  toward  Upper  Freehold  in  the 
direction  from  which  the  British  Army  had  come,  thus  expecting  to 
avoid  molestation.  Before  leaving  the  farm-house  she  took  her  silver, 
and  placing  it  in  a  kettle,  sunk  it  in  the  open  well.  She  then  took 
the  buckets  and  chain  which  hung  on  the  old  fashioned  sweep  and 
hid  them  in  the  hay  mow  in  the  barn.  The  British  shortly  afterwards 
reached  the  farm-house  and  occui)ied  it  as  a  hospital.  They  took 
bed  cording  from  the  beds  and  hung  an  iron  kettle  upon  the  sweep, 
and  after  exhausting  the  water  in  the  well  found  the  .silver  at  the 
bottom.  The  iron  kettle  is  now  in  possession  of  Mr.  Samuel  C. 
Cowart,  of  Freehold  ;  who  is  a  great  grandson  of  John  Craig.  This 
farm  has  been  in  the  continuous  po.ssession  of  Mr.  Cowart  and  his 
maternal  ancestors  for  two  hundred  years.  The  hou.se  is  located 
about  one  mile  west  of  Freehold,  near  Hartshorne's  mill.  Anumljer 
of  British  soldiers  were  buried  back  of  the  house.  Lord  Sterling's 
artillery  was  placed  on  the  high  piece  of  giound  on  the  westerly  side 
of  the  farm,  and  there  is  a  tradition  that  two  cannon  of  the  British 
were  siuik  in  the  meadow  in  the  retreat  from  the  Battle. 

Referring  to  the  maj),  page  105.  the  farm  hou.se  located  near  to 
where  Gen.  Washington  bivouacked  for  the  night,  subsequently 
became  the  home  of  Jacob  Herbert  :  and  the  farm  house,  located  near 
and  on  the  east  side  of  the  hedgerow,  became  the  home  of  E/.ekiel 
Gordon,  which  he  jnircha-sed  in  1S04  from  Thomas  Lloyd  and  an 
added  portion  from  Jonathan  Rhea  in  1806. 

Some  local  points  of  interest  connected  with  the  Battle  may  be  men- 
tioned as  follows  : — Gen.  Clinton's  headcpiarters  were  in  what  is  now 
Mr.  William  Moreau's  farm  house,  on  the  F'reehold  and  Smithburg 
turnpike,  just  on  the  outskirts  and  on  the  south  side  of  Freehold. — In 
the  rear  of  St.  Peter's  lipiscojjal  church,  northwest  corner  of  Main 
and  Throckmorton  Sts.,  F'reehold,  a  numl)er  of  .soldiers  killed  in  the 
Battle  were  buried  ;   and  the  church   building  was  used  as  a  hospital 


THE  BATTLE  OF  MONMOUTH. 


109 


by  the  British. — The  residence  of  Gen.  David  Forman,  sometimes 
called  "Black  David"  from  his  dark  complexion  and  to  distinguish 
him  from  sheriff  David,  and  who  was  one  of  the  strongest  and  boldest 
supporters  of  the  cause  of  American  Independence  in  Monmouth 
County,  is  now  owned  and  occupied  by  James  B.  Vredenburgh,  and  is 
on  the  southerly  side  of  Freehold. — The  original  Monmouth  Court 
House  was  built  in  17 15,  and  the  present  one  in  1S74  a  little  in  the  rear 
of  the  original  site.  On  this  spot  in  June  1774  was  held  the  first  Revo- 
lutionary meeting  in  New  Jersey.  The  Court  House  was  used  as  a 
hospital  by  the  British,  who  on  retreating  left  in  it  5  officers  and  40 
soldiers  to  be  cared  for  by  the  American  army. — The  John  Craig 
house,  adjoining  and  northeast  of  the  Court  House,  is  still  part  of  the 
building  now  occupied  as  stores  and  law  offices.  It  was  used  as  a 
hospital  for  British  soldiers  during  the  Battle  ;  and  here  "The  Wash- 
ington Star,"  the  first  paper  published  inFreehold,  was  issued  in  1814. 
Many  relics  have  been  gathered  up  from  the  battle-field  by  people 
of  the  vicinity,  highly  prized  material  mementoes  of  a  very  vigorous 
strife.  They  are  found  in  the  torrrent-washed  places,  and  where  the 
spade  and  the  plow  turn  up  the  soil  discovering  the  old  musket,  the 
rusty  cannon  ball,  and  the  corroded  bullet.  Safely  preserved,  these 
relics  will  increase  in  pecuniary,  because  of  intrinsic  and  historic, 
value.     Such  relics  are  still  occasionally  being  fouiid. 


Copy  of  the  Seal  of  the  New  Jersey  Society  of  the  Sjus  of  the  American  Revohitiou. 

On  June  27,  1891  the  New  Jersey  Society  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution  held  a  meeting  and  banquet  at  Freehold,  and  drove  out 
to  Old  Tennent  to  see  the  old  house  and  grounds.     They  presented 


no  HISTORY  OF  OLD   TENNENT. 

the  church  with  a  large  handsome  flag,  which  is  carefully  treasured, 
and  on  certain  days  is  raised  up  on  its  flag  pole  in  the  cemetery. 
One  of  the  days  is  the  anniversary  of  the  Battle,  when  it  is  unfurled 
and  magnificently  waves  in  the  free  breezes  of  brave  Monmouth. 

In  generous  regard  of  the  Revolutionary  patriots  and  in  recognition 
of  Old  Tennent  being  a  witness  to  the  memorable  Battle  of  Monmouth, 
a  beautiful  mural  tablet  was  placed  on  the  exterior  of  the  church  Oct. 
15,  1901,  by  the  Monmouth  Chapter  of  the  New  Jersey  Societ}'  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution.  Made  of  solid  bronze,  and 
embo.ssed  with  an  expression  of  loving  remembrance  and  loyal  patri- 
otism, it  becomes  a  handsome  badge  to  be  worn  by  the  old  church 
that  has  survived  the  grand  battle  and  the  brave  men  that  fought  in 
it.     This  tablet  reads  : 


778  -^mBW^   19 


IN  GRATEFUL  KEMEMBKANCE 

OF  PATRIOTS  WHO,  ON  SABBATH  JUNE  28,   1778, 

GAINED  THE  VICTORY  WHICH  WAS  THE  TURNING  POINT 

OF  THE  WAR  FOR  INDEPENDENCE, 

AND  TO  MARK  A  MEMORABLE  SPOT  ON 

THE  BATTLEFIELD  OF  MONMOUTH, 

THIS  TABLET   IS   PLACED   BY   MONMOUTH   CHAPTER, 

nAIGHTERS   OF   THE    AMERICAN    REVOLUTION, 

SEPTEMBER   26,    19(11. 

o  o 


Also,  on  May  3,  1904,  the  same  Monmouth  Chapter  presented  Old 
Tennent  with  a  handsome  valance,  or  drapery,  of  maroon  rep,  fasten- 
ing it  around  the  sounding-board  and  around  the  pul]nt  de.sk. 


REV.  JOHN  WOODHULL,  D.  D.         in 
CHAPTER  IX. 

REV.    JOHN    WOODHULL,    D.   D.        1778-1824. 

After  Wm.  Tennent's  death  the  pulpit  of  Old  Freehold  was  vacant 
for  about  a  year  and  a  half.  The  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick 
appointed  to  supply  the  church  Revs.  John  Warford,  Jeremiah  Hal- 
sey,  Thos.  Smith,  Philip  Stockton,  Chas.  McKnight,  and  Geo. 
Faitoute  :  but  this  was  only  for  a  limited  number  of  Sabbaths.  The 
congregation  raised  money  to  pay  the  supplies,  and  Robert  Rhea  had 
charge  of  dispensing  it.  The  people,  it  seemed,  would  have  another 
Tennent,  for  the  next  month  after  their  pastor's  death  they  decided 
to  make  out  a  call  to  Rev.  Wm.  McKay  Tennent,  then  in  New  Eng- 
land, to  become  their  "settled  minister."  But  evidently  such  a 
relation  was  not  effected,  as  the  records  of  Presb3'tery  will  prove. 
However,  God  was  graciousl}-  guiding  the  church  to  the  selection  of 
a  suitable  man,  and  to  one  who  proved  himself  a  worthy  and  capable 
successor  to  the  celebrated  Wm.  Tennent  :  this  was  the  Rev.  John 
Woodhull  called  to  the  church  in  1778.  The  exact  date  of  his  settle- 
ment is  difficult  to  fix  :  it  is  not  given  in  the  minutes  of  the  Presbytery 
of  New  Brunswick.  But  those  Minutes  read  for  Oct.  20,  1778,  "A 
Petition  was  brought  in  from  the  Congn.  of  Freehold  for  leave  to 
prosecute  a  Call  before  the  New  Castle  Pby  in  favour  of  the  Rev. 
John  Woodhull  one  of  their  Members.  The  Pby  chearfully  grant 
the  praj^er  of  the  petition  &  do  earnestly  recommend  the  aforesaid 
Congregation  to  the  notice  of  the  Pby  of  New  Castle  and  of  Mr. 
Woodhull  in  particular  as  an  important  branch  of  the  Church  of  Christ 
where  a  faithful  Minister  of  the  Gospel  will  have  as  fair  a  prospect  of 
iisefulness  &  comfort  as  in  any  vacancy  within  our  knowledge." 
Again,  at  "Allenston  August  4  1779,  *  *  ^"  The  Rev.  John  Wood- 
hull  a  Member  of  N.  Castle  Pby  being  present  was  desired  to  sit  as 
Correspondent  &  he  took  his  seat  accordingly. ' '  Then  a  note  between 
two  meetings  of  Presbytery  reads,  "N.  B.  The  Presb3'y.  met  at 
Bedminster  (Lamington)  according  to  adjournment"  (namely,  4th 
Tuesday  in  April  1780) — "but  the  Minutes  of  it  are  lost.  It  was 
opened  by  Mr.  Woodhull."  *  -'^  -^  '■'^  "Mr.  John  Woodhull  late  from 


112  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

the  Pl)vv.  of  New  Castle  haveiiii^  accepted  the  Call  from  PVeehokl 
joined  the  Presbytery."  Dr.  Woodhull's  toinbstoiie  reads  that  he 
"in  1779  removed  to  this  congregatian,  which  he  served  with  great 
diligence  and  success  for  45  years."  The  church  trustees  recorded 
in  their  book  Nov.  1824  "The  Reverend  John  Woodhull  departed  this 
life  aged  So  years,  46 J 2  the  faithful  pastor  of  this  congregation." 
Dr.  Woodhull  himself,  in  a  memorandum  of  texts  from  which  he 
preached  in  Freehold,  says  "April  18,  1779,  Acts  10:29-33.  I  ask 
you  therefore  for  what  intent  ye  have  sent  for  me  etc —  The  first 
sermon  after  I  came  as  their  Mini.ster." 

His  grand-daughter  Miss  Anna  M.  Woodhull,  late  of  Freehold, 
N.  J.,  and  his  great  grandson  Thenford  Woodhull,  Atty.,  of  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.  furnish  the  following  facts  :  John  Woodhull  was  the 
second  .son  of  John  Woodhull,  a  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas  of  the  Colony,  and  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Wm.  Henry  Smith, 
of  St.  George's  Manor;  and  was  born  at  Miller's  Place,  Suffolk- 
county,  Long  Island,  Jan.  26,  1744.  His  father  was  the  .second  son 
of  Richard,  grand.son  of  Richard  Wodhull,  who  was  born  at  Thenford, 
Northamptonshire,  England,  Sep.  13,  1620  ;  came  to  America  about 
1648  and  settled  at  Setauket,  Long  Island.  This  Richard,  the 
immigrant,  was  descended  from  Fulk,  a  younger  son  of  Nicholas, 
seventeenth  Baron  Wodhul  ;  the  first  being  Walter,  on  whom  the 
barony  of  Wahul  was  conferred,  after  the  Conquest,  A.  D.  1066,  and 
the  last,  Anthony,  who  died  without  male  issue,  in  1541. 

Dr.  Woodhull  was  prepared  for  college  in  a  Grammar-school, 
under  the  care  of  Rev.  Caleb  Smith,  his  maternal  uncle,  at  Newark 
Mountains,  now  Orange,  N.  J.  He  was  impressed  with  go.spel  truth 
when  about  .sixteen  years  of  age,  and  in  the  beginning  of  his  college 
course  manifested  an  established  piety.  He  graduated  at  Princeton 
College  1766,  and  then  went  to  study  theology  under  Rev.  John  Blair 
at  Fagg's  Manor,  Pa.  As  a  young  preacher  he  was  accepted  with 
more  than  usual  popularity.  Several  calls  from  churches  were 
tendered  him,  but  duty  led  him  to  accept  the  one  from  the  Leacock 
congregation,  Lanca.ster  Co. ,  Pa. ,  where  he  was  ordained  and  in.stalled 
Aug.  I,  1770.  The  Leacock  church  had  been  regularlj' organized 
1741.  In  1772  Dr.  Woodhull  married  Sarah,  only  child  of  George 
Spofford,  of  Philadelphia,  and  step-daughter  of  the  Rev.  Gilbert  Ten- 
nent.  They  had  five  .sons  and  one  daughter  :  one  son  died  in  infancy 
in  1776,  one  .son  became  a  minister,  two  physicians,  and  one  a  merchant. 


REV.  JOHN  WOODHULL,   D.  D. 


"3 


REV,  JOHN  WOODHULL,  D.  D. 
From  photo  of  a  portrait  paiuted  by  Thomas  Sully,  Philadelphia,  1822. 

Dr.  Woodhull  was  an  ardent  and  loyal  patriot.  Early  in  the  Revo- 
lution, all  the  able-bodied  men  of  the  Leacock  congregation  went  into 
the  field,  and  Dr.  Woodhull  their  pastor  accompanied  them  as  their 
Chaplain.  It  is  a  tradition,  that,  while  they  were  absent,  his  wife 
used  to  gather  the  remnant  of  the  congregation  in  her  parlor,  on  Sun- 
day evenings,  and  read  to  them  his  letters  from  the  seat  of  war.  A 
number  of  Dr.  Woodhull 's  letters,  written  while  in  camp  with  the 
army,  have  been  preserved.     This  is  one  to  his  wife; — 

"Pirth  Amboy  Augst,  27,  76. 
My  Dear  Sally 

I  receivd  2  Letters  from  you  last  Evening,  am  glad  that  you  larc]  getting 
better  and  that  the  Boys  do  well.  Yesterday  we  had  orders  to  march  for 
Newark, —  but  upon  applycation  Genl.  Robert  Dean  promised  that  if  we 
would  make  up  our  quoto  for  the  flying  Camp  the  rest  might  go  home  — 
upon  which  we  had  all  most  corapleated  our  part,  when  we  understood 
from  Genl  Mercer,  that  none  should  be  alowed  to  go  untill  they  had  Stayed 
6  weeks,  so  that  I  suppose  we  shall  march  for  Newark  to  Day,  or  to  morrow 
— There  has  landed  A  large  Body  of  the  Enemy  upon  Long  Island,  believe 
the  most  of  their  army,  some  say  15  and  some  above  20  Thousand  men, 
our  Rifle  men  are  Dayly  fighting  them,  &  have  killed  a  number,  Day 
before  yesterday  we  had  lost  none —  how  it  is  since  that  cannot  tell,  the 


114  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Cannon  roar  very  much  this  morning,  Suppose  the}-  are  warmly  at  it  — 
May  God  grant  us  the  X'ictoryl 

I  am  now  bravely,  had  a  turn  of  the  Chollick  a  few  Days  ago,  the  onely 
Illness  I  have  had  since  I  left  you — Keep  up  your  Spirits — I  hope  to  be  at 
home  in  about  Three  weeks  from  this  time. — 

May  the  Lord  be  with  you.  My  Love  to  my  son  the  girls,  Neighbors, 
and  espetially  to  my  Salh' —  Remember  me  to  the  Boys  tell  them  I  am 
pleased  with  the  account  j-ou  give  of  them,  as  to  Plowing  cS:c  do  as  j'ou 
see  best —  am  in  great  hast  least  I  loose  my  opportunity.     J.  WoodhuU." 

Col.  Will.  C.  Alexander  said  that  Dr.  Woodhull  was  in  the  Battle  of 
Monnioutli,  and,  at  the  fall  of  a  cannoneer,  assisted  in  .serving  the  gun. 
In  after  years  his  .social  conversation  abounded  in  interesting  remin- 
iscences of  the  memorable  war  for  Independence.  Among  the  church 
papers  is  a  fine  .specimen  (copied)  of  Dr,  WoodhuU's  .sermons;  it  is  a 
patriotic  discourse  delivered  on  a  Thanksgiving  Day,  November  1789. 
It  is  stated  that  Dr.  Woodhull  preached  the  funeral  sermon  of  the 
brave  Capt.  Joshua  Huddy  from  the  court-house  steps  in  Freehold 
before  an  immense  audience.  Would  that  he  had  written  a  book  of 
all  the  recollections  of  his  long  life.  He  was  a  man  of  tall  form  and 
graceful  manners,  intelligent  countenance,  dignified  bearing,  fine 
powers  of  conversation,  a  genial,  interesting,  well  bred  gentleman. 
(Sprague  Vol.  III.)  In  lySo  he  was  made  a  trustee  in  the  College  at 
Princeton,  and  in  1798  he  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity 
from  Yale  College.  Of  him  his  .son  wrote,  "The  same  year  of  his 
settlement  (1779)  be  built  a  house  on  an  acre  of  ground  leased  of  the 
congregation  for  the  purpo.se  of  establishing  a  school."  From  this 
grammar  school  went  out  many  young  men  to  u.sefulne.ss  in  life,  and 
some  to  positions  of  great  honor  and  distinction  He  was  also  an 
instructor  of  yoiuig  men  in  their  studies  for  the  gospel  ministry,  until 
the  opening  of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  in  1812,  when  he 
would  no  longer  perform  such  service  ;  he  was  an  original  trustee  in 
that  instituti(jn. 

In  ]:)h\sical  health  Dr.  Woodhull  was  vigorous,  for  which  he  exer- 
cised judicious  care.  A  letter  he  addre.s.sed  to  his  ses.sion  and  con- 
gregation ex]~)lains  his  absence  from  his  ]>uliMt  on  a  certain  Sabbath. 
He  had  been  troubled  with  a  distress  in  his  ear  that  badly  affected 
his  hearing  ;  l)Ut  he  had  gained  .some  relief,  and  .so  he  wrote,  "  I  am 
not  sick — and  have  hesitated  much  about  ^oi'^g  to  Church  this  day — 
but  concluded  on  the  whole  that  in  a  case  .so  delicate  which  involved 
my  future  comfort  and  usefulness,  it  was  best  to  run  no  risk.     -'■  -'^  * 


REV.  JOHN  WOODHULL,   D.  D.  115 

Let  sermon  be  appointed  at  12  o'clock  next  Sabbath. — I  hope  to  ])e 
with  you.  Pray  for  me,  that  my  hearing  may  be  so  restored  as  not 
to  prevent  my  usefulness."  He  was  a  popular  but  scriptural 
preacher.  For  the  word  of  God  he  had  a  true  reverence,  and  in  the 
interest  of  its  circulation  he  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Monmouth 
Co.  Bible  Society.  He  was  the  Stated  Clerk  of  the  Presbytery  of 
New  Brunswick  from  Oct.  1781  to  April  1801.  In  May  1791  at 
Philadelphia  he  was  chosen  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly,  and 
the  following  year  he  opened  the  Assembly  with  a  sermon  from 
II  Tim.  4:1,  2.  Col.  John  Covenhoven,  Dr.  Woodhull's  elder, 
attended  the  Assembly  in  1796,  and  possibly  in  1795  also,  as  a  regularly 
appointed  commissioner,  and  was  thus  probably  the  first  of  all  the 
Freehold  elders  to  be  a  commissioner  to  the  highest  court  of  the  church. 
When  Dr.  Woodhull  came  to  Old  Tennent  it  had  92  members  in 
its  communion,  six  of  these  were  elders  :  and  the  pew  holdings  were 
much  the  same  as  in  the  plan  for  1754  &c.  with  of  course  some 
changes,  (see  Plan  of  Pews  1790.)  The  Congregation  was  often  in  arrears 
of  salary  to  him,  but  he  was  verj^  patient  and  easy  :  and  finally  in 
March  1817  he  bought  a  lot  on  the  north  eastermost  part  of  the  par- 
sonage farm,  of  21.40  acres  for  $30.05  per  acre,  and  paid  for  it  by 
giving  a  receipt  for  so  much  of  arrears  in  his  salary.  In  April  1815 
the  Trustees  had  resolved  "that  in  future  all  the  accounts  of  the 
Congregation  or  the  Trustees  with  their  Pastor  or  an)-  other  person 
or  persons  shall  be  kept  and  recorded  in  dollars  and  cents  money  of 
the  United  States."  There  were  no  Sabbath-schools  in  the  congre- 
gation during  Dr.  Woodhull's  pastorate,  but  it  was  his  custom  to 
catechize  the  children  of  his  charge  two  times  a  j-ear  ;  and  in  cases 
where  the}^  had  been  studied  he  asked  for  the  scriptural  references 
as  proofs  to  the  catechism  answers.  Some  lists  of  names  of  these 
catechizings  are  still  preserved.  And  he  faithfully  and  effectually 
expounded  the  doctrine  of  infant  baptism,  as  appears  from  the  follow- 
ing list,  for  seven  consecutive  j-ears,  of  infants  that  were  baptized, — 
33  in  1803,  32  in  1804,  39  in  1805,  45  in  1806,  62  in  1807,  58  in 
1808,  48  in  1809,  or  317  in  seven  years  ;  and  the  communicants  in 
the  church  at  this  time  numbered  from  250  to  300.  This  manifested 
a  good  growing  life  in  the  church.  Dr.  Woodhull  was  fond  of  the 
young  people,  and  they  of  him,  so  that  a  happy  memory  remained 
concerning  him  long  after  his  death,  among  those  who  had  seen  and 
known  him  personally. 


ii6  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

In  liis  temporal  aiul  financial  affairs  Dr.  Woodhull  was  shrewd 
and  careful.  He  posse.s.sed  fine  business  qualifications.  It  is  said 
that  he  became  very  wealthy,  and  it  is  thought  that  he  owned  about 
50,000  acres  of  land  in  different  localities  in  New  Jersey,  Mississip])i, 
Tennessee,  and  Maryland.  It  is  told  of  him  that  when  his  only 
daughter,  Sarah,  was  married,  he  gave  her  a  dower  of  $80,000.  His 
death  came  suddenly,  Nov.  22,  1824,  in  the  8ist  year  of  his  age.  At 
his  funeral  three  days  later  the  Rev.  Isaac  V.  Brown  preached  a 
sermon  from  the  text  Rev.  2:10,  which  was  requested  for  publication 
by  the  session,  through  Nathaniel  S.  Rue,  clerk,  and  printed  in 
pamphlet  form.  His  grave  was  made  about  fifty  feet  to  the  south  of 
the  middle  door  of  the  church,  and  is  surmounted  by  a  marble 
monument.  His  wife  died  Oct.  12,  1827  aged  77  years,  and  her 
grave  w^as  made  alongside  his. 

Concerning  Dr.  Woodhull  traditions  are  still  told  as  pleasant 
remembrances,  as  is  frequently  the  case  in  regard  to  a  minister  of 
such  a  long  pastorate.  An  amusing  story  is  told  of  him  in  connec- 
tion with  the  superstition  of  some  that  Old  Tennent  cemetery  was 
haunted  by  a  ghost.  At  a  late  hour  in  the  night  as  Dr.  Woodhull 
was  returning  from  marrying  a  couple  he  noticed  two  dark  looking 
objects  towering  near  the  church.  Thinking  of  the  reputed  ghost  he 
determined  to  see  for  himself,  so  tying  his  horse  he  entered  the  gate- 
way whip  in  hand,  cracking  it  as  he  went  along  ;  and  when  he 
approached  the  spot  where  Col.  Monckton's  grave  is  made  he  found 
.some  sleeping  Indians  with  two  piles  of  baskets  near  by  them.  Also 
it  is  told  of  him  that  in  his  later  years  he  once  sat  on  a  table  in  a 
house  while  he  preached  a  funeral  sermon,  presumably  because  he 
was  feeble,  and  because  sitting  on  a  table  would  enable  him  to  .see 
the  people  better  than  when  sitting  down  in  a  chair.  His  text  on 
this  occasion  was  Heb.  4  :  9. 

The  formula  habitually  used  by  Dr.  Woodhull  as  "  Grace  before 
Meat"  was  written  out  evidently  at  the  request  of  one  of  his  chil- 
dren who  possibly  wished  to  adopt  it,  and  is  as  follows, — 

"  Father  of  Mercies  !  We  thank  Thee  that  our  bodies  are  once 
more  fed.  We  adore  Thee  for  the  gift  of  Thy  Son,  and  for  the  way 
of  salvation  through  Him.  Continue  Thy  goodness,  and  feed  our 
.souls  with  the  Bread  of  Life,  and  to  Thy  holy  name  be  the  praise  L 
Amen." 


REV.  JOHN  WOODHULL,   D.  D. 


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iiS  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

SEPARATE    INCORPORATION. 

In  1785  steps  were  taken  to  have  the  clnirch  incorporated  separ- 
ately from  the  Upper  Freeliold  (Allentown)  and  Shrewsbury 
churches,  and  under  the  government  of  the  state.  On  Wednesday, 
April  6,  1785,  the  members  of  the  session  and  the  congregation  met, 
and  after  electing  Gen.  David  Forman  as  trustee  for  the  church  in 
the  room  of  Robert  Rhea  deceased,  they  decided  to  petition  the  Leg- 
islature for  a  "separate  Act  of  Incorporation  "  and  engaged  Thos. 
Henderson,  M.  D.  to  draw  up  said  petition,  and  appointed  Dr. 
Woodhull  to  notify  the  other  congregations  :  also  at  this  meeting 
seven  men  were  elected  as  trustees  to  be  named  in  the  petition  for  the 
new  charter.  The  next  year  Aug.  7,  1786,  the  congregation  met 
again,  under  the  new  law  that  had  been  passed  concerning  incor- 
poration for  religious  societies,  and  elected  the  same  seven  men  except 
Peter  Forman  who  had  died  ;  Col.  John  Covenhoven  was  elected  in 
his  stead.  These  trustees  for  the  new  charter  were  Jacob  Wikoff, 
Thomas  Henderson,  M.  D.,  David  Forman,  .son  of  Jonathan,  Kenneth 
Anderson,  Junr.,  Gen.  David  Forman,  Col.  John  Covenhoven,  and 
John  A.  Scudder,  M.  D.  On  March  13,  1787  these  trustees  sub- 
scribed themselves  under  the  new  corporate  title  that  had  been 
chosen  "The  Trustees  of  the  first  Presbyterian  Congregation  in  Free- 
hold in  the  County  of  Monmouth."  The  form  of  their  Trustees' 
oath  was  : 

"We  the  Subscribers  do  solemnly  profess 
and   swear  that   we   do   not   hold   our- 
selves bound  to  bear  Allegiance  to  the 
King  of  Great  Britain.     So  help  us  God. 

We  the  Subscribers  do  solemnly  profess 
and  swear  that  we  do  and  will  bear  true 
Faith  and  Allegiance  to  the  Government 
of  this  State  as  established  under  the 
authority  of  the  people.     So  help  us  God. 

We  the  Subscribers  do  solemnly  profess 
and  swear  that  we  will  execute  the  trust 
reposed  in  us,  as  Trustees  of  the  first 
Presbyterian  Congregation  in  Freehold 
during  our  continuance  in  office  with 
Fidelity  and  to  the  best  of  our 
Understandings.     So  help  us  God." 


REV.  JOHN  WOODHULL,   D.  D.  119 

Six  of  the  trustees  took  oath  before  Thomas  Henderson,  M.  D., 
Justice  of  the  Peace  ;  and  Thomas  Henderson  took  oath  before  John 
Coven hoven,  Justice.  The  certificate  is  "Recorded  in  the  Clerks  office 
of  Monmouth  County  in  book  B  x  pages  26-7  the  13th  day  of  April 
1789.  J.  Rhea.  Clk."  The  seal  after  the  autograph  of  these  seven 
trustees  subscribing  tinder  their  new  title,  has  the  imprint  of  a  device 
of  two  birds  standing  face  to  face  under  what  appears  to  be  a  leaf, 
which  is  suggestive  of  the  new  seal  that  the  trustees  that  same  day 

adopted.        (See  in  Chap.  1st). 

More  than  seventy  years  later  this  corporate  name  was  changed 
again,  by  an  act  passed  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey, 
and  approved  by  the  Governor  March  16,  1859,  to  the  name  ''The 
First  Presbyterian  Cluireh  of  the  County  of  Monmouth.'''  This  act  was 
not  to  take  effect  until  it  had  been  submitted  to  the  congregation  and 
approved  by  them,  and  a  certificate  thereof,  signed  by  the  President 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  should  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary 
of  State  of  New  Jersey.  It  was  approved  almost  unanimously  by  the 
congregation.  But  the  certificate,  through  some  inadvertence,  was 
not  filed  until  several  years  afterwards,  when  through  a  business 
transaction  arising  in  connection  with  some  money  to  be  transferred 
to  the  church  the  neglect  was  discovered,  and  the  need  of  its  remedy 
made  apparent.  Report  was  then  made  to  the  legal  authorities  and 
the  corporate  title  of  the  church  was  recorded  ;  and  also,  all  deeds 
given  by  the  trustees  under  this  name  since  1859  were  made  true  and 
effectual.  This  was  completed  in  1882,  and  thus  the  above  named 
title  is  the  present  legal  name  of  Old  Tennent. 


I20  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

CHAPTER  X. 

REV.    JOB    FOSTER    HALSEV,    D.   D.       1826-1828. 

■  After  the  death  of  Dr.  Woodhull  a  year  and  a  half  elapsed  before 
the  congregation  again  had  a  settled  pastor  ;  when  a  call  was  given 
to  Job  Foster  Halsey,  a  young  man  twenty-six  years  of  age,  and  just 
completing  his  studies  in  Princeton  Seminary.  The  salary  promised 
in  the  call  was  $700  annuallv.  In  arranging  for  those  who  should 
vote  for  a  pastor  at  this  time  the  congregation,  among  others,  passed 
the  following  resolution,  "Resolved,  that  no  married  lady  vote  unless 
hur  husband  be  present  with  hur  &  agree  that  she  may  vote  for  him, 
unless  she  is  a  subscriber  &  paid  for  herself."  Mr.  Halsey,  young  in 
years  and  experience,  was  a  contrast  to  the  preceeding  pastor  ;  but 
during  his  short  ministry  in  Old  Tennent  he  proved  himself  an  earnest 
and  energetic  successor  to  the  old  and  able  servant  of  the  church. 
He  was  born  at  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  July  12,  1800.  His  parents, 
names  were  Luther  and  Abigail.  At  nineteen  years  of  age  he  was 
converted  ;  and  the  same  year,  18 19,  he  graduated  from  Union  Col- 
lege in  the  town  of  his  birth,  under  the  presidency  of  the  famous  Dr. 
Eliphalet  Nott.  In  1820  he  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Presbyter}^ 
of  North  River.  He  entered  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  in 
1823.  where  he  studied  for  three  years.  June  14,  1826  he  was  ordained 
by  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brun.swick  in  session  in  the  Old  Tennent 
church,  and  installed  its  pastor.  In  December  of  that  year  he  was 
married  to  Elizabeth  Parker  Brinley.  His  pastorate  was  one  of  the 
shortest  in  Old  Tennent's  list,  continuing  for  one  year  and  nine 
months,  when  it  clo.sed  March  5,  1828.  Afterwards  he  served  in 
important  positions  as  agent  American  Bible  Society,  as  a  teacher, 
and  also  as  a  pastor  in  different  churches.  The  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Divinity  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Lafayette  College  i860.  He 
died  March  24,  1882  at  Norristown,  Pa  ,  where  he  had  been  pastor 
for  twenty  five  years. 

When  Mr.  Halsey  became  pastor  in  Old  Tennent  there  were  over 
two  hundred  names  on  the  communicant  roll  of  the  church.  Among 
the  oldest  members  at  that  time  were  Elizabeth  English  united  in 
1767,  and  Eleanor  C.  F"orman  united  in  1776.      During  his  pastorate 


REV.  JOB  FOSTER  HALSEY,   D.  D. 


J^"*^!"'' 


REV.  JOB  F.  HALSEY,  D.  D. 

more  than  ninety  people  were  added  to  the  communion,  forty  of  these 
joining  on  one  occasion.  This  record  reveals  a  healthy  activity  in 
spiritual  things  in  the  church,  and  gave  evidence  of  the  faithful  sow- 
ing of  .seed  by  Dr.  Woodhull,  as  well  as  of  zealous  effort  on  the  part 
of  the  3^oung  pa.stor  Halsey. 

A  seminary  student  (J.  W.  M.),  from  Princeton  visited  Mr.  Halsey 
in  the  summer  of  1827,  and  many  years  afterwards  wrote  of  him  thus  ; 
"He  was  in  the  habit  of  keeping  his  pockets  filled  with  verses  of  Scrip- 
ture, which  were  printed  on  blue  pasteboard  in  that  day,  for  Sabbath- 
schools,  and  distributing  single  verses  to  people  whom  he  met.  He 
called  them  'small  shot' — good  for  driving  away  black-birds."  It  is 
told  of  Mr.  Halsey  that  he  was  a  .stringent  supporter  of  Sabbath 
observance,  that  he  did  not  want  his  people  to  do  any  cooking  on  that 


122  HISTORY   OK  OLD   TENNENT. 

day,  not  even  to  set  the  tea-kettle  to  boil.  An  amusing  story  is  still 
current  about  Mr.  Halsej-'s  courtship  and  marriage.  It  is  told  that 
he  preached  on  a  certain  Sabbath  in  the  town  of  his  bride-to-be,  and 
was  entertained  at  her  mother's  home  where  were  two  or  three  daugh- 
ters. Being  much  pleased  with  one  of  these  young  women  he  began 
corresponding  afterwards  with  her,  and  his  suit  was  accepted.  On 
his  next  visit  to  the  home  he  was  surprised  to  find  that  he  had  beei> 
corresponding  with  a  different  one  of  the  sisters  than  he  had  intended 
(evidently  having  been  mistaken  in  the  name  when  he  began  the 
letter  writing).  However,  Mr.  Halsey  accepted  the  correspondent 
for  his  wife,  and  it  is  said  that  he  considered  this  marriage  an  arrange- 
ment of  Providence. 

Mr.  Halsey  has  preserved  an  interesting  story  of  the  early  times  of 
the  church  in  a  letter  he  wrote  to  the  editor  of  "The  Monmouth 
Democrat"  in  1S73,  and  that  is  now  published  in  Salter's  "History 
of  Monmouth  and  Ocean  Counties"  p.  215.  In  this  letter  "Mr. 
Carr"  is  evidently  Walter  Ker.      Mr.  Halsey  writes  :  — 

"In  the  early  history  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Monmouth 
county,  N.  J.,  a  special  meeting  was  held  to  pray  that  the  Lord  would 
send  them  a  minister,  and  at  that  meeting  a  Mr.  Carr  was  selected  to 
go  to  the  Log  College  (now  Hartsville,  Pa.),  where  the  father  of  the 
Tennents  preached  and  taught.  Though  it  was  at  harvest  time,  .so 
eager  was  Mr.  Carr  to  execute  his  mission  that  he  started  the  very 
next  day,  When  he  had  made  known  the  object  of  his  visit,  he  could 
get  none  of  the  sons  to  con.sent  to  go.  But  as  he  left  to  return  home 
he  said  :  'So  sure  am  I  that  I  have  come  on  the  Lord's  errand,  and 
that  our  prayers  will  be  favorably  answered,  that  I  shall  not  reach 
home  before  you  will  send  for  me  and  a.ssure  me  that  I  have  not  taken 
this  journey  in  vain,'  and  so  bid  them  farewell. 

And  sure  enough,  he  had  not  gone  on  his  way  more  than  a  few 
miles  before  a  messenger  overtook  him,  calling  him  back,  and  assured 
him  that  Rev.  John  Tennent  would  return  with  him  as  their  minister, 
which  he  did.  He  lived  and  labored  among  them  le.ss  than  two  years, 
and  was  succeeded  by  his  brother  Rev.  William  Tennent,  who  labored 
at  Freehold  forty-eight  years,  and  is  buried  in  the  aisle  of  the  church. 

I  .said  that  Mr.  Carr  went  on  his  mission  to  Neyhamings,  Pa., 
leaving  his  harvest  unreaped.  When  the  farmers  had  hurriedly 
gathered  in  theirs,  feeling  that  he  had  gone  on  their  Ijusiness  as  well 
as  his  own — that  he  was  the  church's  servant — they  turned  out  and 


REV.  JOB  FOSTER  HALSEY,   D.  D.  123 

cut  his  grain  for  him,  and  Mr.  Carr,  on  his  return,  found  it  put  up  in 
shocks  in  the  field.  A  sudden  and  long  rain  compelled  him  to  leave 
it  standing  so,  and  so  it  happened  that  when  the  next  season  for  sow- 
ing arrived  the  best  seed  grain  was  Mr.  Carr's,  as  his  neighbors  had 
gathered  in  theirs  before  it  was  thoroughly  ripened,  and  many  applied 
to  him  for  seed. 

Such  was  the  tradition  told  me  more  than  half  a  century  ago  by 
some  of  my  aged  elders,  who  themselves  had  been  gathered  into  the 
church  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  William  Tennent.       J.  F.  Halsey." 

SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. 

About  the  year  1827  a  Sunday-school  was  started  in  the  church, 
and  Mrs.  Halsey.  wife  of  the  pastor,  was  its  first  superintendent. 
This  was  the  beginning  of  a  branch  of  church  work  that  has  proved 
of  inestimable  benefit  to  Old  Tennent  down  to  the  present  time. 
Those  who  have  served  as  superintendents  of  the  Sunday-school  in 
the  church  are  : 

Mrs.  Job  F.  Halsey,  Nathaniel  S.  Rue,  William  G.  Denise,  James 
Rue,  R.  Perrine  Craig,  Joseph  Combs,  Elijah  Reid,  Luther  D.  Bugbee, 
William  H.  Reid,  and  George  L.  DuBois.  The  Sunday-school  ser- 
vices were  conducted  at  first  in  the  old  Session  house  on  Sunday 
afternoon.  Afterwards  they  were  held  on  Sunday  morning  in  the 
new  Session  house.  And  finally  it  became  the  custom  to  convene 
the  Sunday-school  in  the  church  building  in  connection  with  morning 
sanctuary  service.  Beside  the  one  in  the  church,  Sunday-schools 
have  been  conducted  for  many  years  in  various  district  school-houses 
on  Sunday  afternoon,  and  much  good  has  been  effected  in  this  waj^ 
through  the  widely  extended  congregation. 

For  many  j^ears  it  had  been  the  custom  to  hold  two  preaching  ser- 
vices in  the  church  on  Sunday,  with  about  a  half  hour  intermission 
for  the  partaking  of  some  refreshments.  As  late  as  18 19  the  congre- 
gation decided  to  hold  two  services  on  Sunday  from  the  middle  of 
April  to  the  middle  of  September,  and  onl}'  one  sermon  on  each  Sun- 
day throughout  the  remainder  of  the  year  "except  on  sacramental 
occasions."  This  practice  of  having  two  sermons  and  services  close 
together  was  well  suited  to  the  conditions  of  a  newly  settled  country, 
where  church  privileges  were  rare,  and  some  of  the  people  driving 
many  miles  to  and  from  service.  It  was  not  specially  needed  in  long 
settled  communities,  and  it  had  its  disadvantages  in  more  ways  than 


124  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

one.  Every  age  suits  itself  to  convenient  and  advantageous  progress, 
and  thus  this  practice  of  holding  two  sermon  services  near  together 
was  finally  abandoiied  in  the  churches.  But  it  was  not  becau.se  of  a 
disposition  to  lessen  labor  on  the  part  of  the  pastor  nor  attendance  on 
the  part  of  the  people,  for,  since  this  change,  .sanctuary  .services  have 
tended  rather  to  increa.se  in  number  than  to  diminish.  About  the 
time  of  Dr.  Woodhull's  death  this  old  custom  was  discontinued  in 
Old  Tennent  ;  po.ssibly  when  Mr.  Halsey  became  pastor,  or  certainly 
so  during  Mr.  Roy's  ministry.  Right  here  may  be  told  an  ancestral 
story  : — Rachel  Burrowes,  daughter  of  John  and  Hope,  born  in  1751 
in  an  old  colonial  homestead  at  Middletown  Point  (now  Matawan), 
used  to  come  up  with  her  parents  to  services  in  Old  Tennent  ;  they 
would  bring  lunch  and  stay  the  whole  day  to  both  services.  On  one 
occasion  Rachel,  as  a  little  girl,  became  restless  in  the  service,  and 
finally  her  mother  reproving  her  .said  "I  will  not  bring  you  again  to 
church."  After  the  service,  walking  down  the  hill  with  her  mother, 
she  turned  round  and  made  a  profound  courtesy  toward  the  church 
building  and  said  "Good-b}',  cousin  meetin-house,  I  never  expect  to 
.see  you  again."  This  vein  of  humor  in  the  little  girl  expressed  itself 
in  her  through  a  long  life  ;  and  indeed  she  sat  for  many  years  in  the 
.services  of  the  old  church  for  she  became  the  secoiul  wife  of  Thomas 
Henderson,  M.  D. 

PERRINEVILLE  CHURCH. 
The  old  New  Brunswick  Presbytery  appears  to  have  been  watchful 
of  promi.sing  places  for  the  establishing  of  churches,  and  of  supplying 
destitute  districts  with  the  means  of  grace.  An  interesting  item 
occurs  in  its  records  under  date  April  28,  1802  :  "The  committee 
appointed  to  enquire  into  the  State  of  the  frontier  Settlements  Reported 
that  there  is  a  considerable  extent  of  country  on  the  Sea  coast,  between 
80  &  an  100  miles  in  length  &  about  20  in  breadth  very  destitute  of 
the  means  of  grace  :  There  are  .some  villages  considerably  inhabited 
&  tolerably  productive,  but  generally  the  country  is  of  a  thin  Soil  & 
thinly  inhabited.  Their  religious  instruction  hath  been  chiefly  from 
the  Methodists,  who  we  believe  have  been  useful  among  them." 
Obviously  this  refers  to  the  southeastern  portions  of  the  State.  Per- 
rineville  was  an  outstatioii  of  the  older  churches  that  early  became 
an  important  point.  Preaching  services  were  conducted  there  possi- 
bly as   early  as    1777.      Dr.  W'oodhull  manifested  special  interest  in 


REV.  JOB  FOSTER  HALSEY,   D.  D. 


125 


this  work,  and  secured  regular  preaching  services  at  Perrineville  by 
Rev.  Joseph  Clark,  who  had  been  a  theological  student  under  his 
care,  and  in  1784  was  ordained  as  an  evangelist.  Mr.  Clark  became 
pastor  at  Allentown  June  1788,  having  preached  there  regularly  for 
a  considerable  time  previous.  After  this  there  was  an  arrangement 
by  which  Perrineville  was  regularly  supplied  with  preaching  by  the 
pastors  of  Old  Tennent,  Cranbury,  and  Allentown.  This  continued 
until  1826,  when  on  June  5,  of  that  year,  the  Perrineville  church  was 
organized.  Rev.  Symmes  C.  Henry  acting  as  the  committee.  The 
church  took  the  name  of  "The  Second  Presbyterian  Church  of  Upper 
Freehold."  This  name  was  changed  by  an  act  of  the  L,egi.slature  in 
1847  to  the  name  of  "The  First  Church  of  Millstone."  Rev.  Wni. 
Henry  Woodhull,  grandson  of  Rev.  John  Woodhull,  was  the  first 
pastor  at  Perrineville,  being  installed  there  Sep.  6,  1826,  and  con- 
tinuing in  the  office  for  more  than  five  years.  There  were  thirteen 
original  members  in  the  church. 


Finial  of  the  Steeple  on  Old  Tennent  Church. 


126  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

CHAPTER  XI. 

REV.    ROBERT    ROY.       IS29-1S32. 

After  Mr.  Halsej-  left  the  congregation  they  were  without  a  settled 
pastor  for  about  a  year  :  and  yet  souls  were  added  to  the  church. 
Twenty-two  united  with  the  communion  in  the  autumn  of  1S28.  It 
is  possible  that  Rev.  Robert  Roy  had  been  preaching  in  the  church 
previous  to  that  autumn,  for  the  congregation  voted  to  give  him  a 
call,  July  14,  1S28,  at  an  annual  salary  of  $700.  He  was  installed 
pastor  in  Old  Tennent  Feb.  18,  1829.  He  was  born  about  1792,  and 
entered  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  in  1820,  where  he  studied 
for  three  years.  Afterwards  for  a  time  he  was  a  missionary  in  Va. 
He  came  from  the  Presbytery  of  Hudson  to  the  Pby.  of  New  Bruns- 
wick. In  1829  Mr.  Roy  purchased  nine  and  a  half  acres  of  ground 
from  Joseph  H.  Sutfin  (et  al),  which  is  the  same  plot  of  ground  on 
which  Mrs.  A.  P.  Cobb's  house  now  stands.  On  this  he  built  a  home 
at  his  own  charges,  and  here  he  lived  during  his  pastorate  :  and  here 
also  he  died.  After  his  death  this  was  the  home  of  his  widow  for 
many  years.  Mr.  Roy  was  not  of  robust  health.  Within  two  years 
after  his  settlement  he  made  a  journey  to  the  South,  seeking  repair 
of  his  throat  and  lungs.  From  St.  Augustine,  Jan.  1831,  he  wrote  a 
letter  to  his  elders  in  the  session  of  Old  Tennent,  addressing  it  to  John 
Baird,  one  of  the  oldest  elders  at  that  time.  This  letter  (still  pre- 
served) is  full  of  expressions  of  interest  and  attachment  to  his  charge. 
On  his  return  he  endeavored  to  preach,  but  it  was  with  a  weak  voice, 
which  was  not  much  above  a  whisper  during  the  last  of  his  pulpit 
services.  He  died  at  his  home  March  15,  1832.  Rev.  Dr.  Archibald 
Alexander  preached  the  sermon  at  his  funeral,  and  he  was  buried  a 
few  feet  from  the  door  of  the  church,  being  the  fifth  pastor  laid  to  rest 
in  the  cemeteries  of  Old  Tennent.  Mr.  Roy  was  a  very  sociable  and 
amiable  man,  exceedingl)-  pleasant  in  conversation  and  company, 
and  kind  to  all.  He  was  very  much  liked  by  the  people  of  his  charge, 
and  was  happily  remembered  among  them.  Mr.  Roy  married  Sarah 
Trimble,  of  Orange  County,  New  York.  An  adopted  daughter's 
name  was  Sarah  Jane  who  married  a  Dr.  Kemble. 


REV.  ROBERT  ROY.  127 

HOWEL  CHURCH. 

While  Mr.  R03'  was  pastor  a  Presbyterian  church  was  formed  at 
Howel,  N.  J.,  which  may  be  considered  an  offshoot  from  Old  Ten- 
nent.  The  organization  took  place  Nov.  i,  183 1,  and  was  effected 
by  Rev.  Eli  F.  Cooley,  pastor  of  the  First  Church  of  Trenton,  N.  J., 
the  Rev.  Robert  R03'  also  being  present.  There  were  eight  original 
members,  three  of  whom  came  by  certificate  from  Old  Tennent. 
These  were  Amos  Shaw  and  his  wife  Caroline,  and  Thomas  Gulick, 
all  now  buried  in  Old  Tennent  cemetery.  The  other  five  members 
came  by  profession  of  faith.  Amos  Shaw  and  Thomas  Gulick  were 
elected  and  ordained  ruling  elders.  This  church  existed  about  seven 
years,  and  then  was  dissolved  by  an  act  of  Presbytery,  and  its  mem- 
bers were  directed  to  unite  with  the  church  in  Freehold  village, 
which  they  accordingly  did  April  1839.  Yet  preaching  services  were 
held  at  this  place  for  some  time  afterwards,  since  as  late  as  1848  per- 
sonal notes,  made  by  Amos  Shaw,  record  the  fact  that  Revs.  J.  F. 
Halsey,  L.  H.  Van  Doren,  and  D.  V.  McEean  preached  there  at 
intervals  during  that  year. 

STOVES  IN  THE  CHURCH. 
In  the  comforts  and  conveniences  of  the  sanctuary  services  for  the 
early  worshippers  in  Old  Tennent,  necessity  was  a  law  as  regarded 
some  things;  so  also  was  stern  and  rugged  conscience.  The  latter  of 
these  was  possibly  the  reason  that  no  stoves  were  used  in  the  church 
for  many  years,  neither  was  there  any  fire-place.  But  this  was  in 
accordance  with  the  custom  and  opinion  of  the  times,  as  some  church 
people  of  those  early  da^^s  thought  that  the  introduction  of  stoves  into 
the  churches  was  "an  invention  of  Satan."  The  Old  Tennent  build- 
ing, in  its  erection,  could  easily  have  been  arranged  to  be  heated;  or 
it  could  have  been  fitted  up  for  this  sooner  than  it  was.  It  has  been 
said  that  the  Tennent  fathers  of  those  days  gave  as  their  reason  for  not 
having  any  fire  in  the  church,  that  they  had  determined  not  to  be 
lukewarm,  but  to  be  either  cold  or  hot.  This  ma}-  appear  somewhat 
facetious,  and  3'et  nevertheless  it  suggests  the  existence  of  a  rugged 
sense  of  self-sacrifice  in  religion.  For  some  time  it  was  the  custom  of 
the  women  worshipers  to  keep  themselves  warm  by  means  of  a  "foot- 
warmer,"  which  was  a  tin-lined  box  with  a  pan  of  live  coals  in  it, 
covered  over  with  some  ashes.  Stoves  were  introduced  into  Old  Ten- 
nent church  somewhere  about  1800,  and  even  then  some  of  the  church 


128  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

nieml)ers  were  opposed  to  their  being  put  in:  the  opposition  and  objec- 
tion to  the  stoves  was  so  strong  that  some  members  are  said  to  have 
gone  out  of  their  pews  and  sat  in  other  seats  as  far  from  the  stoves  as 
they  could  get,  so  as  not  to  feel  their  warmth  any  more  than  possible. 
It  is  known  from  the  records  that  stoves  were  in  the  church  by  1815. 
They  stood  in  the  aisle  that  runs  the  whole  length  of  the  church;  one 
near  to  the  juncture  of  this  aisle  with  that  running  north  and  south 
on  the  east  side,  and  the  other  correspondingly  on  the  west  side.  The 
smoke  pipes  led  up  over  the  gallery,  and  passed  out  at  the  windows 
on  the  east  and  west  gable  ends  of  the  church.  The  present  arrange- 
ment is  different. 

In  this  broad  aisle,  running  the  whole  length  of  the  church,  four 
pews  were  added  in  18 15,  one  at  the  end  of  the  wall  pews  on  the  east 
side  of  the  church,  and  a  similar  one  on  the  west  side  of  the  church  ; 
also  one  on  each  side  of  the  middle  entrance-aisle  at  its  juncture  with 
the  long  aisle.  These  pews  were  .sold  to  the  highest  bidders,  viz., 
the  one  on  the  ea.st  end  to  Jacob  Baker  for  $27.00,  the  one  on  the 
west  end  to  Samuel  Forman  for  $26.50,  the  pew  on  the  east  side  of 
the  middle  aisle  to  Dr.  Woodhull  for  $48.50,  and  that  on  the  west 
.side  to  Moses  Sproule  for  $48.50.  Some  years  afterward  the  two  pews 
opening  on  the  middle  aisle  were  removed  in  order  to  give  more  space 
in  the  long  aisle  in  front  of  the  "Elders'  square."  Moses  Sproule 
was  an  Ensign  in  the  American  army  during  the  Revolution.  He 
became  a  member  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  May  24,  1784.  He 
married  Miss  Mary  Laird  as  his  first  wife,  and  her  .sister  Susanna 
Laird  as  his  second  wife.  It  is  said  that  he  possessed  a  number  of 
colored  slaves,  and  that  he  lived  in  Engli.shtown  and  there  conducted 
a  store  of  general  merchandise.  While  in  the  vicinity  of  Freehold 
Gen.  Washington  presided  at  a  masonic  meeting,  and  Gilbert  Apple- 
gate  still  preserves  the  Ma.sonic  apron  u.sed  by  Moses  Sproule  on  that 
occasion.      Mo.ses  Sproule  died  1820. 


REV.   DANIEL  VEECH  McLEAN,   D.  D.  129 


CHAPTER  XII. 

REV.    DANIEL    VEECH    MCLEAN,    D.   D.       1832-1836. 

In  1832  the  congregation  unanimou.sly  decided  to  make  out  a  call 
to  Rev.  I.  C.  Conver.se  ;  but  evidently  thi.s  relation  was  not  effected, 
for  a  few  months  later,  in  August,  they  made  out  a  call  to  Rev.  D.  V. 
McLean,  and  he  followed  Mr.  Roy  in  another  short  pastorate.  He 
was  born  at  Dunlap's  Creek,  Fayette  Co.,  Pa.,  Nov.  24,  1801,  and 
was  the  brother  of  Judge  Amzi  C.  McLean.  When  about  twenty-one 
years  of  age  he  united  with  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Athens,  Ohio. 
In  1824  he  graduated  at  the  University  of  Ohio,  and  subsequently  for 
a  time  was  a  teacher  in  Chambersburg,  Pa.  He  studied  for  two  years 
in  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  and  was  ordained  as  an  evange- 
list by  the  Presbytery  of  Miami,  June  29,  1 83 1.  AtSomerville,  N.  J., 
Feb.  I,  1830,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Evelina  B.  Linn.  Although 
he  acted  as  Stated  Supply  for  a  church  in  Lebanon,  Ohio,  for  a  short 
period  after  his  ordination,  his  first  installation  was  in  Old  Tennent, 
Nov.  16,  1832.  Dr.  McLean  is  said  to  have  preached  for  his  first 
time  in  Old  Tennent  on  a  week  day  in  the  summer  of  1832,  a  day  set 
apart  for  fasting  and  prayer  on  account  of  cholera  then  raging,  the 
text  for  his  sermon  being  Joel  2  :  13-14.  During  the  four  years  of 
his  pastorate  additions  were  made  to  the  communion  ;  but  the  meagre 
recordsoftho.se  years,  that  are  extant,  show  no  specially  large  in- 
gatherings. The  largest  number  of  enrolled  members  during  that 
time  was  two  hundred  and  seventy.  But  attention  is  noticeably 
called  to  the  liberality  of  the  congregation  by  the  large  increase  of 
gifts  to  missions  as  reported  in  the  Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly  ; 
and  this  liberality  appears  to  have  been  steadily  generous  through  all 
of  Dr.  McLean's  pastorate.  The  largest  amount,  reported  during 
these  four  years,  as  given  to  the  missionary  fund,  was  $178  in  1833. 
This  may  be  contrasted  with  the  church's  contribution  to  the  Mis- 
sionary fund  of  $20  in  1812,  and  $29.50  in  1825.  Whatever  other 
compensation  was  given  Dr.  McLean  as  salary  for  his  pastoral  .ser- 
vices, the  amount  of  money  paid  him  annually  appears  to  have  been 
$600.  He  resided  in  the  old  parsonage,  and  was  probably  the  last  of 
the  Tennent  pastors  to  occupy  it. 


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HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


RKV    D    V    MCLEAN.   D.   D. 


FREEHOLD  VILLAGE  CHURCH. 

In  1836  Dr.  McLean  resigned  his  charge,  and  Presb3-tery  dissolved 
the  pastoral  relation  Nov\  8  of  that  year.  Previous  to  this,  in  March 
1835,  a  (ew  members  of  Old  Tennent  church  and  congregation  resolved 
to  build  a  house  of  worship  in  the  village  of  Freehold,  with  no  special 
intention  at  that  time  of  forming  themselves  into  a  separate  church, 
"but  rather  to  provide  for  themselves  and  families  more  convenient 
facilities  for  holding  religious  service."  Accordingly^  on  June  10, 
1835,  the  corner  stone  of  a  brick  building  was  laid.  Two  years  and 
one  week  later  it  was  dedicated,  having  been  completed  at  a  cost  of 
about  $4000.  Feb.  21,  1838,  a  committee  composed  of  Rev.  Eli  F. 
Cooley  and  Benjamin  H.  Rice,  D.  D.,  of  the  Presbytery  of  New 
Brunswick,  organized   this  church  with  thiitv-two  members,   all  of 


REV.   DANIEL  VEECH  McEEAN,   D.  D.  131 

whom  presented  letters  from  Old  Tennent.  The  first  elders  were 
Samuel  Forman,  M.  D.  (previously  an  elder  in  Old  Tennent),  and 
William  T.  Sutphin.  The  corporate  name  adopted  for  this  church 
was  "The  Village  Church  at  Freehold."  On  the  roll  of  the  churches 
of  Presbyter}' this  name  was  changed  in  April  1873,  to  "The  First 
Church  of  Freehold,"  which  has  sometimes  caused  confusion  from 
the  fact  of  its  similarity  to  the  early  name  of  Old  Tennent.  The 
present  corporate  name  of  the  church  in  Freehold  town  is  "The  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Freehold,  N.  J. 

Dr.  McLean  having  supplied  the  pulpit  of  this  young  organization 
for  some  time,  was  finally  installed  its  pastor  Nov.  i,  1838,  which 
position  he  filled  with  efficiency  for  twelve  j-ears.  He  was  a  man  of 
considerable  energy,  of  fine  preaching  abilities,  and  of  business 
capacity.  In  1 848  he  received  the  honorary  title  of  Doctor  of  Divinity 
from  Lafayette  College.  Three  years  later  this  college  called  him  to 
her  Presidency,  which  office  he  filled  from  185 1  to  1857.  Dr.  McLean 
was  a  Director  in  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  from  1848  to  i860. 
In  his  later  life  he  again  entered  the  work  of  the  pastorate,  and  in 
this  service  he  died  Nov.  23,  1869,  at  Red  Bank,  N.  J.  He  died  of 
ulceration  of  the  stomach,  in  full  possession  of  his  mental  powers,  and 
in  his  dying  hours  confirmed  and  illustrated  the  promise  of  the  Master 
that  he  would  never  leave  nor  forsake  those  who  put  their  trust  in 
him.  His  wife  died  in  Winfield,  W.  Va.,  83  years  of  age.  The 
graves  of  both  are  in  Old  Tennent  church  yard. 

Married,  by  Rev.  D.  V.  McLean  on  Sep.  21,  1836,  Garret  B. 
Conover  and  Teresa  Reid  :  on  the  .same  day  also  Joseph  Combs  and 
Matilda  Woodhull. 

In  1835  the  congregation  "Resolved  that  the  outside  of  the  church 
be  painted  red.  After  this  resolution  was  passed,  some  further  dis- 
cussion took  place,  respecting  the  Colour,  whereupon  it  was  agreed 
that  the  committee  be  authorized  to  paint  the  out  side  white,  provided 
the  exspence  between  red  and  white  be  made  up  without  charge  to  the 
congregation."  It  can  still  be  remembered  that  the  church  was  red 
on  three  sides  and  the  front  was  white.  Possibly  there  was  a  time 
when  the  church  was  painted  in  red  on  all  four  sides. 


i-,2  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


CHAPTER  Xni. 

REV.    JAMES    CLARK,    D.    D.        1837-1839. 

Exactly  one  year  after  Dr.  McLean  left  the  Old  Tennent  pulpit,. 
Rev.  James  Clark  was  installed  pastor  of  the  church,  Nov.  8,  1837. 
He  was  born  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia  March  9,  1812.  He  studied 
in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  and  in  the  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  with  honor  and  capacity  ;  and  he  extended  his  studies  for 
some  time  in  France  and  Germany,  manifesting  considerable  linguistic 
powers.  Polished  and  cultured  in  all  his  speech,  whether  written  or 
spoken,  he  was  also  an  earnest  Christian  and  a  strong  supporter  of 
the  missionary  cause.  He  was  ordained  by  the  Presbyter\'  of  New 
Brunswick  in  session  at  Old  Tennent  on  the  same  da}'  in  which  he 
was  installed  pastor  of  the  church.  He  remained  in  this  his  first 
charge  for  about  two  years,  until  Oct.  2,  1839.  After  this  he  was 
pastor  of  several  churches,  and  for  a  time  President  of  Washington 
College,  Pa.  During  the  latter  part  of  his  life  he  was  a  resident  of 
Philadelphia,  and  without  pastoral  charge.  He  was  honored  with 
the  title  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  by  Jefferson  College  in  1850.  His 
death  occurred  Nov.  r,  1892,  in  the  8ist  year  of  his  age.  Inthespring 
of  1837  Mr.  Clark  married  Julia  Woodhull,  second  daughter  of  John 
T.  Woodhull,  AL  D.,  a  ruling  elder  in  Old  Tennent.  During  hi.s- 
pastorate  he  lived  in  the  home  of  Mrs.  Robert  Roy,  boarding  with 
her.  Mrs.  Clark  died  at  Richmond,  Lower  Mount  Bethel,  Pa.,  Dec. 
10,  1839,  in  her  24th  year,  and  was  buried  there.  Mr.  Clark  after- 
wards married  Sarah  Ann  Randolph,  daughter  of  Francis  Randolph 
and  Phebe  Crane  his  wife,  and  sister  to  Bennington  Randolph.  In 
the  spring  of  1839  Old  Tennent  reporteil  to  Presbytery  ; — added  on 
examination  10,  on  certificate  3  ;  total  niunber  of  members  236  ;  adults- 
Ijaptized  5,  infiints  baptized  5  ;  contributions  to  Home  Missions  $61  ;. 
contributions  to  Foreign  Missions  $61. 

During  the  incumbency  of  Dr.  McLean  the  old  parsonage  with  the 
farm  land  attached  was  sold,  as  mentioned  in  Chap.  IH  Near  the 
close  of  Mr.  Clark's  ministry,  the  congregation  purchased  a  house 
and  lot  in  Englishtown  for  a  parsonage.  This  property  was  bought 
of  Margaret  Perrine,  April  18,   1839,  for  the  sum  of  $2, 100.      It  con- 


REV.  JAMES  CLARK,   D.  D. 


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tained  four  acres  of  land.  Subsequently,  May  i,  1841,  more  land 
was  bought,  which  appears  to  have  been  added  to  the  parsonage, 
since  it  was  a  lot  of  land  "  situate  lying  and  being  near  the  village 
of  Englishtown  in  Freehold."  It  contained  ten  and  one  one-hun- 
dredth acres,  and  was  obtained  of  Dr.  J.  Smith  English,  guardian  of 
Cornelia  Ann  Clayton  (minor)  at  $24.05  per  acre.  These  two  lots 
of  land  were  .sold  by  the  congregation  March  15,  1850,  to  Juliet 
Conover  for  $2050.  This  parsonage  house  afterwards  passed  through 
the  hands  of  several  owners.  It  has  since  been  remodelled  and  con- 
siderably enlarged,  and  was  the  home  for  many  years  of  the  late  John 
H.  Laird.     It  is  now  owned  and  occupied  by  William  E.  Mount. 

OLD  TENNENT'S  PRESBYTERIAL  CONNECTIONS. 

Old  Tennent  has  been  connected  with  several  different  Presbyteries, 
some  of  which  have  been  famous  in  the  history  of  the  Presbyterian 


134  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Church  in  America.  Obviously  Old  Teunent  was  first  connected  with 
the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  and  appears  to  have  been  the  first  of 
all  the  churches  of  New  Jersey  to  belong  to  that  parent  of  all  the 
American  Presbyteries.  The  first  extant  record  of  the  meeting  of 
that  Presbytery  relates  to  the  ordination  of  Mr.  John  Boyd.  The 
Synod  of  Philadelphia  was  formed  in  17 16.  That  Synod  established 
the  Presbytery  of  East  Jersey  in  1733,  by  dividing  the  Presbytery  of 
Philadelphia.  The  manner  in  which  this  record  reads,  together  with 
the  fact  that  Old  Tennent  (Freehold)  was  located  in  the  district 
called  "East  Jersey,"  .seems  to  imply  that  the  church  was  included 
in  the  organization  of  that  Presbytery  ;  and  in  some  instances  after 
this  in  the  records  Rev.  Wm.  Tennent,  Jr.,  is  spoken  of  as  a  member 
of  East  Jersey  Presbytery.  Then  in  1738  the  Synod  of  Philadelphia 
formed  the  Presbytery  of  New  York  by  uniting  the  remnants  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Long  Island  with  the  Presbytery  of  East  Jersey,  of 
which  Old  Tennent  was  then  a  member  ;  and  therefore  the  church 
became  connected  with  New  York.  Two  days  later,  on  May  26, 
1738,  at  the  same  session,  the  Synod  erected  the  Presbytery  of  New 
Brunswick,  and  included  Old  Tennent  within  its  bounds.  Of  that 
Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick  Rev.  Wm.  Tennent,  Jr.,  was  one  of 
the  five  original  members  that  came  from  the  Presbytery  of  New  York. 
He  with  his  elder,  Robert  Gumming,  was  present  at  its  first  meeting 
in  New  Brunswick  Aug.  8,  1738.  Rev.  Gilbert  Tennent  opened  the 
Presbytery  at  this  its  first  meeting  with  a  .sermon  on  the  text  John 
21:15.  Its  third  meeting  was  held  at  Old  Tennent  (Freehold)  Sep. 
7,  1738,  and  John  Henderson  was  the  elder  present  to  represent  the 
church.  After  one  hundred  and  twenty-one  years  in  this  connection 
Old  Tennent  made  another  change.  The  Synod  of  New  Jersey  in 
Oct.  1859,  erected  the  Presbytery  of  Monmouth,  and  named  Old 
Tennent  as  one  of  its  twelve  original  churches.  This  Presbytery  was 
wholly  formed  out  of  the  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick,  and  in  1870  at 
the  Reunion  became  the  legal  successor  to  the  Presbytery  of  Burling- 
ton of  thirteen  churches,  and  at  the  same  time  received  five  more  from 
the  Pby.  of  New  Brun.swick  and  one,  Lakewood,  from  the  Pb}-.  of 
Newark.  The  first  meeting  of  the  Presbytery  of  Monmouth  was 
held  in  Old  Tennent  church  Jan.  11,  i860,  when  Rev.  Charles  F. 
Worrell  preached  the  opening  sermon  from  Eph.  2  :  8.  At  that  meet- 
ing elder  James  Rue  represented  the  Old  Tennent  church,  and  the 
pastor.  Rev.  Donald  McLaren,  was  made  the  first  stated  Clerk  of  the 


REV.  JAMES  CLARK,   D.  D.  135 

Presbytery.  Thus  suinniing  up  Old  Tennent's  Presbyterial  connec- 
tions they  are  as  follows  : — 

I.      From  the  first  records  to  1733  with  Pby.  of  Philadelphia. 

From  1733  to  1738  with  Pby.  of  East  Jersey. 

From  1738  to  1738  (2  days  only)  with  Pby.  of  New  York. 

4.  From  1738  to  1859  with  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick. 

5.  From  1859  to  present  time  with  Pby.  of  Monmouth. 
During  the  discussions  and  difficulties  in  the  Presbyterian  Church 

throughout  the  country  in  the  years  1837  ^^^^  '38.  which  finally 
resulted  in  the  division  of  Old  and  New  School,  there  is  apparently 
nothing  in  the  records  to  show  that  Rev.  James  Clark  (who  was  pas- 
tor in  Old  Tennent  at  that  time),  did  for  himself  or  for  his  congrega- 
tion manifest  any  other  desire  than  to  support  the  principles  of  the 
Old  School  branch  of  the  Church.  He,  and  his  elder  William  I. 
Thompson,  at  the  meeting  of  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brun.swick  in 
Oct.  1838,  doubtless  voted  in  the  affirmative  (for  the  vote  was  unan- 
imous) on  the  adoption  of  the  resolution  "That  this  Presbytery  hereby 
declares  its  cordial  adherence  to  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States  of  America,  on  the  basis  of  the  Acts  of  1837  ^"^  1838, 
of  the  General  Assemblies,  for  the  reformation  and  pacification  of  the 
Church."  In  this  connection  Old  Tennent  remained  through  all  the 
period  of  division,  until  the  happy  Reunion  of  the  two  Branches  in 
November  1869  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

About  1840,  or  previously,  it  was  the  custom  to  have  the  floors  of 
Old  Tennent  church  "sanded"  three  times  a  year,  just  before  the 
three  annual  communion  services. 


136  HISTORY  OF  OLD   TENNENT. 


CHAPTER  XIV. 

RE\'.    LUTHKR    HALSKV    VAN  DOREN.        IS40-1S56. 

The  tenth  pastor  of  Old  Tennent  was  the  Rev.  L.  H.  Van  Doren. 
He  was  the  child  of  eminently  pious  parents,  his  father  being  a  most 
godly  minister,  an.d  his  mother  a  devout  woman,  a  sister  of  Rev.  Job 
F.  Halsey,  a  former  pastor  of  Old  Tennent.  Mr.  \'an  Doren  was  one 
in  a  family  of  fourteen  children,  of  whom  it  was  said  "all  received 
the  adoption  of  sons  and  daughters  of  the  Lord."  He  was  born  at 
Hopewell,  Orange  Co.,  New  York,  March  14,  180S,  and  at  the  early 
age  of  twelve  j-ears  made  a  public  profession  of  faith  in  Christ.  In 
183 1  he  graduated  at  Princeton  College.  Afterwards  he  studied  for 
orders  in  the  Episcopal  Church,  under  Bishop  R.  B.  Smith  of  Ken- 
tucky. But  later,  he  decided  to  enter  the  Presbyterian  Church.  In 
1834  he  was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Columbia,  Mo.,  and  soon 
after  began  preaching  in  St.  Louis,  where  he  organized  what  after- 
wards became  a  large  and  flourishing  church.  Old  Tennent  called 
him  to  her  service,  offering  him  an  annual  compensation  of  $700  with 
the  use  of  the  parsonage  house  and  lot  in  Englishtown.  On  June  17, 
1840,  he  was  installed  pa.stor  of  the  old  church,  and  continued  in  this 
relation  for  about  half  a  generation.  During  his  ministry  at  Tennent 
the  work  of  the  Lord  greatly  prospered  in  the  church.  More  than 
one  revival  greatly  added  to  the  membership  of  the  communion. 
Conspicuous  among  these  times  of  refreshing  was  the  season  of  1848, 
when  on  April  2,  no  persons  united  with  Old  Teinient  communion. 
That  year's  statistical  report  shows  that  115  })ersons  had  been  added 
to  the  church  during  the  foregoing  year,  all  but  3  of  whom  were  on 
confession  of  faith  ;  while  the  whole  number  of  communicants  was 
433.  Two  \-ears  later,  1850,  the  total  membership  was  481,  doubtless 
the  largest  number  of  communicants  the  church  ever  had  in  any  one 
year.  Most  of  the  revival  meetings  of  1848,  which  continued  for 
about  seven  weeks,  were  held  in  the  old  school  house  at  Englishtown, 
and  about  250  persons  arose  for  prayers.  Old  Teinient  about  that 
time  appears  to  have  had  what  was  called  "the  Lecture  room"  in 
that  village.  William  M.  Paxton,  who  was  at  that  time  a  young 
man  not  (juite  lwent>-fi)ur  >ears  of  age  and   a  student  in    Princeton 


REV.  LUTHER  HALSEY  VAN  DOREN. 


137 


^ 


REV  MTHEk   H    VAN  DOREN. 

Theological  Seminary,  frequently  preached  in  those  meetings  with 
great  acceptance  ;  and  because  of  his  youth  he  was  called  "The  Boy 
Preacher."  He  has  now  for  some  years  been  professor  in  homiletics 
in  the  same  seminary  in  which  he  studied. 

During  the  former  part  of  Mr.  Van  Doren's  pastorate  he  resided  in 
the  parsonage  at  Englishtown  of  which  mention  has  been  made.  He 
was  the  first  pastor  to  occupy  this  parsonage,  at  least  for  any  con- 
siderable length  of  time  :  and  he  was  the  last  one.  Afterwards  Mr. 
Van  Doren  moved  to  a  farm,  his  own  property,  situated  about  half 
way  between  Englishtown  and  Tennent.  There  he  lived  for  some 
years.  He  was  twice  married  ;  first  to  Miss  Susan  Wynkoop,  of 
Bucks  Co.,  Pa.,  and  second,  in  1840,  to  Miss  Lydia  Ann  Carnahan, 
daughter  of  President  Carnahan  of  Princeton  College.  After  Mr. 
Van  Doren's  ministry  closed  at  Old  Tennent,  July  5,  1856,  he  served 
several  churches  in  different  places.  His  death  occurred  Oct.  5,  1876 
at  Middletown,  N.  J. 

About  1850  a  clock  was  placed  in  the  church  room,  and  also  at  the 
same  time  window  blinds  were  set  in,  possibly  those  on  each  side  of 
the  pulpit.  In  the  latter  part  of  Mr.  Van  Doren's  pastorate  proposi- 
tions were  made   at    various  congregational   meetings  to  alter  and 


138  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

remodel  the  pulpit,  pews,  and  gallery  of  the  church,  to  lower  the 
pulpit  three  steps,  to  rebuild  the  church  edifice  with  or  without  using 
the  old  frame,  and  to  erect  a  new  church  edifice  on  the  sight  of  the 
old  church.  At  times  some  of  these  propositions  appeared  to  meet 
with  some  approval.  But  either  because  of  a  strong  opposition 
throughout  the  congregation  against  making  a  change  in  the  old 
house,  or  from  failure  to  secure  funds  for  rebuilding,  or  from  both 
these  reasons  combined  with  others  no  change  was  made,  and  the  old 
edifice  remains  essentially  the  .same  as  in  the  days  of  Wm.  Tennent. 
After  the  discussion  of  these  propositions  was  settled  the  congregation 
went  to  work  and  repaired  and  painted  the  church  building,  which  is 
one  of  the  means  by  which  it  has  been  preserved  to  this  day. 

In  1844  funds  were  being  gathered,  by  the  Presbytery  of  New 
Brunswick^  among  the  people  of  Old  Tennent  for  the  permanent 
endowment  of  Princeton  Seminary,  and  a  subscription  paper  (still 
preserved)  shows  the  results  as  follows  :  —"We,  the  subscribers,  agree 
to  pay  the  sums  opposite  our  names,  to  aid  in  the  permanent  endow- 
ment of  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Princeton.  The  sukscriptions 
are  payable  in  3  mos.,  or  according  to  the  directions  of  the  subscri- 
bers ;  and  if  not  paid  at  the  time  specified,  it  is  agreed  that  they  bear 
interest  at  6  pr.  ct.  Freehold,  Nov.  25,  1844. 

Reed,  from  Rev.  Mr.  Doren  from  his  church  in  addition  to 

what  I  reed,  while  there  -  -  -  $25.00 

L.  H.  VanDoren  &  Lydia  Ann  VanDoren,  pd.  by  Wm  Sutphin  10.00 
Sarah  T.  Roy  10.00         Mrs.  Alice  Conover  2.00 

James  Bowne  5.00         Jane  A.  Roy  i.oo 

Joseph  L.  Covenhoven         5  00         Sidney  Thompson  i.oo 

William  Cowenhowen  5.00         John  Gordon  i.oo 

David  R.  Vanderveer  5.00         John  Perrine  i.oo 

D.  Polhemus  5.00  Mary  Ann  Carr  i.oo 
John  English  5.00  Mrs.  Jane  Conover  1.50 
Robert  E.  Craig  3.00  Miss  Eydia  Perine  1.50 
Mrs.  Anna  Vanderveer  2.00  Mrs.  John  Perine  i.oo 
Margaret  Thompson  2.50  Mrs.  Mary  Perine  i.oo 
Joseph  C.  Thompson  3.00  Jonathan  L-  D.  i.oo 
Wm.  G.  Denise  2.00  Miss  x  x  x  i.oo 
Mrs.  Gertrude  Conover        3.00         W.  L.  De  Bow                          i.oo 

E.  L.  Cowart  3.00  A.  B.  Ammerman  1.50 
David  Laird                             3.00          Mrs.  Rhoda  Sutphin             i.oo" 


REV.  LUTHER  HALSEY  VAN  DOREN.  139 

The  funds  appear  to  have  been  gathered  by  a  committee,  and  the 
paper  will  speak  for  itself,  giving  some  idea  of  the  people's  benefi- 
cence :  but  long  before  this  Old  Tennent  had  shown  a  generous 
interest  to  help  young  men  prepare  for  the  ministry. 

JAMESBURG  CHURCH. 
And  now  again  Old  Tennent  was  connected  with  and  contributed 
to  the  formation  of  other  churches.  In  the  early  part  of  the  nine- 
teenth century  the  Methodists  held  .services  in  the  school  house  near 
to  where  Cornelius  Mount  subsequently  lived.  Also  they  held  regu- 
lar .services  at  John  Hoffman's,  between  Englishtown  and  Jamesburg. 
But  earnest  though  they  were,  they  "failed  to  hold  or  fully  occupy" 
the  field,  for  ministers  of  other  denominations  began  to  supply  the 
district  with  preaching,  notably  among  which  were  the  Presbyterians. 
Pastors  from  Cranbury  and  from  Tennent,  with  now  and  then  others, 
held  occasional  services  in  Jamesburg.  Subsequently  these  services 
became  more  regular  through  different  supphes,  until  June  6,  1854, 
when  the  Jamesburg  Presbyterian  church  was  organized  by  a  com- 
mittee from  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick,  consisting  of  Revs. 
Symmes  C.  Henry,  J.  W.  Blythe,  L.  H.  Van  Doren,  and  S.  D. 
Alexander.  Of  the  eleven  charter  members  only  one  came  from  Old 
Tennent,  and  this  was  John  B.  John.son,  a  ruling  elder  in  the  old 
church  at  that  time.  He  and  John  C.  Vandeveer  were  elected  elders 
of  the  Jamesburg  church.  But  in  less  than  one  month  afterward, 
July  2,  1854,  Mr.  Johnson  was  dismissed  back  to  Old  Tennent,  hav- 
ing been  borrowed,  as  was  said,  for  the  purpose  of  completing  the 
Jamesburg  organization  at  that  time.  Rev.  J.  Halstead  Carroll  was 
the  first  pastor  of  the  Jamesburg  church. 

MANALAPAN  CHURCH. 
Manalapan  is  a  district  that  has  been  long  settled,  and  for  many 
years  was  mostly  included  in  the  bounds  of  Old  Tennent  congrega- 
tion. In  April  1856  between  two  and  three  hundred  persons  of 
Manalapan  and  vicinity,  forty-seven  of  whom  were  members  of  Pres- 
byterian churches,  petitioned  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick  to 
organize  a  church  in  that  neighborhood  to  be  known  as  "The  Man- 
alapan Church."  Presbytery  granted  the  request  and  appointed  a 
committee  on  organization  :  Rev.  Symmes  C.  Henry,  D.  D.,  chair- 
man.  Rev.   S.   D.   Alexander,   and  Rev.  J.  M.   Rogers,   with  elders 


I40  HISTORY    OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Bennington  F.  Randolph  and  Elias  Dye.  The  church  edifice  having 
been  begun  in  1855  was  in  due  time  completed,  and  on  July  31,  1856, 
it  was  dedicated.  Dr.  S.  C.  Henry  preaching  the  sermon  from  the 
text  Ezra  6:  16.  On  the  same  day,  immediately  after  this  service, 
the  committee  appointed  by  Presbytery  organized  the  church  with 
48  members,  all  of  whoni  presented  letters  of  dismission  from  other 
churches,  34  from  Perrineville,  9  from  Old  Tennent,  and  the  remain- 
der from  the  first  church  of  Cranbury  and  the  village  church  of  Free- 
hold. William  P.  Forman,  John  J.  Ely,  John  \V.  Vanschoick,  and 
Gilbert  S.  Reid  were  elected  and  installed  ruling  elders,  all  of  whom 
had  been  elders  in  the  Perrineville  church  (  First  church  of  Millstone). 
Rev.  John  Leslie  Kehoo  was  the  first  pastor  of  the  ISLTualapaii  church. 
"Manalapan"  is  an  old  Indian  name  and  is  said  to  mean  "good  corn 
land,"  which  is  a  true  description  of  its  farms. 


REV.   DONALD  McLAREN,    D.  D.  141 


CHAPTER  XV. 

REV.    DONALD    MCLAREN,    D.    D.        1857-1862. 

A  few  months  after  the  close  of  Mr.  Van  Doreii's  term  of  service 
the  church  called  Rev.  Joseph  G.  Symmes  to  its  pastorate.  This 
call  was  dated  Nov.  25,  1856.  Mr.  S^'mmes,  then  preaching  in 
Madi.son,  Indiana,  did  not  see  his  way  clear  to  accept  the  call,  but 
just  one  generation  later  his  second  son,  as  a  .sort  of  belated  substitute 
for  his  father,  was  installed  pastor  of  the  church. 

Rev.  Donald  McLaren  followed  Mr.  Van  Doren  as  pastor  in  Old 
Tennent.  He  was  born  in  Caledonia,  N.  ¥.,  March  7,  1834.  His 
father,  Rev.  Donald  C.  McLaren,  D.  D.,  was  a  prominent  member 
of  the  Associate  Reformed  Church,  of  which  Church  he  was  the  last 
Moderator,  as  such  participating  in  that  union  with  the  A.ssociate 
Church  which  resulted  in  the  formation  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
Church.  Mr.  McLaren  graduated  from  Union  College,  Schenectady, 
in  the  class  of  1853,  and  from  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  in  the 
cla.ss  of  1857.  It  was  a  very  interesting  coincidence  that  three  mem- 
bers of  the  Seminary  class  of  1857  ^^hould  have  been  settled  at  nearl}^ 
the  same  time,  and  in  clo.sely  related  adjoining  churches  in  Mon- 
mouth :  Rev.  Frank  Chandler  in  the  Freehold  Village  church.  Rev. 
John  L.  Kehoo  in  the  new  church  at  Manalapan,  and  Mr.  McLaren 
at  Old  Tennent.  The  introduction  of  the  latter  to  his  future  pastorate 
was  indirectly  due  to  his  friend  Mr.  Chandler,  who  had  accepted  a 
call  to  the  church  in  Freehold  early  in  the  winter  previous  to  his 
graduation  from  the  Seminary,  and  it  was  arranged  that  he  should 
provide  supplies  for  his  pulpit  until  Spring.  Mr.  McLaren  preached 
as  one  of  these  supplies,  and  later,  upon  the  suggestion  of  Mrs.  D. 
Clark  Perrine  one  of  the  members  of  the  church  in  Freehold,  was 
invited  to  preach  in  Old  Tennent.  It  happened  that  the  letter  from 
Rev.  Jos.  G.  Symmes  declining  the  call  to  Old  Tennent,  was  handed 
to  Mr.  McLaren,  upon  the  occasion  of  his  visit,  to  be  read  from  the 
pulpit,  and  the  hearts  of  the  people  seemed  at  once  to  turn  towards 
the  youthful  Princeton  student.  Not  many  weeks  after,  before  his 
graduation  from  the  Seminary,  he  received  and  accepted  a  call  to  Old 
Tennent,  which  promised  him  a  salary  of  $1000.      He  had  previouslj^ 


142 


HISTORY    OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


REV.   DOXALD  McLARKN,   D.  D. 


been  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Associate  Reformed  Presbytery  of 
Caledonia.  Mr.  McLaren  was  ordained  to  the  ministry  and  installed 
as  pastor  of  the  Old  Tennent  church  by  the  Pby.  of  New  Brunswick 
July  I,  1857  :  the  ordination  sermon  was  jireached  liy  his  father  from 
the  text  Dan.  12  :  3.  On  July  — ,  1858,  Mr.  McLaren  was  married 
in  Princeton  to  Miss  Bessie  Stockton  Green,  daughter  of  Prof.  Jacob 
Green  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Jefferson  Medical  School  of  Phila- 
delphia, and  grand-daughter  of  Rev.  Dr.  Ashbel  Green,  one  of  the 
presidents  of  Princeton  College.  Of  the  seven  children  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  McLaren,  all  of  whom  are  living  (1904),  a  .son  and  a  daughter 
were  born  in  Tennent  ]>arsonage.     This  son,  Donald   C,   the  name- 


REV.   DONALD  McLAREN,   D.  D.  143 

sake  of  his  grandfather,  was  ordained  in  Old  Tennent  church  Jan. 
19,  1886,  by  the  Pby.  of  Monmouth  meeting  there  :  the  sermon  was 
preached  by  Rev.  Dr.  A.  A.  Hodge,  and  the  charge  to  the  young 
missionary,  who  was  to  go  out  and  labor  in  Brazil,  was  given  bj'  his 
father. 

One  of  the  notable  events  of  Mr.  McLaren's  pastorate  in  Old  Ten- 
nent was  the  building  of  a  church  edifice  in  Englishtown.  The  most 
of  the  people  in  that  village  were  members  of  the  Tennent  church, 
and  man}'  being  without  means  of  conveyance,  and  so  rarelj'  able  to 
attend  the  mother  church,  it  had  been  the  custom  for  many  years  for 
the  pastors  to  hold  afternoon  or  evening  services,  sometimes  in  the 
Englishtown  school  house,  but  more  frequentl}'  in  the  Methodist 
church,  the  use  of  which  was  always  courteously  granted  to  the  Pres- 
byterians. The  matter  of  erecting  a  Presb^'terian  church  had  often 
been  considered,  but  there  had  been  difficulties  in  the  way  of  an 
agreement  upon  a  site  ;  these  disappeared  through  the  instrumentality 
of  Dr.  Polhemus  who  secured  an  eligible  plot  in  the  center  of  the  vil- 
lage. The  project  awakened  deep  interest  in  the  village  and  through- 
out the  surrounding  country.  The  people  contributed  generously 
and  joyfully  to  the  work.  The  pastor  joined  with  others  in  personally 
soliciting  the  most  of  the  subscriptions.  The  building  cost  about 
$4000.  Although  a  separate  Board  of  Trustees  was  formed  to  hold 
the  property,  there  was  no  intention  whatever  at  that  time  to  organize 
a  new  church.     This  was  the  development  of  later  years. 

In  the  autumn  of  1861  the  health  of  Mr.  McLaren  having  been 
seriously  impaired,  he  tendered  the  resignation  of  his  pastoral  charge. 
At  a  large  congregational  meeting  called  to  act  upon  this  resignation, 
the  people  asked  that  it  be  withdrawn  and  voted  to  grant  the  pastor 
a  rest  for  six  months,  continuing  his  salary  and  providing  by  special 
subscriptions  for  the  supply  of  the  pulpit.  During  a  large  portion  of 
the  time  the  pastor  was  absent  the  pulpit  was  supplied  by  Rev.  A. 
P.  Cobb,  who  ultimately  became  Mr.  McLaren's  successor.  At  the 
end  of  the  six  months'  vacation  Mr.  McLaren  was  so  far  restored  that 
he  resumed  his  work.  However  after  another  half  year  of  arduous 
labor,  his  health  failed  a  second  time,  and  his  pastoral  relation  was 
dissolved  Nov.  5,  1862.  His  ministrations  at  Old  Tennent  were 
crowned  with  blessings.  Steadily  year  by  3'ear  numbers  were  added 
to  the  church  and  the  congregation  built  up.  The  goodly  number  of 
infant  baptisms  each  year  gave  promise  of  ingatherings  for  the  future. 


144  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

The  introduction  by  the  Session  ot  a  sclienie  of  Systematic  Benevolence 
through  district  collectors  largely  increased  the  Missionary  contribu- 
tions.     When   Mr.    McLaren  left,   the  communicants  numbered  351. 

Mr.  McLaren  was  commissioned  as  Chaplain  in  the  United  States 
Navy  March  10,  1S63.  After  many  years  .service  at  the  Naval 
Academy  and  other  shore  stations  and  with  the  fleets  in  different  parts 
of  the  world,  having  reached  the  age  fixed  by  law,  he  was  in  1896 
placed  upon  the  Retired  List  of  the  Navy  Wooster  L^niver.sity,  Ohio, 
conferred  upon  him  the  honorary-  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  in  1880. 

On  May  20,  1858,  some  time  after  Mrs.  Roy's  death,  the  congre- 
gation purchased  of  the  heirs  of  Rev.  Robert  Roy,  through  Benning- 
ton F.  Randolph  (one  of  the  Masters  of  the  Court  of  Chancery  )  what 
had  been  the  "Roy  Par.sonage."  It  contained  nine  and  one-half 
acres  of  land  with  a  house  thereon,  and  the  price  paid  was  $2,050. 
Extensive  repairs  were  made  on  this  property,  bringing  the  whole  cost 
up  to  54,334.90.  This  parsonage  Dr.  McLaren  occupied  during  his 
pastorate  at  Old  Tennent.  He  is  still  (  1904 )  living,  and  kindly  wrote 
the  largest  part  of  this  chapter  on  his  ministry. 

SINGING  AND  MUSIC. 

There  is  no  record  of  the  fact,  yet  nevertheless  it  is  most  probably 
true  that  there  was  a  precentor  in  the  early  days  who  led  the  congre- 
gation in  singing,  and  lined  out  the  hymns  and  psalms  according  to 
the  Scottish  custom.  It  is  an  ancestral  tradition  that  Peter  Forman 
"led  the  singing  in  the  church  for  .some  years  after  it  was  first  used  for 

the  public  worship."        (Forman  Records  p.  25). 

On  Jiuie  26,  1797,  "twas  Motioned  &  Carryed  that  Jonathan  F'ormon 
Esquire  And  Wni.  Machesn3'  Be  appointed  as  Clercks  In  Congunction 
With  Thomas  Coock  Escpiire  &  David  Sutphin  In  Reading  &  Singing 
Such  Psalms  as  they  Shall  Se  Proper  Or  Are  Directed  to  l)e  Sang  b}' 
the  Pastor  Or  Proper  officers  of  Sd.  Church."  And  on  Ajiril  10,  1799, 
the  congregation  resolved  '  'That  whereas  for  .some  time  past  the  Clerks 
of  the  Congregation  have  been  directed  to  .sing  the  first  psalm  on  the 
introduction  of  public  worship  without  reading  the  line,  they  be  direct- 
ed in  future  to  have  the  line  of  the  first  psalm  read  and  to  sing  the 
.second  ])salm  without  reading."  FVoni  this  it  might  appear  that  all 
hymns  sung  in  the  church  were  called  "psalms,"  or  that  the  congre- 
gation in  those  days  sang  only  psalms. 


REV.   DONALD  McLAREN,   D.  D.  145 

In  a  congregational  meeting  held  May  28,  1805,  it  was  "Resolved 
that  It  be  requested  that  the  Tunes  which  make  part  of  the  Public 
worship  be  sang  without  the  use  of  the  pitch  pipe.  Resolved  that  it 
is  the  sence  of  this  meeting  that  all  Psalms  which  shall  be  sung  dur- 
ing Public  worship  shall  be  raised  or  carried  from  the  desk  or  .square. 
Resolved  that  the  Psalms  intertroducing,  sacred  worship,  Is  recom- 
mending to  be  sang  by  reading  the  line." 

Again,  April  20,  1824,  the  congregation  "Resolved,  that  William 
Sutphen,  John  T.  Woodhull,  John  W.  Maxwell,  N.  S.  Rue,  Hugh 
McChesny  be  appointed  Clerks,  to  raise  &  Carry  the  sacred  musick  in 
the  church,  and  that  the  said  Clerks  use  their  own  disscretion  weather 
to  sit  in  the  square  or  in  the  front  pews  in  the  gallery."  Later  than 
this,  it  is  known  that  there  were  three  men  who  acted  as  precentors. 
They  stood  in  the  lower  pulpit  of  the  square,  gave  the  pitch  and  led 
the  singing.  These  men  were  John  T.  Woodhull,  M.  D.,  Nathaniel 
S.  Rue,  and  David  Sutphen  ;  Dr.  Woodhull  leading,  and  the  other 
two  as.sisting. 

After  this  a  choir  of  singers  was  formed  during  the  ministry  of  Mr. 
Van  Doren.  This  choir  was  organized  and  led  by  Dr.  John  T.  Wood- 
hull  ;  and  it  stood  in  the  gallery  opposite  the  pulpit.  Toward  the 
close  of  Dr.  Woodhull's  service  as  chorister  Joseph  C.  Conover  was 
appointed  to  assist  him  in  1846,  probably  about  the  time  the  choir 
was  formed. 

Still  later  than  this  Edward  Redfield,  a  professor  of  music,  was 
engaged  by  the  congregation  to  lead  the  choir  for  a  year,  and  teach 
a  singing  school  for  .six  months.  This  singing  school  was  held  on 
Saturday  evenings  in  the  church  building.  Mr.  Redfield  led  the 
choir  during  church  services  with  a  violin,  and  the  choir  stood  in  the 
south  gallery  oppo.site  the  pulpit. 

Probably  the  next  step  in  the  history  of  church  music  in  Old  Ten- 
nent  was  the  leading  of  the  choir  by  C.  Augustus  Craig.  He  was 
first  elected  chorister  in  1848  with  Enoch  Cowart  as.sistant.  Augustus 
and  his  brother  James  used  violins,  and  were  accompanied  with  a 
violoncello,  a  clarionet  and  a  flute.  There  were  about  twenty 
singers  in  this  choir  of  men  and  women,  and  it  was  still  stationed  in 
the  gallery.  Others  also  were  appointed  chorister  at  different  times  ; 
John  Van  Doren  1851,  James  Craig  1856,  Peter  Clayton  1858,  Peter 
R.  Bergen  i860  with  J.  M.  Voorhees  and  E.  L.  Cowart  assistants. 
In  Mr.  Bergen's  choir,  his  wife,  and  Mrs.  Kate  H.  (Forman)  Clayton^ 


146  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Mrs.  Hannah  (Hartshorne)  Abranis,  Mrs.  Mary  (Hartshorne) 
Conover,  and  Hon.  Wm.  T.  Hoffman  were  some  of  the  singers.  But 
for  many  years  Augu.stus  and  James  Craig  were  the  leaders  of  music 
and  singing  in  the  church. 

About  1856  a  melodeon  was  innrhased  by  the  congregation,  of  the 
Estey  &  Green  manufacture.  C.  Augustus  Craig  was  the  chorister, 
and  his  brother,  James  B.,  was  the  first  to  play  this  instrument  in 
the  leading  of  the  church  music.  This  modest  melodeon  was  the  first 
musical  instrument  of  the  organ  character  that  the  church  possessed  : 
though  previously  it  had  ])urchased  a  violoncello  and  a  clarionet  for 
the  use  of  the  choir  orchestra.  The  melodeon  was  placed  in  the 
galler\-.  Al:)out  1872  a  Ma.son  &  Hamlin  pedal  organ  with  two 
manuals  was  purchased.  C.  Augustus  Craig  was  the  first  to  use  this 
as  an  organist,  and  the  organ  was  set  in  the  gallery,  but  about  1878 
it  was  moved  to  the  lower  floor  into  the  square  in  front  of  the  pulpit. 

The  last  step  in  the  histor)'  of  music  in  Old  Tennent  was  made  in 
1890,  when  a  pipe  organ  was  built  by  M.  P.  Moller,  of  Hagerstown, 
Md.,  under  order  of  the  congregation,  and  set  on  the  west  side  of  the 
pulpit  in  a  recess  built  for  it.  This  was  made  a  one  manual  organ 
with  five  octaves,  eight  full  registers,  and  442  pipes.  It  was  used  in 
the  church  service  for  the  first  time,  on  Sunday,  Dec.  14,  1890.  J. 
Chalmers  Rue  was  the  first  to  use  this  organ  as  an  organist  in  leading 
the  choir. 

Watts'  Hymn  Book  was  used  by  the  church  in  the  early  part  of 
the  nineteenth  century.  About  the  time  Dr.  John  T.  WoodhuU 
formed  the  choir  in  the  church,  the  hymn  book  entitled  "Psalms  and 
Hymns,"  published  by  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Publication,  was 
introduced  and  used  about  thirty  years  until  1875,  when  the  congre- 
gation began  to  use  a  book  containing  both  hymns  and  tunes,  and 
entitled  "Hymns  and  Songs  of  Praise,"  and  this  book  is  still  (1904) 
in  use  in  the  church. 

There  have  been  a  number  who  sang  in  the  choir  and  some  who 
were  organist  at  different  times,  whose  names  have  not  been  men- 
tioned in  the  above  sketch.  Simply  the  chief  features  in  the  story  of 
Old  Tennent's  church  singing  and  music  have  here  been  given. 


During  the  pastorate  of  Dr.  McLaren  the  old  historic  parsonage 
was  taken  down,  mention  of  which  has  been  made  in  Chap.  Ill,  but 
some  further  details  may  here  be  added.      As  a  dwelling  place  it  was 


REV.   DONALD  McLAREN,   D.  D. 


147 


*'^^^mff^ 


Old  Tenueut  Parsonage  iu  its  Dilapidated  Condition,  and  .Showing  Kitchen  Attachment. 

From  an  Old  Picture. 


last  used  as  a  tenant  house,  at  least  the  kitchen  portion  of  the  build- 
ing which  was  of  later  erection  than  the  main  part.  As  has  been 
said,  during  the  last  j'ears  of  its  standing  the  old  house  became  very 
much  dilapidated.  It  was  put  to  various  purposes,  being  used  once 
as  a  hay  barn  on  the  farm  ;  and  also  at  another  time  as  a  shop  for 
making  chairs.  While  Wm.  Potter  was  owner  of  the  farm  the  old 
portion  of  the  parsonage  was  taken  down  May  i860  (a  more  exact 
date  than  is  stated  in  Chap.  Ill)  for  the  sake  of  using  the  lumber  in 
the  hou.se  before  it  should  be  spoiled  by  further  exposure.  Gilbert 
Applegate.  who  lived  at  that  time  on  the  farm,  as.sisted  in  taking 
down  the  building.  His  .son  David  once  found  a  cannon  ball  imbedded 
in  the  cellar-way  of  the  house.  Subsequently  the  kitchen  part  of  the 
house  was  moved  up  near  the  barns  and  used  as  a  barn-shed.  Some 
of  the  framework  of  the  old  parsonage  barn  still  stands  in  the  frame 
of  the  present  main  barn  on  the  farm.  A  few  of  the  sticks  of  timbers 
from  the  old  parsonage  hou.se  may  still  (1904)  be  .seen  in  the  mow 


I4S  HISTORY   OF  OLD    TEN  NEXT. 

floor  of  one  of  the  barns  :  most  of  these  timbers  are  supposed  to  be 
of  Jerse}-  pine,  which  is  a  noticeable  liint  as  to  the  enduring  qualities 
of  that  variety  of  lumber. 

Canes,  as  mementos,  have  been  made  from  lumber  out  of  the  old 
parsonage,  and  are  now  treasured  in  widely  separated  places  like  the 
influences  of  the  godly  home  life  in  that  house.  The  frame  of  the 
old  building  was  evidently  in  such  a  state  of  preservation  that  it 
might  well  have  been  repaired,  of  which  it  was  worthy.  It  is  to  be 
regretted  that  the  church,  when  they  sold  the  farm,  had  not  reserved 
the  old  house  with  the  lot  around  it,  and  kept  it  in  repair  ;  or  that  it 
had  not  been  purchased  by  a  company  like  the  Monument  Association, 
for  it  would  have  proved  an  exceedingly  interesting  spot,  to  visitors 
on  the  battlefield,  as  a  witne.ss  to  the  struggle  of  that  memorable  day. 
Joseph  Breakley  is  now  the  owner  of  this  old  parsonage  farm. 


REV.   ARCHIBALD  PARRITT  COBB.  149 


CHAPTER  XVI. 

REV.    ARCHIBALD    PARRITT    COBB.        1863-1881. 

The  twelfth  pastor  of  Old  Tennent  was  Rev.  Archibald  P.  Cobb, 
a  man  of  plain  habits,  active  mind,  and  earnest  heart.  Parsippany, 
N.  J.,  was  the  place  of  his  birth,  Nov.  9,  1S21.  His  parents  were 
Henry  Cobb  and  Maria  Baldwin  (maiden  name).  His  father  was  a 
farmer.  The  Christian  life  of  his  godly  mother,  who  presented  all 
her  children  for  baptism  in  their  youth,  manifestly  marked  the 
character  of  his  mature  years.  At  thirteen  years  of  age  he  went  to 
work  in  a  store  at  Madison,  N.  J.,  and  afterwards  in  a  dry-goods 
store  in  Newark.  Subsequently  he  held  a  position  in  the  wholesale 
dry-goods  store  of  H.  B.  Claflin  «&  Co  ,  New  York  City.  He  was 
converted  in  the  twenty-second  year  of  his  age,  and  united  with  the 
church  of  his  mother's  early  life,  the  First  Presbyterian  of  Newark, 
N.  J.  Immediately  he  decided  to  study  for  the  ministry.  Returning 
home  he  prepared  for  college  under  the  tutelage  of  Rev.  John  Ford, 
and  entered  Princeton  1847  in  the  Sophomore  class.  As  a  .scholar 
he  stood  in  the  foremost  rank,  being  one  of  the  Junior  Orators  in  1849 
and  graduating  with  the  highest  honors  of  his  class  in  1S50.  In  the 
autumn  of  that  year  he  entered  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Prince- 
ton, and  continued  his  studies  in  that  institution  for  two  years.  Hav- 
ing it  then  in  mind  that  he  would  enter  upon  Foreign  Mission  work, 
he  spent  the  third  year  of  his  course  at  Union  Seminary,  New  York 
City,  that  he  might  attend  medical  lectures  in  connection  with  his 
theological  studies.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Newark,  April  20,  1853.  From  1853  to  '54  he  was  a  tutor  in  mathe- 
matics in  Princeton  College,  and  at  the  same  time  he  acted  as  Stated 
Supply  to  the  Witherspoon  Street  church  (colored)  in  Princeton. 
April  19,  1854,  he  was  ordained  as  an  evangelist  by  the  Pby.  of 
Newark.  His  first  pastorate  was  in  the  South wark  Mission  church, 
Philadelphia,  being  installed  there  Dec.  23,  1855.  Here  he  remained 
for  six  years  in  succes.sful  labors  in  the  gospel  :  then  he  withdrew 
from  the  active  pastorate,  and  f(;r  two  years  >vas  without  charge  on 
account  of  impaired  health.      His  last  ar.d  longest  pastorate  was  in 


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REV.   ARCHIBALD  PARRITT  COBB.  151 

Old  Tenneiit,  where  he  was  installed  pastor  Aug.  8.  1863,  and  con- 
tinued thus  until  his  death  Feb.  26,  188 1.  He  died  at  his  home,  of 
rheumatism  of  the  heart.  Among  his  last  words  were  "Come,  Lord 
Jesus,  come  quickly."  At  his  funeral  service  a  large  concourse  of 
friends  and  parishioners  gathered  in  his  spacious  dwelling  house,  and 
his  body  was  buried  in  the  cemetery  of  Old  Tennent.  A  granite 
boulder,  smoothed  on  one  side,  and  inscribed  with  his  name  and  dates 
of  birth  and  death,  surmounts  his  grave.  His  session,  with  whom 
he  had  been  many  years  happily  associated,  adopted,  among  others, 
the  following  resolution  "That  we  record  with  reverence  and  sincere 
affection,  our  admiration  of  his  eminent  talents  and  learning,  his 
fervid  eloquence  and  great  earnestness,  his  consecration  to  the  cause 
of  Christ  and  our  good,  his  labors  most  abundant  in  season  and  out 
of  season,  his  powerful  pulpit  utterances,  his  kindness  to  the  poor, 
his  charity  and  faithfulness  toward  all."  In  this  same  high  esteem 
the  Historian  of  the  Pby.  of  Monmouth  writing  a  biographical  sketch 
of  Mr.  Cobb  said  "Here  (at  Tennent)  he  gave  himself  to  the  work 
of  preaching  the  Gospel  with  a  zeal  seldom  equalled,  never  excelled. 
*  *  -^  His  friends  said  he  did  too  much  ;  his  people  say  'we  never 
asked  him  to  do  so  much  ;  '  he  himself  felt  he  never  could  do  enough. ' ' 
(J.  G.  S.)  Such  tributes  are  unusual,  and  all  the  more  so  because 
so  very  truthful.  Mr.  Cobb  married  Miss  Marianna  C.  Brown, 
daughter  of  Robert  J.  Brown  of  New  York.  She  with  two  daughters 
survived  him. 

Oct.  23,  1867,  Mr.  Cobb  and  his  wife  purchased  of  the  congrega- 
tion what  was  known  as  the  "Roy  Parsonage,"  mentioned  before  in 
previous  chapter.  On  this  property  he  gave  a  mortgage  to  the  con- 
gregation in  the  sum  of  $3,000.  But  the  congregation  allowed  Mr, 
Cobb  to  hold  this  amount  free  of  interest  as  long  as  he  remained  their 
pastor,  presumably  in  lieu  of  the  use  of  a  parsonage.  After  his  death 
his  heirs  paid  this  mortgage  to  the  trustees  of  the  church.  This 
"Roy  Parsonage"  house  Mr.  Cobb  finely  remodelled  and  enlarged. 
But  it  had  scarcely  been  finished  and  handsomely  furnished,  when 
taking  fire  it  was  burned  to  the  ground,  on  a  Sunday  afternoon  July 
25,  1869.  Besides  the  great  loss  that  came  to  Mr.  Cobb  by  this  fire, 
the  church  also  suffered  the  irreparable  loss  of  its  sessional  records, 
which  lamentably  subtracts  from  the  writing  of  a  more  informing  and 
complete  history  of  the  church,  and  possibly  from  giving  full  and 
accurate  lists  of  communicants  and  of  marriages.     Afterwards  Mr. 


152  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Cobi)  and  his  wife  erected  a  larger  house  near  the  same  spot,  and  in 
this  house  he  Hved  until  his  death.  Presumably  as  an  encourage- 
ment for  him  to  rebuild,  and  an  inducement  for  him  to  remain  as 
their  pastor  the  congregation  on  Aug.  25,  1869,  unanimously  passed 
the  following,  "Resolved  that  the  three  thousand  dollar  Mortgage 
belonging  to  the  Tennent  Church,  now  on  the  property  known  as  the 
'Old  Parsonage,'  now  occupied  by  James  B.  Rogers,  be  given  to  Rev. 
A.  P.  Cobb,  at  such  a  time  as  he  may  have  begun  to  build  a  house 
for  his  residence,  as  pastor  of  said  church  within  the  limits  of  said 
congregation."  Nothing  ever  drew  Mr.  Cobb  away  from  this  people, 
•though  at  one  time  he  received  an  enticing  call  from  another  congre- 
gation, prominent  in  position  and  offering  a  large  salary. 

Mr.  Cobb  was  a  man  of  excellent  parts,  and  of  indefatigable  labors. 
He  possessed  splendid  gifts  in  preaching,  and  sometimes  seemed 
almost  inspired.  During  the  Sabbath  day,  and  through  all  the  week 
following,  the  number  of  services  he  attended  and  conducted,  and  the 
long  list  of  pastoral  calls  he  made,  were  enough  to  appall  and  exhaust 
most  men  ;  except  one  like  him,  who  apparently  possessed  an  abundant 
store  of  nervous  energy  and  a  strong  physical  constitution.  An  idea 
■of  the  size  and  condition  of  the  Old  Tennent  congregation  about  this 
time  may  be  ol)tained  from  a  record  made  by  Mr.  Cobb  in  the  Minutes 
of  session.  This  record  was  the  result  of  a  careful  visitation  in  1870, 
after  the  loss  of  the  old  records  by  fire,  and  with  the  design  of  finding 
"exact  names  of  church  members,  what  children  have  been  baptized, 
what  number  of  families  vi.sited  by  the  pastor  and  identified  in  general 
^ith  his  pastoral  care."  It  is  as  follows  :  "Entire  number  in  the 
■congregation  1660.  Adults  983.  Children  and  Youths  677.  Fami- 
lies 412.  Church  Members  390.  Baptized  children  and  Youths  267. 
Those  who  should  ])resent  letters  of  admission  to  church  membership 
27.  Those  who  should  be  encouraged  to  profess  faith  in  Christ  23. 
Children  of  Parents  professing  which  were  not  baptized  70.  Children 
not  baptized  of  Parents  who  should  profess  their  faith  in  Christ  (i  e) 
be  coun.selled  to  do  so  30.  Members  of  our  church  in  Englishtown 
village  74.  Baptized  Children  in  Englishtown  55.  Members  of  our 
church  in  P'reehold  17.  Baptized  children  there  5."  The  spiritual 
results  of  Mr.  Cobb's  ministry  in  Old  Tennent  cannot  be  measured 
nor  counted.  The  records  of  the  ingatherings  are  beyond  the  usual 
in  a  rural  church.  While  he  was  pastor  501  persons  united  with  the 
communion,  of  whom  388  were  on  confession   of  their  faith.      There 


REV.   ARCHIBALD  PARRITT  COBB.  153 

was  not  a  single  year  of  his  pastorate  in  which  there  were  no  acces- 
sions to  the  church.  The  lowest  number  of  any  one  year  was  6  and 
the  highest  142.  This  blessed  revival  time  occurred  in  1876,  which 
year  the  membership  of  the  church  numbered  480,  the  largest  number 
of  members  during  the  incumbency  of  Mr.  Cobb,  and  within  one  of 
the  largest  number  the  church  ever  had  in  one  year  duiing  its  history. 

Mr.  Cobb,  being  a  man  of  fine  musical  taste  and  ability,  a  great 
lover  of  song  and  an  excellent  singer,  labored  for  the  best  develop- 
ment of  praise  in  his  congregation.  He  made  a  searching  study  of 
the  different  hymn  books  with  notes  then  published  for  use  in  con- 
gregational singing,  and  decided  in  favor  of  the  one  entitled  "Hymns 
and  Songs  of  Praise."  This  book  was  introduced  into  the  church  to 
take  the  place  of  the  old  hymn  book  in  1875  ;  and  the  school  houses 
in  which  Mr.  Cobb  preached  were  also  furnished  with  this  book.  It 
was  his  custom  to  conduct  evening  singing  services  in  Englishtown, 
when  the  tunes  of  the  church  hymn-book >  were  practiced.  These 
singing  services  were  largely  attended  and  enthusiastically  conducted. 

While  at  all  times  the  preaching  of  Mr.  Cobb  was  energetic  and 
attractive,  some  of  his  sermons  were  more  prominent  than  others  in 
the  minds  and  memories  of  his  hearers.  His  sermon  on  the  life, 
character,  and  death  of  Rev.  Wm.  Tennent,  Jr.,  preached  in  the 
church  in  1877,  a  sermon  on  the  looth  anniversary  of  the  Battle  of 
Monmouth,  preached  in  the  church  to  a  large  gathering  of  people  on 
a  Sunday  morning  in  June  187S,  also  a  sermon  on  a  comparison 
between  Alexander  the  Great  and  Paul  the  Apostle  preached  in 
Freehold,  and  a  sermon  on  the  subject  of  Temperance  preached  in 
Englishtown  a  few  months  before  his  death,  were  among  the  most 
thrilling,  impressive,  and  memorable  of  his  Tennent  pastorate. 

God's  gracious  providence  to  the  congregation  of  Old  Tennent  was 
manifested  in  the  preservation  of  their  historic  sanctuary  from  a 
threatened  devastation  in  the  summer  of  1878.  On  Thursday,  Aug.  i 
of  that  year  the  church  was  struck  by  lightning  at  nine  o'clock  in 
the  evening,  and  set  on  fire.  Through  the  prompt  efforts  of  Lemuel 
Bedle  and  a  few  of  the  near  neighbors,  the  building  was  preserved 
from  destruction.  The  session  in  behalf  of  the  congregation  adopted 
resolutions  of  thanks  and  commendation  to  Lemuel  Bedle,  John 
Sui'der,  Luther  D.  Bugbee,  John  R.  Sutphen  and  others  "for  their 
instant  attention  and  zeal  in  arresting  the  burning."  It  seemed  a 
providential  provision  that  R.  Ptrrine  Craig,  the  sexton,  had  on  that 


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REV.   ARCHIBALD  PARRITT  COBB.  155 

very  evening  placed  a  barrel  under  one  of  the  corner  leader-pipes  of 
the  church  for  the  purpose  of  collecting  water  for  the  use  of  those 
desiring  to  water  flowers  in  their  grave  plots.  The  water  collected 
in  that  barrel  from  the  same  thunder  shower  that  brought  the  light- 
ning stroke  contributed  largely  if  not  made  it  a  possibility  to  the 
extinguishing  of  the  flames.  The  people  of  Old  Tennent  deserve 
credit  for  their  constant  and  careful  repairing  of  the  old  sanctuary  ; 
without  which  care  it  would  long  since  have  crumbled  to  the  ground. 
Among  all  the  times  of  repairing  probably  none  has  been  more  exten- 
.sive  or  expensive  than  that  in  the  summer  of  1869.  At  that  time 
papers  were  carried  through  the  congregation  by  four  men,  Wm. 
Perrine,  John  W.  Craig,  George  Quackenbush,  and  R.  Perrine  Craig, 
soliciting  contributions  "for  the  purpose  of  Painting,  Upholstering 
and  carpenting  the  Tennent  Church."  The  people  gave  generously, 
the  subscriptions  showing  sums  of  $2,  $10,  ^25,  $30,  $50  per  name. 
A  considerable  sum  was  collected,  and  pastor  Cobb  and  Mrs.  Cobb 
added  a  large  contribution.  At  that  time  two  pews  were  taken  out 
in  front  on  each  side  of  the  middle  aisle  ;  the  floors  of  the  aisles  were 
raised  about  three  inches  to  a  level  of  the  floors  of  the  pews  ;  the  seats 
were  raised  up  about  four  inches  ;  the  interior  was  painted  and  the 
pews  grained  in  walnut  ;  cushions  were  put  into  the  pews  ;  and  car- 
pets were  laid  on  the  ai.sles  and  in  the  square.  Besides  this,  the 
exterior  was  given  two  coats  of  paint.  The  outside  was  worn  nearly 
bare  of  paint,  and  the  shingles  were  very  dry,  so  that  it  required 
about  1200  lbs.  of  English  white  lead  to  give  the  exterior  these  two 
coats.  The  whole  cost  was  about  $1800.  Each  year  added  to  its 
history  endears  the  old  building  and  3'ard  to  the  church  people,  adds 
to  its  value  as  a  sacred  heritage,  and  increases  its  interest  to  visitors. 
It  has  suffered  somewhat  from  vandal  hands,  so  much  so  indeed 
that  the  church  people  in  1867  resolved  to  give  notice  of  caution 
against  disfiguring  the  church  seats  in  the  gallery  ;  and  to  procure 
signs  warning  persons  who  visit  the  church  not  to  mutilate  it  by  tear- 
ing off  pieces  of  shingles  from  the  enclosure.  To  this  old  building 
and  its  high  narrow  pulpit  Mr.  Cobb  became  more  and  more  attached, 
loving  it  as  an  endeared  home.  In  its  preservation  he  ever  took  a 
keen  interest,  and  also  in  the  improvement  of  the  surrounding 
grounds.  The  church  people,  and  those  of  neighboring  communities, 
cherished  the  memory  of  Mr.  Cobb  long  and  beloved  ;  which  fact 
together  with  his  successful  labors  and  earnest  faithfulness  combines  to 


156  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

emphasize  what  once  was  said  of  him  that  he  was  not  unlike  his  illus- 
trious predecessor  of  a  century  before,  the  famous  Win.  Tennent,  Jr. 

ENGLISHTOWN  CHURCH. 

After  Mr.  Col)l)  had  been  at  Tennent  for  thirteen  years,  a  consider- 
able portion  of  the  congregation  was  formed  into  a  separate  church 
at  Englishtown.  Preaching  services  had  been  maintained  in  this 
place  for  some  years  in  connection  with  Old  Tennent,  and  a  building 
had  been  erected  in  which  the  meetings  were  held.  In  1876  a  peti- 
tion for  the  organization  of  a  church  was  presented  to  the  Presbytery 
of  Monmouth  by  residents  of  Englishtown  and  vicinity.  After  delib- 
eration on  the  matter,  through  a  committee  appointed  to  visit  English- 
town,  Presbyter}'  granted  the  request,  and  accordingly  a  Presbyterian 
church  was  organized  there,  Thursday,  Dec.  14,  1876.  Of  the  com- 
mittee on  organization,  there  were  present.  Rev.  Benj.  S.  Everitt, 
Moderator  of  the  Presbytery  at  that  time  and  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee, Rev.  J.  M.  Anderson,  and  Rev.  Rufus  Taylor,  D.  D.,  with 
elders  Ezekiel  Silvers  and  \Vm.  R.  Murphy.  P'ifty-seven  members 
from  Old  Tennent  and  one  from  the  First  church  of  Cranbury,  N.  J., 
were  enrolled  as  first  members  in  the  new  organization.  Four  elders 
were  chosen  and  ordained,  Charles  H.  VanDerveer,  Andrew  S. 
Sickles,  Matthew  Rue,  Jr.,  and  Wm.  C.  Lefferts  :  and  three  deacons 
were  also  chosen  and  ordained,  John  M.  Dey,  Taylor  S.  Clayton,  and 
Symmes  H.  Dey.  Soon  after  its  organization  the  church  secured  the 
services  of  Rev.  Donald  McEaren,  a  former  pastor  of  Old  Tennent. 
Mr.  McLaren  had  recently  returned  from  a  naval  cruise  in  Chinese 
waters  and  while  waiting  orders  from  the  Government  was  residing 
in  Princeton.  He  was  not  called  upon  to  resume  his  duties  as  a 
Chaplain  for  more  than  a  year,  and  during  this  period  he  supplied 
the  pulpit  of  the  new  church  at  Englishtown.  Thus  it  will  be  noticed 
that  the  history  of  the  formation  and  early  life  of  the  church  at 
Englishtown  is  very  similar  to  that  of  "The  Village  Church  at 
Freehold."      Concerning  the  Fynglishtown  church  building  seep.  143. 


REV.   GEORGE  GARDNER  SMITH.  157 


CHAPTER  XVII. 

REV.    GEORGE    GARDNER   SMITH.       1881-18S5. 

0.1  May  30,  1 88 1,  the  congregation  extended  a  call  to  Rev.  Geo. 
G.  Smith,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  born  at  Pittsburg,  Nov.  22,  1838. 
In  the  call  $1,000  was  promised  him  as  a  salar}',  and  hou.se  rent  free. 
Mr.  Smith  graduated  at  Williams  College,  Mass.,  1861,  and  at 
Western  Theological  Seminary  1867.  He  was  ordained  b}-  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Carlisle  1868.  His  installation  at  Old  Tennent  took  place 
June  27,  188 1  ;  in  which  service  his  uncle,  Rev.  Job  F.  Halsey,  a 
former  pastor  of  the  church,  gave  him  his  charge.  Mr.  Smith  con- 
tinued pastor  at  Old  Tennent  until  April  i,  1885.  One  of  the  most 
beneficial  accomplishments  of  his  ministry  at  Tennent  was  the  organ- 
izing and  establishing  of  a  Woman's  Missionary  Societj'  in  the  church. 
It  was  organized  Oct.  8,  1881,  "to  promote  the  spirit  of  Christian 
benevolence  among  its  own  members,  and  throughout  the  congrega- 
tion and  to  give  and  to  work  in  aid  of  various  fitting  objects  of  Mis- 
.sionary  enterprise,  and  especially  of  the  Boards  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church."  The  first  woman  president  of  the  Society  was  Mrs.  Red- 
ford  J.  Gulick.  This  Society  is  still  in  flourishing  operation,  meeting 
twice  each  month  from  October  to  April  in  different  homes  of  the 
families  of  the  congregation.  It  has  accomplished  much  good  in  the 
church,  and  is  this  day  an  efficient  means  toward  increa.sing  Old 
Tennent's  benevolences.  During  the  summer  months  this  Society 
devotes  its  collected  funds  to  the  aid  of  its  own  church. 

The  money  which  Mr.  Cobb's  estate  returned  to  the  trustees  of  the 
church  after  his  death  was  used  in  the  purchase  of  the  home  of  James 
Rue,  who  had  died  a  few  years  previou.sly  and  was  an  elder  in  the 
church.  The  date  of  purchase  was  October  22,  i88r ,  and  the  amount 
paid  for  the  property  was  $2,643.50.  This  house  is  situated  about 
one  mile  .south  of  the  church  on  a  beautiful  eminence  131  feet  above 
mean  sea  level,  and  it  has  four  acres  of  ground  attached.  This  has 
been  the  parsonage  of  the  church  from  the  time  of  its  purchase,  where 
all  the  pastors  since  that  time  have  resided,  Mr  Smith  being  the  first 
to  occupy  it. 


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KKV.  GKOKCK  G.  SMITH. 

Between  fifty  and  sixty  persons  united  with  the  communion  of  the 
church  (hiring  the  pastorate  of  Mr.  Smith,  and  when  he  left  the 
church  its  membershi])  nund)ered  295.  Mr.  Smith  stih  lives,  and 
his  home  is  in  Pittsburg,  Pa.  In  1903  he  published  a  book  in  the 
press  of  D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  New  York,  with  the  title  "Spencer 
Kellogg  Brown,  His  Life  in  Kansas  and  his  Death  as  a  Spy."  It  is 
a  book  of  intense  interest  and  historic  instruction  relating  to  the 
times  of  the  Civil  War. 


REV.  ROBERT  CRAWFORD  HALEOCK,  Ph.D.,  D.  D.    159 


CHAPTER  XVIIL 

REV.    ROBERT    CRAWFORD    HAI.LOCK,    PH.  D. ,    D.  D.       1885-1889. 

The  congregation  made  out  a  call  to  Robert  C.  Hallock,  Sep.  3, 
1885,  with  an  annual  compensation  of  $1,000  and  free  use  of  parson- 
age and  lot.  Mr.  Hallock  was  born  at  Hollida3-'s  Cove,  West  Vir- 
ginia, Nov.  9,  1857.  He  graduated  at  Princeton  College  1882,  and 
also  at  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  1885.  He  was  ordained  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Monmouth  Oct.  16,  1885,  in  session  in  the  Old 
Tennent  church,  and  the  same  day  installed  its  pastor.  Eike  a  num- 
ber of  preceding  pastors  his  first  charge  was  in  Old  Tennent.  There 
he  remained  for  four  years,  until  Nov.  ig,  1889,  when  he  removed  to 
become  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Southampton,  Long 
Island.  Mr.  Hallock,  durii]g  his  pastorate,  published  a  paper  in  the 
interest  of  the  church,  chiefly  for  congregational  reading.  At  the 
first  it  was  issued  monthly,  and  afterwards  every  week.  The  paper 
was  named  "The  Old  Tennent."  It  was  largely  subscribed  to  by 
the  church  people,  was  greatly  enjoyed,  and  was  the  means  of  doing 
much  good  throughout  the  congregation. 

The  preaching  of  Mr.  Hallock  was  spirited  and  much  liked  b}^  his 
people.  His  pastorate,  though  quiet  and  short,  was  blessed  with 
happy  results  ;  between  sevent}'  and  eighty  persons  united  with  the 
church  during  the  four  years  of  his  ministr}^  in  it,  and  the  church's 
gifts  to  Home  and  Foreign  Missions  increased.  In  1888  Mr.  Hallock 
received  the  well-earned  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosoph}-  from  the 
University  of  New  York.  He  still  lives,  and  is  now  pastor  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  at  Clinton,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  installed 
Jan.  20,  1897. 

HARVEST  HOME. 
Regularl}'  for  a  number  of  years  the  congregation  has  annually 
held  what  is  called  a  "Harvest  Home."  The  first  one  held  by  the 
church  was  on  June  23,  1868  ;  and  largely  since  that  time  they  have 
been  held  every  year.  The  first  one  was  particularly  a  strawberry 
festival,  but  later  they  became  of  a  more  general  character.      It  is  a 


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HISTORY  OF   OLD  TENNENT. 


KI-:V.   KOBEKT  C.   HALI.OCK,  TllD.,  D.  D. 


rural  entertainment  consisting  of  a  ])ountifnl  supper,  with  ice  cream 
and  confectionery,  and  music  throughout  the  evening  bj'  a  cornet 
band.  Large  teuts  are  spread  on  the  church  green,  under  the  white 
oaks  ;  and  there  the  supper  tables,  and  refreshment  stands,  and  car- 
riages with  happy  people  coming  in  at  the  close  of  the  afternoon, 
present  a  festive  and  attractive  scene.  Always  an  evening  is  .selected 
that  is  near  to  full  moonlight.  The  attendance  on  the.se  occa.sions 
has  lately  been  increasing  every  year,  and  friends  meet  on  that  even- 
ing from  many  surrounding  towns.  The  effort  generally  results  in 
a   comfortable-   financial   success.      In    1902   the  gross  receipts  were 


REV  ROBERT  CRAWFORD  HAEEOCK,  Ph.D.,  D.  D.     i6i 

$984  and  the  net  proceeds  were  $570,  and  on  that  evening  1162  per- 
sons were  provided  with  supper.  These  figures  are  the  highest  that 
yet  have  been  reached  in  the  history  of  this  festival  thus  far.  The 
whole  entertainment  is  conducted  on  a  very  .simple  plan  which  is 
steadily  adhered  to,  and  the  gathering  has  been  made  a  plea.sant  and 
sociable  affair  by  the  patronage  of  the  many  interested  friends  of 
Old  Tennent. 


i62  HISTORY  OF  OLD    TENNENT. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

RF.V.    FRANK    ROSEBROOK   SVMME.S.       1S90 — 

Tlie  present  and  fifteenth  pastor  of  the  church  was  installed  Feb. 
18.  1890,  by  the  Presbytery  of  Monmouth,  and  in  this  office  he  stilj 
continues.  He  was  born  in  Madison,  Indiana,  Oct.  24,  1856  :  grad- 
uated at  Princeton  College  1881,  and  at  Princeton  Theological  vSemi- 
nary  in  1886:  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  West  Jer.se}'  May  13, 
1886,  and  at  the  same  time  installed  pastor  of  the  old  Fairfield  church 
at  Fairton,  N.  J.  That  church  is  one  of  the  oldest  Presbyterian 
organizations  in  the  State,  being  established  about  1690  mostly  bj' 
people  from  Connecticut,  Long  Island,  and  East  Jer.sey.  It  is 
familiarly  known  as  the  "Old  Stone  Church"  referring  to  the  old 
building  that  is  still  .standing,  and  it  is  known  in  the  early  records 
as  the  church  of  "Cohanzy."  Its  most  famous  pastor  was  Rev. 
Ethan  O.sborn,  happily  known  as  "Father  Osborn,"  whose  efficient 
.service  in  the  church  continued  from  1789  to  1844. 

A  Young  People's  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor  was  formed  in 
Old  Tennent  in  1890.  On  Oct.  17  of  that  year  the  organization  was 
completed  in  the  adoption  of  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  which 
had  been  drawn  up  by  a  committee  previously  appointetl.  The 
officers  of  the  Society  had  been  elected  Oct.  9,  and  the.se  first  officers 
were  George  L.  DuBois,  President  ;  Mi.'^s  Mamie  V.  Rue,  \^ice-Presi- 
dent  ;  Miss  S.  Jennie  Reid,  Recording  Secretary  ;  W.  Harvey  Reid, 
Treasurer  ;  and  Augustus  Reid,  Corresponding  Secretary.  The 
organization  started  in  October  with  fifteen  active  members,  and  by 
the  close  of  the  following  December  this  number  had  iiicrea.sed  to 
thirty-three.  The  custom  of  this  .society  has  been  to  hold  their 
prayer  meeting  in  the  church  on  every  second  Sunday'  evening. 

During  the  autumn  of  1892  a  fire-proof  safe  was  ])urchased  from 
The  Lytle  Safe  &  Lock  Co.,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  It  was  procured 
through  a  generous  deal  of  Daniel  S.  Aumack.  In  this  safe  the 
records  and  papers  of  the  church  are  preserved  :  and  to  this  collection 
historical  materials  concerning  Old  Tennent,  have  continuallj-  been 
added,  and  more  are  earnesth  solicited  as  they  may  be  discovered  from 
time  to  time  in  the  old  desks,  closets,  and  attics  of  friends  of  tlie  church. 

Since  1890  repairs  have  been  made  on  the  old  church  :  the  steep 
angled  roof  has  been  covered  with  the  permanent  .slate  on  both  sides 
of  the  com])ing  over  the  old  shingles,    making   doubly  sure  against 


REV.  FRANK  ROSEBROOK  SYMMES. 


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REV.  FRANK  R.  SYMMES. 


snow,  and  wind,  and  rain  ;  new  Ostermoor  cushions  have  been  put 
into  the  pews  ;  and  the  edifice  has  been  repainted  within  and  without, 
and  the  pews  grained  in  oak.  Besides  the  recess  on  the  north  side 
of  the  church  for  the  pipe  organ,  mentioned  before,  a  vestibule  portico 
has  been  placed  before  the  middle  front  door. 

For  two  hundred  3'ears  a  sturdy  religion  has  been  preached  in  Old 
Tennent,  its  people  would  have  nothing  else.  Doctrines  of  strong 
meat  and  not  of  milk  have  been  constantly  set  forth,  molding  the 
mind  and  establishing  the  heart.  The  Westminster  system  has  been 
taught,  and  the  youth  grounded  in  its  principles.  But  best  of  all, 
Jesus  has  been  faithfully  preached  in  his  love  and  power  to  save  sinful 
men,  and  give  them  a  hope  of  the  life  that  is  everlasting. 


i64  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


CHAPTER  XX. 

THE  OLD  TENNKNT  CEMETERY,  I  73 1  — 

Soon  after  the  first  sanctuary  was  built  on  White  Hill,  a  cemetery- 
began  to  form  around  it.  Even  at  the  first  there  was  abundant  room 
for  burials  considering  that  the  first  lot  of  ground  was  one  acre  in 
extent,  and  even  though  the  ground  was  doubtlessly  covered  with 
oaks.  But  long  after  the  second  and  present  church  was  built  on 
this  acre  some  of  the  most  prominent  families  in  the  congregation 
continued  to  bury  their  dead  in  the  Old  Scots  yard,  though  evidently 
they  attended  service  at  White  Hill.  This  perhaps  was  owing  to  the 
fact  that  they  early  had  family  grave  plots  there,  and  that  they 
cherished  sacred  memories  of  their  fathers'  rugged  church  in  the 
wilderness.  The  date  of  death  marking  the  earliest  tomb-stone  in 
Old  Tennent  yard  is  Oct.  27,  1744,  over  the  grave  of  John  Mattison 
who  died  in  his  23rd  year.  Po.ssibly  there  were  burials  in  the  yard 
previous  to  this,  and  like  many  others  since,  the  graves  have  become 
obliterated  or  cannot  be  identified.  In  1852  there  were  164  graves 
unidentified,  and  1091  that  were  known  or  marked  b}'  headstones. 
There  are  grave  stones  marking  burials  of  the  dead  for  almost  every 
year  from  1744  down  to  the  present.  The  diagram  given  here  of  the 
early  burial  and  church  ground  of  Old  Tennent  on  White  Hill  was 
taken  from  an  old  map.  The  figure  on  the  north  end  of  the  first 
acre  shows  the  church  building  ;  that  in  the  southwest  corner  is 
evidently  meant  for  the  log  school  house  ;  and  that  in  the  southeast 
corner  indicates  "the  Meeting  House  Well"  located  on  that  spot. 
The  letters  at  the  corners  obviously  refer  to  the  sort  of  oak  that 
marked  the  line.  The  fact  of  this  ground  being  covered  with  oak 
trees  possibly  explains  the  name  "White  Hill,"  perhaps  meaning 
"White  oak  Hill."  As  time  went  on  more  land  was  added  to  the 
original  lot.  The  trustees  of  Old  Tennent,  or  those  acting  as  trustees 
at  that  time,  purchased  from  Wm.  Ker  one  acre  of  land,  the  original 
.site  on  which  the  church  now  stands.  The  deed  for  this  plot  of 
ground  was  dated  May  i,  1731,  and  the  price  paid  was  "One  Shilling 
Current  Money  of  the  province."  Dec.  i,  1764,  two  and  eighteen 
himdredths  acres  were  jnirchased  from  Jonathan  Rheaat/,17..  8..  10. 


THE  OLD  TENNENT  CEMETERY 


165 


Plan  of  the  Earlj'  Lots  of  Old  Tennent  Cemetery. 


John  Anderson,  Depty.  Surveyor,  protracted  a  map  of  the  church 
ground  at  this  time.  ( In  the  print  here  given  it  must  be  noticed 
that  the  scale  of  the  drawing  has  been  reduced  when  the  picture  plate 
was  made).  Again,  Oct.  11,  1803,  one  and  ten  hundredths  acres,  in 
a  wedged  shape  plot  on  the  west  side  of  the  yard,  were  purchased 
from  Lewis  Perrine,  for  the  sum  of  $29.34.  The  same  year  a  map  of 
the  church  yard  as  it  then  lay  was  drawn  by  John  L-  Anderson, 
Deputy  Surveyor.  On  May  3,  1841,  one  and  nine  hundredths  acres 
were  bought  of  John  I.  Conover  for  $43.60.  Again,  Ma)'  10,  1849, 
fifty-nine  hundredths  of  an  acre  were  purchased  from  William  Mc 


i66  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Chesney  for  S^S.^s.  On  Oct.  25,  1867,  the  largest  purchase  of 
ground  was  made,  bought  of  Miss  Anna  Mary  Gordon  for  $1,600 
containing  9.05  acres.  Dec.  18,  1868,  the  trustees  of  the  church 
bought  of  John  M.  Perrine  1.70  acres  for  $340.  The.se  probably 
embrace  most  if  not  all  the  purchases  of  land  that  were  made.  About 
one  year  subsequent  to  this  4. 13  acres  on  the  north  end  of  the  yard 
were  sold  to  Ellison  E.  Clinton  for  $400.  This  parcel  of  ground  was 
sold  out  of  that  purchased  from  Miss  Ainia  Mary  Gordon  who  u.sed 
to  live  with  her  brother,  Matthew  Rue  Gordon,  on  the  hill  opposite 
to  the  church,  where  the  flag  pole  now  stands.  Matthew  was  a  shoe- 
maker, as  was  also  his  father  John  who  lived  in  that  house  before 
him  and  who  had  leather  vats  downi  by  the  old  cider  house.  Henry 
Perrine  lived  there  before  John  Gordon  and  had  the  cider  house  down 
at  the  north  end  of  his  place  where  is  now  the  road  bridge  over  the 
Hartshorne  brook. 

The  present  church  grounds  are  very  ample,  and  offer  wide  room 
for  desirable  burial  plots  to  tho.se  wishing  to  secure  them.  The  trees 
in  the  burying  ground  proper  have  most  all  been  cleared  away,  only 
one  of  the  old  white  oaks  is  still  standing  up  near  the  church,  "the 
oak  having  the  large  limb."  The  well  that  used  to  stand  about  a 
hundred  yards  to  the  south  of  the  church  has  been  clo.sed  up  and  the 
groun.d  over  it  occupied  by  the  grave  yard.  The  old  .school  house 
that  used  to  stand  on  the  first  acre  is  gone,  and  aLso  the  second  one 
built  near  to  it  afterwards,  and  the  hor.se  shed  which  is  said  to  have 
been  on  the  ground  near  the  school  hou.se.  In  April,  1859,  the  con- 
gregation resolved  at  their  annual  meeting  that  the  Session  House 
Public  School  District  should  be  allowed  a  location  on  the  ground  of 
the  church  on  which  to  build  a  new  .school  hou.se  ;  while  the  School 
District  was  to  allow  the  congregation  to  use  the  new  house  from 
time  to  time  as  a  sort  of  compensation  for  the  occupancy  of  the  ground. 
This  .school  hou.se  was  placed  further  from  the  church  than  the  first 
one.  It  took  fire  and  was  burned  to  the  ground  on  Thursday,  Feb. 
13,  1902  :  school  was  in  .session  at  the  time  the  fire  started.  The 
school  house  was  rei)uilt  outside  the  bounds  of  the  church  yard. 
Roadways  and  paths  have  been  marked  out  in  the  cemetery  con- 
venient to  all  parts.  In  1854  the  congregation  resolved  "That  a  bier 
be  provided  for  carrying  the  dead  from  the  hearse  at  the  gate  to  the 
grave."     This  is  no  longer  needed,  and  is  preserved  simply  as  a  relic. 

In  connection  with  Old  Tennent  cemetery  .some  reference  must  be 


THE  OLD  TENNENT  CEMETERY.        167 

made  to  three  men  who  especially  have  perforniecl  long  and  valuable 
service  in  its  interest.  Hugh  McChesney  was  sexton  for  about  forty- 
five  years  :  William,  his  son,  assisted  him  at  the  last.  He  was  a 
blacksmith,  and  lived  in  the  house  near  the  present  northeast  corner 
of  the  cemetery,  where  Alexander  Trotter  now  (1904)  lives.  Pre- 
viously a  Mr.  Freeman  lived  at  that  place  and  kept  a  hotel.  Robert 
Perrine  Craig  was  another  sexton,  who  served  for  twenty-one  years, 
in  which  time  he  performed  in  the  cemetery  about  800  burials.  He 
was  constantly  active  in  every  branch  of  church  work,  as  well  as  in 
caring  for  the  old  burying  ground.  He  was  a  farmer  during  most  of 
his  life.  His  father  was  Charles  Craig,  son  of  Samuel,  and  belonged 
to  the  family  long  known  in  the  history  of  the  church.  His  mother 
was  Mary  Perrine,  a  godly  woman,  who  died  in  1836  leaving  a  family 
of  young  children.  Mr.  Craig  never  married,  but  lived  with  his  father 
until  his  father's  death  in  1882  when  the  home,  a  farm  near  by  the 
church,  was  broken  up.  Mr.  Craig  was  a  constant  companion  of  his 
pastors,  and  his  memory  and  convensation  were  replete  with  reminis- 
cences of  the  history  and  families  of  the  church.  He  supplied  much 
for  the  writing  of  this  book.  He  died  Feb.  14,  1904,  in  his  80th 
year,  and  was  buried  at  Old  Tennent.  Another  man  that  has  done 
valuable  service  for  Old  Tennent  cemetery  is  Abraham  Bogart 
Ammerman,  born  at  Harlingen,  Somerset  Co.,  N.  J.,  Oct.  22,  1802, 
son  of  John  P.  Ammerman  and  his  wife  Margaret  Collings.  On  Nov. 
25,  1826,  he  married  Cornelia  Ann  Conover,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Eunice  (nee  Jewell)  Conover.  They  had  nine  children,  onl}^  two  of 
whom  grew  to  adult  years.  Mr.  Anmierman  played  the  bass  viol, 
and  sometimes  the  violin  in  the  choir  in  the  gallery  of  Old  Tennent. 
He  was  a  tailor  by  trade,  and  also  an  excellent  land  surveyor.  About 
middle  life  he  entered  the  Baptist  church  and  became  a  licentiate 
preacher  in  that  denomination.  He  died  July  5,  1867,  of  paralysis, 
at  Freehold,  N.  J.,  and  was  buried  there  in  Maplewood  cemetery. 
Under  the  direction  of  the  congregation  in  1852  he  began  a  map  of 
the  old  part  of  the  cemetery  showing  the  location  of  all  the  graves  at 
that  time.  Mr.  Ammerman  also  made  a  list  of  the  names,  as  far  as 
known,  of  all  persons  buried  in  the  old  yard  giving  the  age  and  date 
of  death,  when  it  could  be  stated,  and  indicating  whether  or  not  a 
stone  marks  the  graves.  He  was  a.ssisted  in  this  work  by  Hugh 
McChesne)^,  the  old  sexton,  who  was  most  thoroughly  acquainted 
with  the  facts,  names,  and  locations  of  the  graves.      But,  as  mentioned 


i68  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

above,  some  of  the  graves  could  not  ])e  identified,  and  evident!}'  some 
were  o])literated  and  therefore  ma}-  never  be  known. 

Of  those  who  have  .served  in  the  sextonsliip  of  Old  Tennent  ceme- 
tery it  may  here  be  said  that  Samuel  Jaqush  was  appointed  sexton 
1813.  Hugh  McChesney  was  appointed  18 16  and  served  probably 
continuously  until  1863.  His  son  Wm.  McChesney  was  appointed 
sexton  1863.  Matthew  Rue  Gordon  was  sexton  from  1864  until  1867. 
C.  Augustus  Craig  acted  as  sexton  in  1867  to  '68.  R.  Perrine  Craig 
was  sexton  from  1S6S  to  1889  :  John  B.  Snyder  from  1889  t*^  1891  : 
E.  Thompson  Conover  from  1891  to  1903  :  and  Ephraim  Laird  was 
appointed  sexton  1903. 

In  former  years  a  public  highway  (carriage  road)  ran  on  the  west 
and  north  of  the  church  grounds,  between  what  is  now  the  old  and 
the  new  parts  of  the  cemeter}'.  But  in  response  to  an  application 
made  by  Robert  E.  Craig  and  others  to  the  Court,  it  was  ordered  that 
this  piece  of  road  should  be  vacated  and  closed  to  the  public  in  April 
1867.  The  road,  from  which  the  vacated  piece  was  cut  off,  was  open- 
ed into  the  Manalapan  and  Patton's  Corner  turnpike  further  to  the 
north  dividing  the  Gordon  property.  The  portion  of  the  cemetery 
known  as  "The  New  Part"  embraces  the  ground  purchased  from 
Miss  Gordon,  and  covers  between  four  and  five  acres  lying  between 
the  line  of  the  old  highway  and  where  the  new  highway  now  is.  In 
1868  the  trustees  were  authorized  by  the  congregation  to  move  the 
horse-sheds  to  a  more  desirable  location.  These  sheds  at  that  time 
stood  close  along  the  public  road  on  the  west  side  of  the  church 
grounds.  Accordingly  they  were  removed  to  the  opposite  side  of  the 
church  yard,  on  the  low  ground  ruiming  along  the  east  side,  the  work 
being  done  by  Rezeau  Brown.  At  the  same  time  the  grounds  of  the 
churcli  were  graded  and  improved.  A  carriage  road  was  laid  out  in 
front  of  the  sanctuary  so  that  since  that  time,  though  not  before,  car- 
riages can  be  driven  up  to  the  very  door  of  the  church. 

These  burial  grounds  are  being  repaired  and  improved  from  time 
to  time.  A  custom  has  long  prevailed  for  the  men  of  the  congrega- 
tion once  a  year  to  gather  in  the  yard,  and  mow  and  rake  it.  Besides 
this  the  .sexton,  with  the  trustees,  is  continually  repairing  it,  and 
takes  special  care  of  such  plots  who.se  owners  make  a  private  arrange- 
ment with  him.  The  grounds  are  increasing  in  beauty  and  value, 
and  in  historic  interest  and  .sacred  memories.  A  large  proportion  of 
Old  Tennent's  members  have  been  laid  in  this  tranquil  resting  place; 


I70  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TKNNKNT. 

and  many  persons  make  journeys  to  this  God's  acre  in  memory  of 
and  in  sorrow  over  departed  iriends.  It  is  indeed  a  sacred  spot,  hal- 
lowed in  niaii\-  minds,  and  endeared  to  many  hearts.  From  different 
and  distant  places  the  children  of  this  church  are  being  brought  tor 
burial  among  the  scenes  of  their  youth  in  this  rural  grave-yard.  A 
large  silent  city  of  the  dead  is  extending  its  white  and  gray  stones 
over  the.se  peaceful  acres.  And  we  of  the  living  are  shortly  expecting 
to  come  to  the  inidisturbed  repose  in  this  .sepulchre  of  our  fathers. 


Old  Tennent  has  been  the  grateful  recipient  of  a  number  of  legacies, 
from  time  to  time  in  her  history,  by  her  faithful  and  generous  friends;, 
and  these  funds  have  greatly  assisted  in  her  continued  support  and 
in  maintaining  her  financial  credit  down  to  this  very  day.  It  would 
be  a  happy  condition  for  the  old  church  if  it  could  receive  a  number 
of  endowment  legacies  to  form  a  sort  of  fund  for  the  permanent  pres- 
ervation of  the  building  and  support  of  its  worship. 


175 


APPENDIX. 


LIST  OF  PASTORS. 


FULL    XAMK. 


ORDAINED.         INSTALLED.        DISMISSED. 


Johu  Boyd       Dec.  29,  1706 


Aug.  30,  1708 


Joseph    Morgan 


1700 


1729 


John  Tennent Nov.  19,  1730  Nov.  19,  1730        Apr.  23,  1732 

William  Tennent.  Jr Oct.    25,  1733  Oct.    25,  1733        Mar.    8,  1777 

John  Woodhull,  D.D Aug.    i,  1770        1779        Nov.  22,  1S24 

Job  Foster  Halsey,  D.D June  14,  1826  June  14,  1826  Mar.    5,  1828        

Robert  Roy Feb.  18,  1829        Mar.  15,  1832 

Dauiel  Veech  McLean,  D.D June  29,  1831  Nov.  16,  1832  Nov.    8,  1836        

James  Clark,  D.D Nov.    8,1837  Nov.    8,1837  Oct.     2,1839        

Luther  Halsej' Van  Doren 1834  June  17,  1840  July     5,  1856        

Donald  McLaren,  D.D July     i,  1857  July     i,  1S57  Nov.    5,  1862  ... 

Archibald  Parritt  Cobb Apr.  19,  1854  Aug.    S,  1863        Feb.  26,  1881 

■George  Gardner  .Smith Aug.  19,  186S  June  27,  1881  Apr.     i,  1885        

Robert  Crawford  Hallock,  Ph.D.,  D.D.  Oct.    16,1885  Oct.    16,1885  Nov.  19,  18S9        

Frank  Rosebrook  Sj'mmes May  13,  1886  Feb.  18,  1890  .....         


LIST  OF  ELDERS. 

[This  list  is  certainly  not  complete,  and  probably  not  without  some  inaccuracies  and  omis- 
sions. It  was  made  with  laborious  care  and  difficult  study,  and  is  about  as  accurate  as  cau  uow 
be  obtained.  The  dates  show  the  time  of  entering  into  ofifice,  but  in  some  in.stances  they  are 
only  approximate.] 


1710  Walter  Ker.  1766 

1722  Michael  Hender.son.  1768 

1727  John  Hutton.  1768 

173 1  Charles  Gordon.  1776 

1734  Robert  Gumming.  1779 

1735  David  Rhe.  1779 
1735  John  Henderson.  1782 
1745  Capt.  John  Anderson.  1785 
1745  Joseph  Ker.  17S6 

1763  Aaron  Mattison.  1790 

1764  William  Cowenhoven.  1792 


Nathaniel  Scndder,  M.  D. 

Derrick  Siitphin. 

Peter  Forman. 

John  Baird. 

David  Forman. 

Kenneth  Anderson. 

Kenneth  Hankinson. 

Jacob  Wikoft: 

Thomas  Henderson,  M.  D. 

Peter  Johnston. 

John  Covenhoven. 


176 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


1795  Peter  Wvckoff. 

1797  Jdliti  Craig,  Merchant. 

1797  Thomas  Cook. 

1797  John  Baird,  Jr. 

1798  William  Johnson. 
1798  Joseph  Sutlin. 
1798  Rnleff  Vanderveer. 
1798  John  Dey. 

1804  John  Rue. 

1805  Samuel  Forinan,  M.  D. 
1805  Woolse}'  Baldwin. 
1805  Ruleft'P.  Schenck. 

1805  John  I.  Reid. 

1806  Ezekiel  Gordon. 
1815  Denise  Forman. 
1822  William  Davis. 
1822  Robert  Conover. 

1822  John  T.  VVoodhull,  M.  D. 

1822  Nathaniel  S.  Rue. 

1822  William  I.  Thompson. 

1822  William  W.  Dey. 

1S28  John  English. 

1828  William  J.  Ely. 

1830  Joseph  L.  Conover. 

18-^0  David  B.  Dey. 

icS^i  William  G.  Denise. 

1841  John  I.  Conover. 


844  Abraham  B.  Ammerman. 

844  Robert  E.  Craig. 

S44  William  L.  Covenhoven. 

846  fieorge  S.  Woodhull. 

S49  James  Rue. 

850  John  B. Johnson. 

851  Asher  Tunis. 

856  Joseph  H.  Sutphin. 

859  R.  Perrine  Craig. 

S^q  Cornelius  E.  Dey. 

86-  Garret  B.  Conover. 

86--  Joseph  Combs. 

86-  Enoch  Ely. 

876  Daniel  Davison. 

876  George  Spafford  Reid. 

876  Aaron  L.  Reid. 

876  Taj-lor  Mount. 

884  Luther  D.  Bugbee. 

884  Spencer  E.  Gulick. 

887  Jacob  M.  Quackenbush. 

887  William  H.  Reid. 

896  James  B.  Rogers. 

S96  George  W.  Stillwell. 

904  J.  Van  Mc  Elwaine. 

904  Lew'is  Craig. 

904  John  R.  Hawkins. 


LLST  OF  DEACONS. 


[Like  that  of  the  Klders  this  list  can  011I3'  be  taken  as  approximate.] 

William  John.son. 
John  De}'. 
Iv/.ekiel  Gordon. 
John  Rue. 
Samuel  Forman,  M. 
Woolsey  Baldwin. 
Peter  Johnston. 
Ruleff  P.  Schenck. 
Denise  Forman. 
John  Reid. 


1734 

William  Ker. 

1797 

1734 

vSamuel  Ker. 

■797 

1745 

Samuel  Craig. 

1803 

1754 

James  Robinson. 

1803 

1776 

John  Baird. 

1805 

1786 

John  Craig. 

1 805 

1786 

Thomas  Cook. 

I S05 

1786 

John  Baird,  Jr. 

1805 

1797 

Joseph  Sutphin. 

1815 

1797 

Rulei)h  \'anderveer. 

1815 

D. 


1840  Daniel  Brewer. 

1841  John  T.  Smith. 
184.1  Daniel  Polherans,  M.  D 
1841  David  I.  Vanderveer. 
1841  James  Applegate. 
1841  Matthias  Johnson. 
1859  George  SpafFord  Reid 
1859  William  Duncan. 
1870  John  R.  Sutphen. 
1870  Gilbert  Marcellus. 


1870 

Elijah  Reid. 

1870 

James  R.  Magee. 

1876 

Jacob  McElwaine. 

1876 

William  Snyder. 

1879 

lyUther  D.  Bugbee. 

1879 

Spencer  E.  Gulick. 

1884 

John  P.  English. 

1884 

Jacob  M.  Quackenbush 

1884 

Charles  T.  Clayton. 

1884 

James  L.  Rue. 

177 


LIST  OF  TRUSTEES. 

[This  list  is  not  entirely  complete,  but  it  is  about  the  best  that  can  now  be  made.] 


1727 
1727 
1727 
1727 
1727 
1727 
1730 
I73I 
I73I 
173I 
I73I 
1735 
1735 
1736 
1736 
1745 
1745 


1750 
1750 
1750 
1750 
1750 
1750 


ACTING  TRUSTEES. 

John  Johnston,  Sr.  Esq. 
Peter  Watson. 
Walter  Ker,  Sr. 
Patrick  Imlay,  Sr. 
Archibald  Creige. 
Richard  Watson. 
William  Ker. 
Aaron  Mattison. 
David  Rhe. 
John  Henderson. 


1750    Stephen  Pangburn,  Esq. 
1750     Robert  Imlay. 
1750    Tobias  Polhemus. 


1763  Peter  Forman. 

1769  Samuel  Forman. 

1770  Robert  Rhea. 

1773  Kenneth  Anderson,  Jr. 


Samuel  Ker. 

1787 

;    Jonathan  Forman. 

1787 

;     Robert  Cumming. 

1787 

>    John  Anderson. 

1787 

1     Peter  Gordon. 

1787 

;     Peter  Forman. 

1787 

Robert  Rhe. 

1787 

FIRST  TRUSTEES  UNDER   THE 

1797 

GENERAL    CHARTER. 

1797 

'    John  Little,  Jun. 

1S03 

Christopher  Longstreet. 

1803 

Jonathan  Forman,  Esq. 

1S06 

John  Anderson,  Esq. 

1810 

James  Robinson. 

1810 

John  Henderson. 

1810 

FIRST   TRUSTEES   UNDER  THE 
SEPARATE   CHARTER. 

Jacob  Wikoff. 
Thomas  Henderson,  M.  D. 
David  Forman,  son  of  Jonn. 
Kenneth  Anderson,  Jr. 
Gen.  David  Forman. 
Col.  John  Covenhoven. 
John  A.  Scudder,  M.  D. 


Thomas  Cook. 
John  Craig. 
Joseph  Scudder. 
James  R.  English,  M.  D. 
Samuel  Forman,  M.  D. 
John  P.  Covenhoven. 
Woolsey  Baldwin. 
John  Sutfin. 


178 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


813  Tunis  Fonuan.  i860 

815  Wni.  I.  Covenhoven.  1870 

816  John  McChesney.  1870 
818  Robert  Conover.  1871 
818  John  I.  Reed.  1871 
818  John  J.  Ely.  1872 

818  John  T.  Woodhull,  M.  D.  1876 

819  James  English,  M.  D.  1878 
826  James  Bowne.  1882 
826  John  I.  Conover.  1882 
S29  David  R.  Vanderveer.  1884 
829  John  B.  Forman.  1884 
835  John  Suydam.  1884 
835  Cyrus  Bruen.  1885 
839  Daniel  Polhemus,  M.  D.  1SS5 
839  Robert  E.  Craig.  1885 
841  Arthur  V.  Conover,  M.  D.  1891 

843  David  I.  Vanderveer.  1894 

844  James  Applegate.  1897 
846  Joseph  Combs.  1897 
846  Enoch  Cowart.  1898 
853  Joseph  C.  Thomp,«on,  M.  D.  1900 
858  Peter  P.  Clayton. 


William  D.  Herbert. 
William  Perrine. 
Elijah  Reid. 
John  R.  Sutphen. 
Cieorge  Quackenbush. 
R.  Perrine  Craig. 
Charles  Quackenbush. 
James  F.  Herbert. 
W.  Denise  Herbert. 
Redford  J.  Gulick. 
Charles  T.  Clayton. 
William  H.  Reid. 
Jacob  M.  Quackenbush. 
Spencer  E.  Gulick. 
John  A.  Okerson. 
James  L.  Rue. 
George  W.  Stillwell. 
Ephraim  Laird. 
John  W.  Craig. 
George  L-  Du  Bois. 
James  B.  Rogers. 
William  H.  Woodward. 


LIST  OF  SUBSCRIBERS  TO  THE  BUILDING  OF  THE 
PRESENT  OLD  TENNENT  MEETING  HOUSE, 
WITH  AMOUNTS. 

[Compare  this  li.st  with  the  photographs  of  this  subscription  paper,  to  mark  the  spelhug  of 
the  autographs,  aud  for  further  study  of  the  paper.] 

"We  the  Subscribers  Do  Promise  &  Bind  Our  Selves  Our  Heirs  Execu- 
tors and  Administrators  To  Pay  unto  The  Trustees  of  the  Presbjterian 
Church  of  Monmouth  County  or  their  Successors  the  Sum  Subscribed 
with  Our  Names  for  and  towards  the  Building  a  House  for  Publick  Wor- 
shijj  near  the  Meeting  House  on  White  Hill  near  William  Kers  which 
vSum  We  Promise  to  pay  the  one  half  of  it  when  the  frame  of  Said  House 
is  Raised  and  the  other  half  vSix  Months  After  Witness  Our  Hands  each 
Man  for  himself  this  Sixteenth  Day  of  March  1749-50." 


Robert   Cumming  ....       10     o  o 

James  Rolnnson 1000 

Jonn.  h'ornian 10     o  o 


William  Wi k off  .    . 
William  McGalliard 
Peter  Covenhoven 


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William    Ker 700 

John   Anderson 13     o  o 

Aaron  IVIattison 500 

David  Rhe 10    o  o 

Peter  Gordon 14    o  o 

James  English 500 

Joseph  Ker 500 

William  Laird 500 

William  Norcross    ....  300 

Thomas  Davies 400 

John  Craig 400 

Robert  Rhe 400 

William  Cowenhoven,  Pr.  5     00 

William  Hugan 300 

Aaron  Mattison,  Jr    .    .    .  500 

William  Van  Kirk    ...  500 

Peter  Forman 800 

John  Trueax 400 

George  Walker 10    o  o 

Jacob  Gistven 800 

Samuel  Ker 600 

David  English 500 

John  Lloyd 400 

William  Hampton    ...  3  10  o 

James  Lesly 200 

John  Henderson 1000 

William  Crawford  ....  3   10  o 

Phillip  Conine 5  10  o 

John  Chambers 100 

John  Reid i   15  o 

George  Rhe 200 

Sarah  Dick 200 

Alexander  Thompson   .    .  100 

Charles  McCart 100 

James  Wilson 700 

George  Forman 300 

David  English 300 

James  Mulligan 100 

Mary  Eeman 10  o 

Robert  McGallird   ....  100 

Thomas  Thompson    ...  100 

James  Hilcrees 100 

William  Craig 200 

Henry  Guest i   15  o 


John  Bennem 
Sarah  Reed  . 
Jacob  Cumten 
Elizabeth  Cumten 
Thomas  Cragg 
Joseph  Kinnan 
Dr.  Le  Conte  . 
David  Gordon 
John  Reed    .    . 
Timothy  Lloyd 
Rebeca  Van  Scihoc 
Elizabeth  Tedrick 
Garret  Schanck  . 
Margrat  Watson    . 
John  Beard  .... 
Zebulon  Baird    .    . 
John  Lamberts   .    . 
Hendrick  Van  Vorhis 
Mical  Ericson    .    .    . 
Henry  Swinler  .    .    . 
William  Cruckshank 
William  Shaw    .    . 
Robert  Millegin     . 
Robert  McChesney 
John  Norman  . 
John  Casmen  . 
Charles  Rhodes 
Peter  Clark  .    . 
Matthew  Rue  . 
John  Burns  .    . 
Felix  MaGuire 
John  Campbell,  Jr  . 
Henderike  Bennem 
William  A.  Conhoven 
John  Van  Clafe  .    . 
John  Williams    - 
John  Clajton  .    .    . 
Abram  Clayton  .    . 
William  Preston,  Jr 
David  Clayton    .    . 
Ambrose  Stelle  .    . 
Garret  Covenhoven 
Richard  Jeams    .    . 
David  Clayton    .    . 


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HISTORY  OF  OLD  TKNNENT. 


Henry  Strickland 
Adam  Bois    .    .    . 
Samuel  Forman  . 
Joseph  Forman    . 
Thomas  Robinson 
Benjamin  Clark  . 
William  McConcky 
Benjamin  Van  Clif 
John  Clark  Smyth 
Richard  Van  Clif 
Andrew  Mean 
George  Eggers    . 
Mar}'  Leffers 
Garret  G.  VVyckoff 
Abraham  Zutven 
Richard  Pettinger 
Peter  Watson   .    . 
Thomas  Addoms 
Robert  English   . 


Kenneth  Anderson 
David  Baird 
jNIical  Killy  .    . 
John  Fenton     . 
John  Gaston     . 
Gawin  Watson 
William  McKuight 
Edward  IMcVallely 
William  Watson 
Joseph  Grevat  .    . 
Michael  Sweetman 
John  Fish  .... 
John  Reid      ... 
Daube  Sconland 
Joseph  Preston    . 
Richard  Compton 
John  Clayton,  Jr 
Nicolas  Cook   .    . 
Robirt  Embly  .    . 
John  vSilleman 
Jonathan  Andeson 
Thomas  Flankeson 
Joseph  Newton,  Jr 
William  Truax    . 


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200 

8  o 

Andrew  Baird,  2,500  Seder  Shingles 
Thomas  Langdons    ...         100 

John  Newell 100 

Thomas  Newton    ....  14  o 

John  Barclay 200 

Robert  Davizon      ....        50a 
Meran  McCalaster     ...  10  o 

David  Barclay        ....         200 
Elizabeth  Ireland  ....  10  o 

Peter  Knott,  in  Boards    .        400 
Lawrence  Van  Hook  "'Boards       j^  o 


John  Coven hoven 
John  Vooris 
William  Rue  .    . 
George  Davison 
Aron  Sutphen 
John  Suthen    .    . 
John  Cambers,  Jr 
Peter  Cowenhoven 
Matthias  Lane    . 
Dirik  Zutphen,Jr 
John  Longstreet 
Christoffel  Longstreet  . 
Isaac  Sutphen     . 
William  Sutphen 
Diric  Zutphen 
Koert  Schenck    . 
Peter  LefiFerts  .    . 
Teunis  Vanderveer 
William  Hilsee 
John  DeBue     . 
John  Cewall 
James  Dey,  Jr 
John  Dey,  Sr  . 
Michael  Mount 
Samuel  Preston 

ThoS.    Duncan    of  Cranbery. 

William  Preston,  Sr 
Samuel  Grandin     . 
Guizbert  Vanmatra 
Jamima  Kannon 
Violet  Newell  .    .    . 
James  Dey    .... 
Sara  P'rancis    .    .    . 


APPENDIX. 


ISI 


Samuel  Runan  .  . 
Samuel  IMcConkey 
William  Cumpton  . 
Andrew  Davison  . 
Joseph  Cheesman   . 


i:  s  d  /  s  d 

I    lo  o       Mary  McCay 17  6 

3     00  Margarat  Wiliams        .    .  10  o 

200  Thomas  Thompson  ...  i   1 1  o 

I     80      Joseph  Emans 10  o 

I     00      Tunis  Denis 220 


hlST  OF  COMMUNICANT  MEMBERS. 

[lu  the  early  records  of  the  church  we  find  this  eutry  and  these  names  :] 

"Persons  Admitted  to  the  Lord's  Table  (besides  the  Session  Members) 
June  8,  1735.     all  the  Session  Present." 


Robert  Newal 
&  his  Wife. 
Hannah  Deboogh. 
Lydia  Gordon. 
Ann  Loyd. 
Mrs.  Sarah  Crawford. 
Margaret  Ker. 
Margaret  Robinson. 
Michael  Errickson. 
Mary  Gumming. 
James  Robinson. 
Margaret  Campbell. 
John  Service. 
Hannah  Hutton. 
John  Lowrej'. 
Sytie  Truax. 
Mary  Perrine. 
Ann  Scobie  Jr. 
John  McGallird. 
Joseph  Ker, 


Margaret  Gordon. 
Mary  Baird  Sr. 
Rebeca  Annesle3^ 


Margaret  Mount. 
Richard  Britain. 
John  Little  Esqr. 
Wid.  Janet  Rhe. 
Alice  Lloyd. 
Ann  Clark. 
Elizabeth  Cook. 
Elizabeth  Hampton. 
Janet  Ireland. 
Elizabeth  Ireland. 
Hannah  Lloyd. 
Mary  Craig,  Jr. 
Anne  Henderson. 
John  McConnell. 
Mrs.  Mary  Craig. 
Ealeanor  Kinnan. 
Frances  Van  Hook. 
William  Annesley. 
Robert  Campbell. 
Daniel  Baker. 

Admitted  1736. 

Eliazbeth  Stevens. 
Margaret  English. 
Elisabeth  Ross. 


James  English. 
Margaret  his  Wife. 
Alice  Allen. 
John  Anderson  Jr. 
Thomas  Noble. 
Richard  King. 
Waltar  Wilson. 
John  Glacking. 
William  Aduddle. 
Hugh  McFerrin. 
Margaret  his  Wife, 
Isaac  Dey. 
Elizabeth  Barclay. 
Janet  McDowall. 
Ann  Rhe. 
Isbela  Berry. 
Rachel  Mitchel. 
Robert  English. 
Euphunea  Fraizer. 


David  Carlile. 


Esq. 


I82 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


Admitted  April  26,  1739  &  Sep.  12,  1739  &  Sep.       1740. 


John  Carlile. 
Margaret  his  Wife. 
Duncan  McCay. 
George  Rhe. 
Jonathan  Combs. 


James  Reid. 
Agnos  his  Wife. 
Margaret  Whitlock 
Mary  Graham  Jr. 
Eleanor  Newal. 

May  II,  1 74 1. 


Richard  Stevens  Esqr.     William  McKnight. 
John  Stevens.  Patrick  Brown. 

John  Heron.  Mary  Lefertson. 


Peter  Clark 

&  Grissel  his  Wife. 


Dr.  Peter  Laconte 
&  Velariah  his  Wife. 


Martha  Mattison. 
Joseph  Wilson  & 
Margery  his  Wife. 
Hannah  (Wife  of 
Kenneth  Anderson) 


Philip  Conine  & 
his  Wife  Sarah. 


Sept.  15,  1743. 
Thomas  Stevens. 

May  4,  1744. 

Phebe  Mills 

wife  of  Richd.  Mills. 

Sep.  4,  1745. 

Mary  Noble. 
Hugh  Greg  & 
Jane  his  Wife. 
John  Campbell. 


1746  May  &  Sept. 
Anderson  


Catharine  Ker. 
Yana  Negro  Woman 
of  Wm.  Cowenhoven. 


Elizabeth  Saltar. 


Kate  Negro  woman 


Wid.  Martha  Cole. 
Samuel  Stelle. 
George  Edger. 
Gertrude  (Wife  of 
John  Benham.) 


[After  the  above  list  the  only  record  of  coiunninicants  that  Old  Teutieut  now  possesses  may 
be  indicated  by  a  study,  in  the  Baptismal  Register,  of  the  names  of  adults  that  were  baptized 
and  of  the  names  of  parents  who  had  children  baptized.] 

A  small  Memorandum  book,  kept  by  Dr.  Woodhull  at  the  beginning  of 
his  pastorate,  was  happily  discovered  and  obtained  some  years  ago.  Rev. 
Frank  Chandler,  D.  D.  found  this  book  in  the  possession  of  an  aged  junk- 


APPENDIX. 


183 


dealer,  whom  he  visited  and  with  whom  he  conversed  in  his  extreme  ill- 
ness. The  junk-dealer  had  purchased  it  in  the  vicinity'  of  Freehold  among 
a  lot  of  old  papers,  and  doubtless  recognizing  its  value  had  preserved  it. 
In  April  1881  action  was  taken  by  the  Presbj'tery  of  Monmouth  to  procure 
the  book  from  the  junk-dealer,  and  then  by  that  Presbytery  it  was  pre- 
sented to  the  Presbyterian  Historical  Society  in  Philadelphia..  The  same 
quick  observation  and  prompt  action  by  us  all  might  often  result  in  re- 
covering many  important  historical  luaterials.  This  memorandum  book 
reads  as  follows  : 

"A  list  of  Communicants  in  ye  first  Presbyterian  Church  in   Freehold, 
began  Octor.  2nd,  1779. 


Catherine  Loyd  * 
Michael  Johnston  * 
Andrew  Smith  gone 
Peter  Johnston 
Joshua  Anderson  gone 
Moses  Laird 

Laird  his  wife 

Kenneth  Hankinson 
Ellenor  Hankinson 
Jacob  WikofF 
John  Robinson  * 
John  Craig 
Jane  Craig 
John  Baird 
Phebe  Baird 
Mary  Brown  gone 
John  Jamison 
William  Tone 
James  Hill 
Henry  Ferine 
Abigal  Ferine 
Sarah  Rue 
Nelly  Craig 


Jane  Craig 
RulufifSchenck 
Peter  Weaver  * 
Lydia  Rhea  * 
James  Dey  * 
Catharine  Rhea  * 
Margaret  Dey 
Mary  Lard 
Elizabeth  English 
Margaret  Tinney  gone 
Sarah  Freeman 
Lydia  Egbert  * 
Joseph  Rue  gone 
Elizabeth  Forman  * 
Hannah  Dey  (Episco- 
palian) 
Dorcas  Parent 
Thos.  Cook 
Sarah  Laird      .   .  . 
Margaret  Forman  gone 
Sarah  Tone 
Elizabeth  Conover  * 
Henrietta  Campbell 


NellyConover 
Anna  \Vikoff 
Isabel  Scudder  * 
Ruth  Anderson 
Sarah  Anderson  * 
Elizabeth  Anderson 
Ursula  Bryson 
Elizabeth  Ryerson 
Elinor   McDafFee   re- 
moved 
Nicholas  Cook  * 
Elizabeth  Cook 
Sarah  McNight 
Elizabeth  Harbert 
Anna  West 
William  Rue 
Jane  Henderson  gone 
Mary  Huggan  gone 
Mary  Sutphen 
Joseph  Clayton 
Mercy  Lauton 
William   McKonkey  * 
Zeche.  Gorden 


NEGROES to  ivhom  belougiug. 

Henry Garret  Covenhoven 

Mink John  Reid 

Susanna .  Corl.  Conover 

Dyon  &  Syroe      .    .        William  Conover 

Dinah  *&  Thomas Ruluff  Schenck 

*  Jim  &  Wife D.  Sutphin 


1 84 


HISTORY    OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


Alice Jab.  Wikoff 

Amy Will.  Williamson 

Devon Jno.  Longstreet  Esqr. 

Mary Henry  Ferine. 

Lymas     free    come gone 

George  &  Susanna      Jos.  Vanmartre 

*Jack Michl  Johnston 

Peter     Comer,     free gone 

*  Gaff Widow  Vancleaf 


The  foregoing  is  a  coppy  of  the  list  of  the  Communicants  names  deliv- 
ered to  me  after  1113'  Settlement  in  this  place,  who  had  been  Members  of 
the  Church  under  the  Revd.  William  Tennent.     No.  86. 

Members  of  Session  at  that  time  not  included  in  the  above  list. 


Nathaniel  Scudder  *         Peter  Forman* 
John  Anderson  Derick  Sutfin 


David  Forman 
Kenneth  Anderson 


The  Church  then  contained  92  in  all — of  which  Number  there  are  now 
Sepr.  28,  1786,  17  dead,  9  gone,  i  suspended — remains  65. 

Sepemr.  28,  1786. 

Since  I  Jno.  Woodhull  have  been  Pastor  of  this  Church  there  has  been 
added  to  the  Session 


Dr.  Thos.  Henderson.      Thos.  Cook 
Kenneth  Hankinson        John  Craig  Mert. 
Jacob  Wikoff  John  Baird 


And  to  the  Church 


John  Baird  Jn. 


Dr.  Thos.  Henderson 
John  Conover  Col. 
John  Baird 
Anna  Form  an -wife  of 

Genl.  F — n. 
Mary  Thompson  gone 
Catharine  Ferine 
Sarah  Ferine 


Sarah  Woodhull 
David  vSutfin 
Hannah  Hankinson- 

gone 
Wm.  Hankinson  * 
Sarah  Hankinson 
Wm.  Caldwell      .  .   . 
James  Imaly 


Marthy  Christy — gone 
Robt.  Clayton 
(iennet  Davis 
Eliner  Covenhoven 
James  Hampton  gone 
Wm.  Devinny 
Hanna  Devinny 
Threwy  Jamison 


APPENDIX. 


185 


Nancy  Wikoff 
Allice  Conover 
Rebecca  Sutfin 
Mary  Ferrol 
Hester  Combs 
Joseph  Clark — gone 
Naomy  Tone 
Lidia  Gordin 
Jane  Renols  * 
Elizabeth  Willcocks — 

gone 
Danl.  Mcllvaine 
Martha  Combs 
Ann  Caldwill 
Dina  Baits  gone 

Hilsey  widow 

Ira  Condut  gone 
Mary  Funk  * 
Mr.  Little  gone 

Joseph  Vanskoik  gone 


Margaret  Riddle  gone 
Elizabeth  Caldwell 
Jacob  Van  dome  * 
Hannah  Morford 
Anna  Mathews 
Rebecca  Ogbern 
Robt.   Combs 
Lidia  Combs 
Joseph  Morford 
Mary  Bastedo 
L3'dia  Ferine 
Hannah  Jewel 
Anna  Stark}' 
Margaret  Barrows 
Rhoda  Sutfin 


Lydia  Sutfin 
Mrs.  Rachl.  Friend  gone 
Mary  Kirkpatrick 
Mary  Gordin 
Anna  Kerr 
Wm.  Johnston 
Mary  Johnston 
Susanna  Sproul 
Aron  Davis 
Margaret  Gravat 
Rachel  Davison 
Hannah  McKonkey 

Lyon 

Lyon 
Sally  Fling 


Negroes. 

Marcey Vandiveer 

Jim Jno.  Jewel 

Lewis      Cors.  Vanmater 


Lidia  Gordin 
Elizabeth  Gordin 
William  Gordin 


May  1787. 

Mary  Forman — wife 
Col.  Fatye     point 
James  R.  English 
Thos.  Edwards 


Pero,  Sevt.  of  Theod. 
&  Wra.  Conover 


Margaret  Errixon 
Mary  Cook 
Mary  Robertson 


Fall  Comn.    17S7. 

Anna  Baird  Simon     Sert.  of 

John  Friend     gone  Lewis  Ferine 

John  Macglaskej^-occasil. 


Total  Commuts.  April  20,    17S8 141 


Admitted  at  ye  Spring  Commun.     1788. 
Mrs.  Anna  Loyd  Mrs.  Mary  Schenck  Servant  of  N.  Vanbrunts 


1 86 


HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Fall  Conmninion   17S8 — admitted. 


Mrs.  Rebeca  Fonuaii        Mrs.  Conover  wife    Nan,  servant 

Mrs.  Anna  West  of  Isaac  Jane,  servant 

Robert,    servant    of  Ct. 

Hendrickson 


John  Ferine 
Joseph  Sutfin 
David  Bartlv 


Spring  Communion   1789. 


Ellenor  Marlaland 
Robt.  Marlaland 


Anna  Bowers 
Catherine  Forman 


Alexn.  Low 
Nelly  Vorhes 
Anna  Test 
Dianna,  Sert.  of 
James  Harber 


Fall  Commun.     1789. 

Betty,  Sert.  of 

Joseph  Bound 
Nero  &  Margaret, 

Serts.  of  John  Baird 


Rhoda,  Sert.  of 
Jno.  Vanmarter 


Charles  D.  Green 


Spring  Commn.     1790. 
Elizabeth  Davies  Elizabeth  Mathews 


[This  completes  the  list  in  Dr.  Woodhull's  Memorandum-book.    It  is  to  be  regretted  that 
we  do  not  possess  a  similar  record  for  the  remainder  of  his  long  pastorate,] 


Next  we  have  the  names  of  communicants  admitted  during  Dr.  Wood- 
hull's  pastorate,  found  in  various  notes  and  papers  outside  the  Baptismal 
Register.     Some  of  the  dates  here  given  are  approximate. 


John  McDowel 
Hope  Henderson, 
d.  Dr. 


1802. 

Elizabeth  Lewis 
Elinor  Lucas 


Eley  Chambers,  w.  John 
Dinah,  srvt.  of  John 
Dey,  Esqr. 


APPENDIX. 


187 


i8o. 


Mary  Henderson,  d.  Dr.  Elizabeth  Henderson, 
Ann  Henderson ,  d.  Dr.         d.  Dr. 
Selah  Strong  Woodhull   Lewis  Ferine 


Elizabeth  Batcheloor 
Samuel,  servt.  of  Wm. 
Wikofif 


Mary  Ferrill,  d.  Nathl.     Hannah  Dye,  w.  James     Doritha  Hebert,  wid. 


Ann  Rue,  w.  Peter 


John  Merrel 


Cathrine  Tvson 


John  Sutfin 
Zebulan  Baird 
Sarah  Dye,  w. 

Joseph  W. 
Mary  Dey,  d.  James 


1804. 

Anna  Anderson 
Danniel  Dey,  s.  John 
Margaret  Bennet, 

w.  Wm. 
Sarah  Still  well, 

w.  Denice 


Jane  Henderson,  d.  Dr. 
Isaac  Vanarsdall 
Brown 


Lewis  Ferine 

Mary  Ferine,  w.  Lewis 


Anne  Lloyd,  w.  Corlis 


1805. 

Elizabeth  Allen 
Anderson 


1806. 

Elizabeth  Rue, 
w.  Matthew 


Mary  Jimmerson.  Re- 
ceived to  be  admitted 
to  the  Ch.  of  Cran- 
burj^ 


Margaret  Forman , 

w.  Sam. 
Ann  Cowenhoven, 

wid.  Feter 


Abigal  Vanhorne 

Jabob  Feild 

Cathrine  Covenhoven, 

w.  Jacob  &  d.  Ruluff 

Schenck 


1807. 

Capt.  Denice  Forman 
Mary  Hulick 


Jacob  Kirkpatrick 
Amy,  servt.  of  Koert 
Schenck 


Elinor  Johnston,  w.  Dr. 
Mary  Rue,  w.  John 


1808. 

Wm.  Dye,  Jr. 
Cathrine  Clayton, 
d.  John 


Sabra  Allen,  servt.  of 
Wm.  G.  Forman 

Helena  Anderson, 
w.  Dr. 


1 88 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


John  BeiiL^tn 
Rebecca  Johnston, 

w.  Wni. 
Mary  Clayton,  d.  Jolm 
ICnini  aline — ^John 

Tlionii)Son 
Carroline^of  Peter 

Walton 


1809. 

Joseph  Raver 
Hannah  Clark, 

\v.  Alex. 
Lydia  Gordon, 

w.  Lewis 
Aaron  Reid,  Elijah 
Ruth to  Benj.  V. 

Scoik 


Betsey  S.   Baldwin, 

d.  Wools 
Joseph  R.  Johnston 
Cornelia  Ann — Sanil 

Conover 
Margaret  Ann — of 

Clark 


1810. 


Wm.  McDowel 
John  B.  Conover 
Jane  Dye,  w.  Wni. 
Rachel  Chew,  wid. 


Eliza  Scudder,  d.  Jos. 
Maria  Rue,  w.  Jas. 
John  Scudder,  s.  Jos. 
Efife,  black  woman 
servt.  of  Jos.  Dye 


Maria  Kirkpatrick 
Nathaniel  S.  Rue 
Cathrine  Frezileer 


1811. 


Daughter  of  John  Craig 


Daughter  of  Joseph  Reed 


1813. 

Phebe  Martin,  wid.  Ester  Johnston, 

Cathrine  McChesney  w.  John 

Hannah,  servt.  of  Mr. 
Ely. 


Ursula  Walker 


Elizabeth  Baker, 

w.  Jacob 
Patience  Errixon, 

w.  Timoth)' 
Lydia  Perrine 


Mary  English,  w.  John     Terr\',  servant  of  Wni. 
Mary  Yetnian,  Wikoff 

w.  Jeremiah 
Mary  Ann  Combs 


Marj'  Pvly,  vv.  John 


1823. 
John  I.  Ely 


And  now  again  study  must  be  made  of  the  Uapti.smal  Register,  and  mark  the  names  of 
adults  baptized  and  the  names  of  parents  who  had  children  baptized. 


APPENDIX. 


189 


After  this  we  have  a  list,  apparently  made  out  in  1826,  happily  secured 
by  Rev.  Allen  H.  Brown,  a  successful  and  indefatigable  student  in  church 
history.  He  obtained  this  list  of  Henr\' Shaw,  Long  Branch,  N.  J.,  and 
deposited  it  in  the  vaults  of  the  Library  of  Princeton  Theological  Semi- 
nar\\  The  original  book  was  the  sessional  record  and  register  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church  at  Howel,  N.  J.,  and  in  some  way  it  contained  this  list 
of  Old  Tennent's  communicants.  A  column  of  figures  is  alongside  the 
list  marking  the  ordinal  numbers  of  the  names  ;  these  figures  are  here 
omittted  in  order  to  economize  space  and  avoid  confusion. 

"List  of  the  members  of  the  ist  Presbyterian  church  Freehold,  N.J., 
when  the  Rev.  J.  F.  Halsey  was  ordained  Pastor  June  14,  1826." 

[Here  is  given  first  the  names  of  17  elders  ;  but  these  are  omitted  now  because  not  all  were 
elders  in  1826,  and  because  their  names  are  all  included  in  the  complete  list  of  Elders.  See 
Appendix,] 

Mary  Davis. 
Anna  L.  Davison. 
Elizabeth  Denise. 
Hannah  English.  Dismissed 

to    N.    Brunswick,    March 

24,  1830. 
John  English. 
Mary  English. 
Mary  R.  English.     Disd.    to 

Presb.  ch.  N.  Brunswick. 
Hannah  English.  Distuissed 

to    N.  Brunswick,     March 

24.   1830. 
Elizabeth  English. 
^L1ry  Egbert. 
Elizabeth  English. 
Phebe  Forman. 
Eleanor  C.  Forman. 
Ruth  Forman. 
^L^ry  Forman. 
Sarah  Forman. 
William  Gulick. 
John  Gulick. 
Peter  Gulick. 
Joseph  Gulick. 
Martha  B.  Gulick. 
Lydia  Gulick. 
Ira  C.  Gulick. 
Mary  Gordon,  wife  of  Ez. 
Joseph  C.  Gordon. 
Nancy  Aumock,  wife  of  John. 


1797 

Mary  Anderson,  w.  John  L. 

1821 

Eleanor  Applegate. 

1815 

1804 

Joseph  Combs. 

1812 

Lydia  Combs. 

1S02 

1820 

Mary  Ann  Combs. 

1823 

Catherine  Conover. 

1806 

Jane  Conover. 

1818 

1820 

Gertrude  Conover,   w. 

Robt. 

1820 

Dismissed  to  Phelps, 

N.  Y. 

1823 

Aug.  I,  1831. 

Lydia  Conover. 

1823 

1820 

Jane  Cook. 
Catherine  Cook. 

Mary  Cook.  Dismissed 

2nd. 

1825 

P.  Ch.  U.  Freehold. 

1823 

1823 

Elizabeth  Craig. 

1767 

1823 

Mary  Craig. 

1822 

1822 

James  Bowne. 

1776 

1822 

Mary  Bowne. 

1823 

Ann  Bowne,  wife  Spaffbrd. 

I8I8 

Elizabeth  Baird. 

1802 

1806 

David  Baird. 

1S25 

1806 

Mary  Baird. 

1796 

I80I 

Rachel  Baldwin. 

1818 

1823 

Margaret  Bariclow. 

1818 

I8I2 

Jacob  Baker. 

1823 

1820 

Elizabeth  Baker. 

17S7 

1793 

Mary  Dey. 

1825 

1824 

David  B.  Dey. 

1822 

I8I5 

Elizabeth  Dey,    w.  of  David. 

1822 

I8I5 

Catherine  Davis. 

1821 

190 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


1799 

Eleanor  Gordon,  wid. 

1804 

1823 

Mathew  R.  (iordon. 

1804 

Hannah  Herbert,  wife  of  Wm. 

1820 

I8I0 

Sarah  Herbert,  wife  of  James. 

1796 

Priscilla  Hays. 

1808 

1808 

Hannah  Hankinson. 

1822 

1802 

Catherine  Hankinson,  wife 

1805 

of  Kennith. 

1806 

1824 

Deborah  Hankinson. 

1802 

Hannah  Headden. 

1808 

1803 

Rachel  Henderson,  wife  of  Dr. 

1809 

1823 

Rachel  Hampton. 

Lydia  Hampton,  wife  of  Maj. 

1799 

Wm.  Johnston. 

1807 

I8I4 

Euphemia  Johnston,  wid. 

1809 

Lydia  Johnston,  wife  of 

18 

Peter,     deceased. 

1811 

1825 

Mercy  Journey. 

IS22 

Hannah  Journey. 

Margaret  Ker,  wife  of  Joseph. 

Catherine  Laird. 

1S24 

Rebecca  Laird,  wife  of  David 

1808 

1803 

Nathan  Lewis. 

1803 

Isabel  Lewis,  wife  of  Nathan. 

I8I9 

Mary  Lewis. 

1793 

1802 

Elizabeth  Lewis. 

1790 

Alexd.  Low. 

Eliza  Low,  wife  of  Alexd. 

I8I5 

John  McChesney. 

1817 

I8I6 

Hugh  McChesney. 

1808 

I8I6 

Abigail  McChesney. 

I8I8 

Susannah  McChesney. 

I8I2 

Elizabeth  McChesnej',  wife 

ofjn. 
Mary  Ann  McDermott,  wife 

of  Thos. 

17S4 

Thomas   McDermott.       Dis- 

missed   to    Lawrenceville, 

June,  1831. 

1782 

I8II 

Ann  Matchet. 

1809 

Margaret  Mount,  wife  of 

1793 

Peter. 

182  r 

1806 

Sarah  INIcTeer. 

1819 

PZlizabeth  Nichols. 

1819 

1804 

Abram  Osborn. 

1809 

Elizabeth  Osborn,  wife  of 
Abram. 

Lydia  Perrine. 

Perrine,  wife  of  John. 

Agnes  Quay,  wid. 

Cornelia  Ann  Reed. 

Margaret  Reed,  wife  of  John. 

Hannah  Reed,  wife  of 
John  Jun. 

Elizabeth  Reed. 

Aron  Reed. 

Margaret  Reed,  wife  of 
Joseph. 

Mary  R.  Rodgers. 

Eunice  Richmond. 

Eleanor  Rue. 

Elizabeth  Rue,  wife  of 
Nathaniel. 

Mary  Rue,  daug  of  Phebe. 
Dismissed  to  N.  York 
Jan.  1830. 

Phebe  Rue,  wife  of  Joseph. 
Dismissed  to  N.  York  Jan- 
uary. 1830. 

Maria  Scudder,  wife  of  Jos- 
eph. Dismissed  to  N. 
Brunswic  June  22,  1831. 

Louisa  Scudder.     deceased. 

Maria  Scudder. 

Margaret  Schank.  Dismiss- 
ed to  N.  Brunswick  June 
22,  183 1. 

Elizabeth  Schank. 

Elizabeth  R.  Sutfin,  wife  of 
David. 

Rhoda  Sutfin.  Dismissed 
to  ist  chh.  Newark  June 
1 83 1 . 

David  Sutfin.  Dismissed  to 
Phelps,  N.Y.,Aug.  I,  1831. 

lyj'dia  Sutfin. 

Nancy  Sutfin,  wife  of  Wm. 

Nancy  Sutfin. 

Sarah  W.  Sutfin.     disd. 

Nancy  vSmith,  wife  of  John. 


APPENDIX. 


191 


1809 

1804 

1790 
1811 

1818 


1818 

1819 

1S24 
1792 

1825 
1811 

1805 

1771 


1814 
1S21 


1810 
1822 
1796 
1805 


1820 


Elizabeth  R.  Solomon,  wife 

of  Levi. 
Sarah  Seabrooks. 
Sophia  Truaxe. 
Anna  Test. 
Margaret    Thompson,      wife 

of  Wm. 
Eleanor  Thompson,    wife  of 

Pienson. 
Sarah    Thompson,    wid.    de- 
ceased. 
Linda  Vandaripe. 
Charlotte  Voorhees. 
Abigail    Voorhees,    wife    of 

Peter. 
Elizabeth  Voorhees,  wife  of 

Stephen. 
Alice  Van  Cleif. 
Anna    Vanderveer,    wife    of 

John. 
Eliza  H.  V^anderveer. 
David  VanShoick.    Deceased 

May  183 1. 
Hannah  VanSchoick,  wife  of 

David. 
Sarah  Woodhull,  wife  of  Dr. 

W.    deed.      Died  12th  Oct. 

1827. 
Ann  Woodhull,  wife  of  John. 
Charlotte  Woodhull,  wife  of 

Dr.  Gilbert. 
Amanda  Woodhull,    wife  of 

Rev      Wm.  H.  W.        Dis- 
missed   to   join     his   own 

church. 
Hannah  Wikoff,  wid. 
Sarah  Wikoff. 
Rebecca  Walton. 
Mary  Walton,  wid. 
Lydia    Walker.        Deceased 

Feb.  20,  1833. 
Zilpha  West. 

Jane  Williams,  wife  of  Dan. 
Mary  Yetman,  wife  of  Jermi. 
Alice  English,  Deceased. 


Ruth  Anderson,  Deceased. 
Dinah  Dey,  Deceased. 
James  Dey,  Deceased. 
Cornelius  Johnston,  Disd.  to 

Join    Spottswood    Oct.    28, 

1826. 
Rachel  Johnston,  wife  of  Cor. 

Disd.  Do. 
Mary  Rue,  wife  of  John, 

Disd.  Do. 

Flemin.  wid.     Disd.  Do. 

Tindal,   wife  of  Aaron, 

Disd.  Do. 
Eliza    Chamberlain,    wife  of 

Is.  Disd.  Do. 
Ely  Abrams,  wife  of  Col. 

Disd.  Do. 
Catherine  Perrine,    Disd.  Do. 

Nov.   12,  1826. 
Judge  McChesney,  Disd.  to 

Cranberry. 
Wm.  Toan,  Disd.  to  Penfield, 

N.  Y.,  (Presbyterian.) 
Peter  Buckalow,  Disd.  R.  D. 

Ch.  Brunswick. 
Buckalow,  wife  of  Peter, 

Disd.  Do. 
Elizabeth  Rue,  Disd.  to  join 

2nd  P.  ch.  U.  Freehold. 
Ann  L.  Dey,  Disd.  Do. 
Margaret  Buckalow,  Disd.  Do. 
Margaret  Buckalow,  Disd.  Do. 
Mary  Edwards,  Disd.  Do. 
Hannah  Perrine,  wid.  Disd.  Do. 
Elizabeth  VanSchoick, 

Disd.  Do. 
Robert  Longstreet,  Disd.  Do. 
Clarissa  Harlow,  Disd.  Do. 
Dorah  Anderson,  Disd.  Do. 
Silas  Wikoff,  Disd.  Do. 
Catherine,  wife  of  Silas, 

Disd.  Do. 
Deborah  Perrine,   Disd.  Do. 
Nean  Cromwell,  Disd.  Do. 
Rebecca  Rue,   Disd.  Do. 


ig: 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


Mar3'  I'^eenian,  wifeof  Benja. 
1818.     Gertrude  Conover,  wife  of 

Joseph. 
1 81 4     Lewis   Conover, 
181 1     Charity'  Pettinger. 
i8ti     Panielia  Bowne. 
iS[2    Jane  Foster,  wife  of  George. 
1809     Margaret  Thompson,  wife 

of  James. 
1803     Eleanor  Casler. 
1822     LycHa  Cheesman. 

Jane  McCleese,  wid. 
1818     Anna  Bowne. 
1824    Jane  Conover,  wifeof  Wm.  I. 

Margaret  Lawrence,  wid. 


18 15 


181 2 
1807 

1799 


William  Rue. 

John  Clayton. 

Sarah  Clayton,  wife  of  John. 

Elizabeth  Sutfin,  wife  of 

Richard. 

Bruen,  wife  of  Cj^rus. 

Hannah  Dey,  wifeof  John  B. 

Phebe  Dey,  wife  of  Danl. 

Daniel  Dey. 

Horace  Anderson. 

Martha  Ann  Lloyd,  (wido.  of 

Caleb). 
Margaret  Carr. 
Abigail  Bowne. 


List  of  the  members  added  to  the  ist  Presbyterian  Church  Freehold, 
N.  J.,  since  the  ordination  of  the  Rev.  J.  F.  Halsey. 


John  I.  Smith 
Ann  Debow,  wid. 
Mary  Clayton,  w.  Josh. 
Wm.  I.  Ely 


June  24,   1826. 

Jane  Scudder,  d.  Josh. 
Dr.  James  English 
Margaret  Davis, 

w.  Aron 
Eleanor  Rue,  wife  of. 


Leah  Teneyck,  w.  Wm. 
C3'rus  Bruen 


Isaiah  Disborough 
Aaron  Davis 
James  Dey,  s.  John 
Margaret  Egbert, 
d.  James 


Oct.  21. 

Hulda  Barricklo, 

wid.  Wm. 
Alice  Conover, 

w.  Josph. 
Wm.  T.  Sutfin 
Eliza.  Lewis,  d.  of. 


John  W.  Maxwell, 
Disd.    July    ist,     to 
Charlton,  N.  Y. 


May   12,   1827. 

]{lizabeth  P.  Halsey,  Rachel  Conover, 

w.  J.  F.  H.  d.  Jo.seph 

Rebecca Sodon,  W.Jacob  Jacob  Wykofif,  died 
Mary  Merceroll,  w.  of.         Oct.  2^,  1827 

Catherine  Egbert,  Margaret  Schank, 

d.  James  d.  of  wid. 

Jose])h  L.  Conover 


Mary  Maxwell,  w.John, 
Dis.  July  to  join  ch.  at 
Charlton,  N.  Y. 

Lydia  Sutfin,  w.  Archbd. 

Eliza.  Palmer,  w.  Clay- 
ton 


APPENDIX. 


193 


Oct.  28,  1827. 


Amos  Shaw 
Caroline  Shaw,  w. 

Amos.  Died  Dec.  26, 

1858 
James  T.  English 
Daniel  Brewer 
James  Walton 
Margaret  Disboro',  d. 

Isaiah 
Wni.  G.  Denise 


John  Conover,  s. 

Widow  Gerd. 
William  Egbert,  s. 

James 
Sarah  Forman 
Joseph  H.  Sutfin 
Ann  Reed,  d.  of  Widow 
Susan  Reed,  d.  of  Widow 
Abram  Ammerman 
Thomas  Gulick 


Woodhiill  Gulick 
Robert  Craig 
Sarah  Irvine,  w.  of 
Phebe  Rue,  d.  Nathaniel 
Mary  Conover,  d.  Joseph 
Rachel  Van  Home 
iNIary  Van  Clief 


Feb.  10,  1828. 


Margaret  Reed,  d.  of 

Widow 
L3'dia  Ann  Jewel,  d. 

Sarah 
Elizabeth  Voorhees 
James  Egbert,  s.  James 
Ann  Craig,  w.  Robert 
Mary  Truaxe 
Isabel  McDermot 
Mary  McDermot 
Rebecca  English,  Disd. 

March  24,  1830  to  th 

chh  Newbrunswick 
Mary  English,  d.  Alice 
Sarah  Jewel 
J.  Reed  Jewel,  s.  Sarah 
Harriet  Jewel,  w.  Reed 
Gertrude  Davis,  d. 
Widow  D. 


Julian  Davis,  d. 

Widow  D. 
Sidney  Thompson, 

s.  Wm. 
Deborah  Conover 
Seth  W.  Washburn, 

Disd.  to  N.  York 

Jan.  1830 
Philip  Sharp 
Caroline  Rue,  d.  Nathn 
Mary  Rodgers 
John  I.  Emmons 
Cynthia  Emmons,  w. 

John 
Louisa  Conover,  d. 

Joseph 
Juliet  Conover,  d. 

Joseph 


Catherine  Disboro',  d. 

Isaiah 
Eleanor  Ammerman 
Catherine  Dean 
John  Egbert,  s.  James 
Elizabeth  Craig 
Joseph  Van  Home 
Cornelia  Ann  Ammer- 
man 
Benjamin  Dey 
Ann  Dey,  w.  Benjn 
Eleanor  Rue 
Louisa  Headen 
Caroline  Carr 
Margaret  Walton 
Gertrude  Wikoff,  d. 

Jacob 
Anthony  Vincent 


The  following  names  added  since  October  1828. 


Isaac  Ammerman 
Mrs.  Lydia  Abrams 
Mrs.  Hetty  Brewer 
Miss  Euphama  Kerr 
Mrs.    Elizabeth    Wil- 
kinson 


John  Vandusan 
Wm.  C.  Ammerman 
Miss  Matilda  Conover 
Mrs.  Joanna  Conover 
Lewis  Hankinson 
Levi  Solomon 


Mrs.  Ann  Conover 
Miss  Maryann  Johnston 
Miss  Theadotia  Scudder, 

Disd.  to  N.  Brunswick, 

June  22,  1831. 


194 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TKNNENT. 


Mrs.  Lydia  Gordon 
Mrs.  Ann  Hah' 
Miss  Ann  Llovd 


Miss  Mary  Bafucklo 
Mrs.  Catherine  Yate- 

nian 


Mrs.  Rebecka  Smith 
Thomas  Smith 


The  above  by  examination,  and  Rachel  [a  free  woman  of  col. J  b}-  certif- 
icate,    the  above  22  added  October  11,  1828. 


Mrs.  Mar\'  Disborou^h 
Mrs.  Catherine  Dey 
Miss  Achsa  E.  Dev 


Mrs.  Leah  Megachan 
Mrs.  Elisabath  Free- 
man 


Mrs.  Ann  Smith 
Mrs.  Mary  Hagerman, 
Deceased  Jnne  1831 


The  above  names  added  b}'  examination  :  and  Walter  Hart  by  certifi- 
cate.    These  8  names  added  March  8,  1829. 


Mrs.  Susan  Newel,  widow.  Sarah  Williams  a  free  woman  of  col. 

and  Miss  Catherine  Hume  by  cirtificate.     the  above  3  names  added  Aug. 
I,  1829. 


Mrs. 


Erickson 


Miss  Ann  Conover 


Mrs.  Ann  Reed,  widow 
Mrs.  Sarah  Perrine 


Miss  Sarah  Smith 
Mrs  Hannah  Pittenger 


After  this  for  .some  years  Old  Teuneut  has  uo  regular  list  of  its  comniunicants,  except  here 
and  there  as  names  and  dates  have  been  secured  from  members  themselves; — until  after  the 
di.sa.strous  fire  that  destroyed  the  parsonage  home  and  .Sessional  Records  July  25,  1869,  when 
Rev.  A.  P.  Cobb  in  1870  made  out  a  list  of  all  that  were  members  at  that  time;  and  since  then 
the  record  is  complete  down  to  the  present  The  author  { K.  R.  S.)  has  gathered  a  few  names 
and  dates  whose  record  was  lost  or  not  known,  and  has  endeavored  to  arrange  all  in  order. 
But  this  list  is  partially  approximate,  manifestly  imperfect,  and  certainly  incomplete,  albeit  it 
cost  considerable  toil  to  arrange  it  even  as  it  is. 


1839     Nancy  (Magee)  Smith,  w.  Jno. 

1831  Teresa  (Reid)  Conover,  w.  G.  B. 

1832  Wm.   D.   Herbert   c\:   his   wife 

Margaret  D. 
1834     Ann   (Voorhees)    ^Tatchett,  w. 
C.J. 
Rachel  (Combs)  McDermott,  w. 
Miles. 


i«35 


1836 


1838 


Mar}'   (Matchett)    Laird,    w. 

Dan. 
Dorothy  A.  Stout,  W.J.  Burtis 
Ellen  (Matchett)  Herbert,  w. 

Jas.  A. 
Ann  Maria  Davison,  w.  Wm. 
Pvlizabeth     Ann     Tunis,     w. 

Asher. 


APPENDIX. 


195 


1842 


1844 

1845 
1846 

1847 


1850 
1852 

1853 
1854 

1856 
1857 


Gertrude  S.    Betts,   w.   Rev. 

W.  R.  S. 
Isabella    (McDermott)     Em- 
mons, first  w.  Jonathn. 
Jane  Clinton,  w.  Geo. 
John  Herbert. 
Asher  Tunis. 
J.  Burtis  Stout. 
John  Henry  Davis. 
Elizabeth  (Denise)  Reid,  w. 

G.  S. 
George  Clinton. 
Dollance   Hagerman   &    his 

wife  Cornelia. 
Cornealus  J.  Matchett. 
Hannah    (Gaston)   Conover, 

vv.  Theo. 
Deborah  (Perrine)  Mount,  w. 

Gilb. 
Rebecca  Van  Notrick,  w. 

Chris. 
Margaret  Erving,  w.  Michl. 
Mary  M.  Miller,  w.  Dav.  T. 
Daniel   Davison  &  his  wife 

Rachel  A. 
Ellison  Clinton. 
Isaac  G.  Quackenbush. 
G.  Spafford  Reid. 
Charles  S.  Jewell. 
Catherine  A.  Reid,  d.  David. 
Louisa  Craig,  w.  C.  Aug. 
Josephine  Vandenberg. 
Achsah  A.  Applegate. 
Caroline  Sedler,  w.  Sebastian. 
Jane  E.  Leggett,  w.  Dav. 
Experience  Magee,  w.  Rich. 
Ann  Snyder,  w.  Hendrk. 
William  Snyder. 
James   B.    Craig  &  his  wife 

Sarah  E. 
Thomas  E.  Dey  &  his  wife 

Ann  E. 


Jane  (Dey)  Mount,  w.  Robt.  R. 
Sarah  (Dey)  Thomas,  w.  Rich. 
William  Miller. 
Mary  E.  Miller,  d.  Dav.  T. 
R.  Perrine  Craig. 

1858  Maria  Herbert,  w.  Jno. 
Mary  (Smock)  Still  well,  vi-. 

Form. 
D.  Perrine  Miller. 
Elizabeth  Clinton,  d.  Geo. 
David  Leggett. 

1859  Margaret  (Reid)  Clayton,  w. 

Joel. 
Robert  Armstrong  &  his  wife 

Elizabeth  J. 
Cornelius  E.  Dey. 
i860     Louisa  Snyder,  w.  Wm. 

Hattie  (Vaughn)  Rue,  w.  Jos. 

1861  Eliza   (McDermott)  Breece,  w. 

J.  G. 
Gilbert  McDermott. 
Sebastian  Sedler. 

1862  Mary  (McDermott)  Emmons, 

w.  Jno.  B. 
Eliza  Conrow,  w.  Clayt. 
Sarah  J.  Rogers,  w.  Wm. 
Mary  Ann  Dey,  w.  Jas. 
Martha  S.  Buckelew. 
Wm.  T.  Hoftman.. 

1863  Robert  McDermott. 
John  B.  Emmons. 

1864  Asbury  F.  Nivison. 

Aaron  L.  Reid  &  his  w.  Eliza- 
beth. 
Mary  E.  Davis,  w.  Jno. 

1865  Chas.  Aug.  Craig. 
Evelina  Hartshorne. 

1866  Ellen  Lockwood,  w.  Adne}-. 

1867  Elizabeth  (V.  D.)  Laird,  w.  Dan. 
Amos  Elmer. 

1868  Emma  J.  Lockwood,  d.  Adnej-. 


The  following  joined  previous  to  July  25,   1869  at  different  dates  now 
unknown. 


196 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


Cynthia  fCinuions,  \v. 

John. 
Daniel  H.  Laird. 
Jonathan  Enimon.s. 
Henry  Jewell. 
Letitia  Dock. 
Mary  Duncan. 
Harriet  A.  Cooke. 
Maria  Anderson. 
Mary  Johnson. 
Jane  BoNce. 
Alice  Reed,  \v.  Noah. 
Mrs.  Applegate. 
Margaret  Piper. 
W.  C.  LefFerts. 
Thos.  Forman. 
J.  T.  McGuire. 
Rebecca  McGuire. 
Mrs.  P.  Smith. 
Rachel  Simmons. 
Wra.  &  M.  Yetman. 
Ellen  Sutphen. 
James  Sickles. 
Roy  &  Henria.  Sodon. 
Elizabeth  VanScoick, 

\v.  Dav. 
Amelia  A.  Sickles, 
Joseph  Rue. 
Ann  E.  Helmish. 
Agnes  E.  Quigg. 
Cath.  A.  Perrine. 
Margaret  A.  Perrine. 
Wra.  McCracken. 
James  Voorhees. 
Richard  Schenck. 
Jame  H.  Laird. 
Is.  N.  Kerr 
Sarah  Applegate,  w. 

Chas. 
Jane  Culvert. 
S.  E.  Butcher. 
Eliza  P"orman. 
Thomas  Forman. 
John  ]VL  Rue. 
Benjamin  Naylor. 


Car.  Johnson. 
Moses  Laird. 
Cathe.  Laird. 
John  V.  Laid. 
R.  R.  McChesney. 
Aug.  McChesney. 
John  E.  Yetman. 
Jacob  Suydam. 
James  Christy. 
Wra.  Kerr. 
Theodotia  Reeves,  w. 

Is.  coir. 
Josephine  Magee. 
Amelia  A.  YanScoick. 
Lewis  McGakin. 
James  Rue. 
Margaret  A.  McChes- 
ney. 
Sarah  M.  Silvers,   w. 

Enos. 
Catharine  Dey. 
Lydia  Abrahams. 
Susan  Applegate,    w. 

Gilb. 
Mary  E.  Appleby. 
Phebe  Ann  Applegate, 

w.  Wm. 
Annie  Applegate,  w. 

Leonard. 
Chas.  T.  Baker. 
Mary  J.  Bennett,  w. 

Nathl. 
John  Baird  &  w.  Mary 

E.  coir. 
Ellen  Baraclo. 
Margaret  Buckelew,  d. 

Martha. 
John  Beekman,  coir. 
Mar^'  Ann  Breckwedel. 
Jos.  D.  Bowne. 
John  Bowne. 
Jas.  A.  Bowne. 
Eleanor  A.  Brown,  w. 

Whitehead. 


Catharine  Bugbee,  w. 

Luther. 
Elizabeth  Bowne,  w. 

S.  C. 
Sarah  Beekman,  d.  Jno. 

coir. 
Mary  Jane  Clinton,  w. 

Ellison. 
Marianna  C.  Cobb,  w. 

Rev.  A.  P. 
Rebecca  Cook. 
Dr.  John  Cook. 
Joseph  Combs. 
Enoch  Cowart  &  w. 

Ann  Maria. 
Garret  B.  Conover. 
Garret  B.  Conover,  Jr. 
Emily  Conover,  w.  Dey. 
Hannah  Conover. 
Mary  F.  Conover. 
Mary  E.  Clayton,  w. 

Thos.  J. 
James  Collins. 
Harriet  Clayton, w.Wm. 
Aaron  B.  Clark  &  w. 

Delina. 
Margaret  Clark. 
Hannah  Christy,  w.  Jas. 
Wm.   I.  Davidson. 
Elmira  Davidson,  w. 

Isaac. 
Charlotte  Davidson. 
Elizabeth  H.  Dey,  w. 

John. 
Rebecca  L.  Dey,  w.  Cor. 
Ann  Dey,  w.  Benj. 
Elizabeth  Dow. 
John  T.  Duncan. 
Phebe  Davis. 
Martha  F.  Davis. 
Mary  L.  Disborough. 
Enoch  Ely, 
Mary  Errickson. 
Geo.  Errickson  &  w. 
Gertrude. 


APPENDIX. 


197 


Sarah  M.  Earheart. 
James  English  &  w. 

Eliza. 
Sarah  Emmons,  w.Wni. 
Jane  Emmons. 
Cath.  Amanda  Eni^jlish. 
Jane  W.  Forman,  \v. 

Thos. 
Ann  Mary  Gordon. 
Catharine  Gordon,  w. 

Crawford. 
Harriet  Green,  w.  Thos. 
James  F.  Herbert  &  w. 

Abby. 
Vesta  Hagerman. 
Lena  Hagerman. 
Mary  H.  Hoffman. 
Margt.  Ann  Haley. 
Ellen  Hartshorn,  vv. 

Ezek. 
Wm.  T.  Hampton. 
Experience  Hawkins, 

w.  Jno. 
Elijah  Hawxhurst. 
Irene  Clark  Heyer. 
Kate  Johnson,  coir. 
Alfred  Jamison  &  w. 

Mary  Ann. 
Jacob  Ed.  Keeler. 
Emeline  Keeler. 
David  Laird  &  d.  Eliza 

beth  V. 
Mary  Elisa  Laird,  w. 

Wm.  H. 
Mary  Leonard. 
AnnaT.  Longstreet,  w. 

Wm. 
Dr.  L  S.  Long  &  w. 

Eliza  Jane. 
Letitia  Leggett. 
Margaret  Magee,  w. 

Schenck. 
Geo.  Martin  &  w.  Eliz- 
abeth. 
Ann  E.  Martin. 


Elizabeth  Mount,  w. 

Jos. 
Catharine  T.  Mount. 
Abby  E.  Magee,  d.J.  R. 
Nancy  Magee. 
Catharine  Magee. 
Eleanor  Magee. 
Cornelia  Magee,  d. 

Elizabeth. 
Geo.  Morris. 
Mary  McCracken,  w. 

Wm. 
Margaret  Mcllvaine,  w. 

Josiah. 
M.  Eliz.  Mcllvaine,  w. 

Chs. 
Jacob  Mcllvaine,  &  w. 

Elizth. 
Lewis  Magahan  &  w. 

Lydia. 
Ellen  McChesney,  d. 

Hugh. 
Mary  Naylor,  w.  Jacob. 
Mary  A.  Naylor,  w. 

Benj. 
Rhoda  A.  Naylor,  w. 

James. 
Ann  Amanda  Perrine, 

w.  Abijah. 
Jos.  Preston  &  d.  Laura 

V.  &  d.  Mary  E. 
Anna  M.  Paxton,  w.  Ed. 
Harriet  Paxton,  d.  Ed. 
Gertrude  Pease,  w. 

Thos. 
Mary  A.  Perrine,  w. 

J.  M. 
Martha  Perrine. 
Lavenia  Perrine,  w.  Ed. 
Wm.  Perrine  &  w. 

Rachel. 
Geo.  Quackenbush. 
Jacob  W.  Quackenbush. 
Jacob  M.  Quackenbush 

&  w.  Sarah  E. 


Garret  Quackenbush 
&  w.  Adeline. 

Wm.  Quackenbush 
&  w.  Ellen. 

Frances  E.  Quacken- 
bush, w.  L  G. 

Margt.  Quackenbush, 
w.  Jno.  A. 

Experience  Quacken- 
bush. 

Ellen  Quackenbush, 
w.  Chs. 

Rhoda  Quackenbush. 

Holmes  Quackenbush, 
s.  Jacob. 

Richard  M.   Quacken- 
bush. 

Maria  L.  Rue,  d.  Jas. 

Lewis  Rue  &  sister 
Elizabeth. 

James  L.  Rue  &  wife, 
Mary  M. 

Margt.  Rue,  w.  Jno. 

Alice  Rue,  w.  Jacob. 

Eleanor  Rue. 

Elijah  Reed. 

Levine  Reed. 

Mary  A.  Reed,  w. 
Dav.  R. 

Mary  E.  Reid,  w. 
Woodhull. 

Elizabeth  Reed,  w.W.  D. 

Wm.  H.  Reed,  &  w. 
Sarah  T. 

Richard  Reed,  s.  D.  R. 

Margt.  Rogers,  w.  Wm. 

Mary  A.  Rogers,  w.  J.  B. 

Spafford  W.  Reed. 

John  R.  Sutphin  &  w. 
Catharine. 

Harriet  Sutphin. 

Mary  Sodon,  w.  Geo. 

Eliza  Jane  Smith,  d. 
C.  Gordon. 

Rebecca  Stout. 


198 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


Maria  Scott. 
Mary  A.  Spratford. 
Margaret  San  ford,  \v. 

D.  I. 
Georgianna  Sodon. 
Elizabeth  Tilton,  w. 

Robt. 
Dr.  Jos.  C.  Thompson. 
Ann  B.  Thompson,  coir. 
Alex.  Trotter  &  w. 

Anna  J. 


Juliet  Throckmorton. 
Mar}'  VanHise. 
Margt.  R.  VanCleaf. 

w,  Benj. 
Elizth.  A.  VanOtrick. 
Mary  A.  VanPelt,  \v.  S. 
Mary  VanScoick. 
Matilda  VanDaveer, 

coir. 
Elizabeth  Voorhees. 


Eliza  Ann  VanScoick, 

w.  Jno. 
Lucy  A.  Vaughn. 
Wm.  A.  VVheeden. 
Leah  Walling,  w.  Jno, 
Joseph  V.  Davison, 

1869. 
Sarah  L.  Gaskill,  w. 

John  1869. 


INIembers  uniting  in  1869  after  July. 

Enock  V.  Burk  &  \v.         Sarah  M.  Scoby.  Daniel  B.  Conover. 

Mary.  Samuel  Sherril.  Margaret  M.  Conover. 

Ellen  Morris,  w.  Geo.       Isaiah  A.  Reeves,  coir.    James  R.  Magie. 


Sarah  A.  Fields,  w.  J. 
Sarah  J.  McChesney. 
Rebecca  S.  Davidson, 

d.  Wm.  I. 
Matthias  Schon. 
John  H.  Garry. 
Joel  B.  Roberts  &  w. 

Lucy  A. 


Spencer  E.  Gulick  & 

w.  Mary  E. 
Margt.  H.  Rue,  w. 

Jno.  E. 
Elizabeth  Magie. 


Mrs.  Sarah  Edwards. 
John  B.  Duncan  &  w. 

Ellen. 
Hannah  E.  Laird. 
Elizabeth  McFarland. 
Mary  E.  Stilhvell,  w. 

Elish. 
Susanna  Hayvvard. 


1870. 

Sarah  E.  Mount. 
John  R.  VanOtrick. 
Aaron  T.  Soden. 
Mary  Reed,  w.  Ely. 
Harriet  Clayton. 
Taylor  INIount  &  w. 
Julia. 

1871. 

Emma  Magie. 
Salome  Long. 
ArettaE.  Reid,  d.  Elij. 
Henry  W.  Long. 

1872. 

Harriet  L.  Mount,  w. 

V.  D. 
W.  G.  Conover  &  w. 

Mary  E. 
Anna  A.  English. 
Ellen  A.  Sickles. 
Jonathan  Yetman. 
Julia  A.  Yetman. 
Edith  A.  Reid,  d.  Elij. 


John  Fields. 
Joseph  Herbert. 
Caroline  Gordon. 
Ellen  Gordon. 
Edith  Anderson. 
Margt.  A.  Applegate,  d. 
Gilb. 


Jane  A.  Conover,  d.  G.  B. 
Hannah  Corlies  Harts- 

horne. 
Joel  Y.  Clayton. 


Catharine  A.  Rue. 
Levine  Conover,  d. 

Theo. 
Sarah  Adeline  Duncan. 
Redford  J.  Gulick  &  w. 

Kate  E. 
Benjamin  C.  Preston  & 

w.  Matilda. 
Eliza  Patten,  w.  Schk. 


APPENDIX. 


199 


1873- 

Charles  H.  VanDaveer.   Mrs.   Margaret  Quack-    Catharine  Irvin,  d. 
Helen  A.  Vandaveer.  enbush.  Mich. 

Alice  Jane  VanHise. 


James  E.  Wheeden  & 

w.  Cornelia. 
Wm.  H.  Herbert  &  w. 

Catharine. 
Sarah  A.  Laird. 
Mary  E.  Hoffman,  d. 

Henry. 
John  Henry  VanHise 

&  w.  Elenora. 
Garret  W.  VanHise. 


Carrie  M.  Cooke,  d. 

Jno. 
Mary  Beekman,  coir. 
Deborah  A.  Blue. 
Mrs.  Sophia  Dey. 
Anna  M.  Johnson. 
Catharine  Lefferts. 


Jane  Gunson. 
Caroline  E.  Conover, 

w.  Wm. 
Mary  Anna  Dey,  d. 

C.  E. 
Taylor  S.  Clayton. 
Anna  E.  Thompson,  d. 

Dr.J.  C. 
Cornelia  Perrine,  \v. 

T.  C. 
Ella  Reed,  d.  G.  S. 
Nelle  Magee,  w.  Jas. 
Leonard  Applegate. 
Joseph  H.  VanMater. 
Gilbert  H.  VanMater. 


1874. 

John  A.  Quackenbush. 
Guretta  W.  Dey,  w. 

Vandb. 
Mary  E.  Cooke,  w.  Jno. 
Mary  E.  Sodon. 
Peter  G.  Wycoff. 
Sarah  E.  WycoflF. 
Mary  A.  Campbell. 
Charles  Aug.  Craig. 
Benjamin  D.  Reed. 

1875- 

Margaret  VanMater. 
Holmes  VanMater. 
Elizabeth  VanMater. 
Mrs.  Kate  H.  Coles. 
Elijah  Jackson,  coir. 
Mrs.  Hannah  Mesheral. 
Stephen  VanPelt. 

1876. 

Augustus  R.  VanMater. 
VanDoren  Mount. 
Mary  M.  Craig,  w. 

Jno.  W. 
Eleanor  Quackenbush, 

d.J.  W. 
Martha  Husted. 
Harry  Reed. 
James  Magee. 
Helen  Hampton,  coir. 
Kate  E.  English,  d. 

James. 
Mary  J.  Keeler,  w.  Ed. 
Charles  W.  Johnson. 
Johnson  P.  Dey. 


Lydia  Boorham. 
Emily  J.  Quackenbush. 
Eleanor  Reed. 
Margt.  A.  Conover,  coir. 
Matthew  Rue,  Jr. 
Catharine  H.  Rue. 
Mary  E.  Herbert,  w.  Jos. 
Adelaide  Quacken- 
bush, w.  Geo. 
Mary  J.  Brown. 


Mary  Quackenbush,  w. 

Allen. 
Mary  A.  VanPelt,  w.  Pet. 
Wm.  Henry  Smith. 
Daniel  Boyce  &  w. 

Margt.  E. 
Helen  Schanck. 


Sarah  Frances  Leonard. 
Robert  C.  Davidson. 
Hattie  L.  Davidson. 
Abb\^  Ann  Davidson. 
Wm.  H.  Duncan. 
Anna  M.  Duncan. 
Elmer  E.  Christy. 
David  E.  Christy. 
Wm.  H.  Reed. 
Harvey  H.  Vandaveer. 
Ella  M.  Sutphen. 
Sarah  J.  VanOtrick. 
Fanny  Laird,  w.  Dav.Jr. 
Luella  Conover,  w.  Theo. 
Daniel  E.  Laird. 


200 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


John  McDerniot. 
Win.  H.  Brown. 
Lydia  Davidson,  d. 

Wni.  I. 
Emma  Stokes. 
Catharine  S.  Patton, 

d.  Schk. 
Charles  H.  Holmes, 

coir. 
C.  Amzi  Quackenbnsh. 
Elizabeth  A.  Boorham, 

w.  J  as 
Evaline  Abrahams. 
Jane  Clayton. 
John  Buckelew. 
Wm.  C.  Snyder. 
Sarah  Clayton. 
Elias  Clayton   & 

Margt.  A. 
Adeline  Abrahams,  d. 

Chas. 
Mar}'  Ella  Pease,  d. 

Thos. 
Elisha  Still  well. 
Mary  E.  McDerniot. 
John  S.  Patton. 
Robert  C.  Robinson  .s: 

w.  Eleanor  &  d.  Marj- 

&    sons    Geo.    C.    & 

John. 
Enieline  Holmes,  coir. 
Fann}^  Arbona. 
Wm.  W.  Cozzens  &  w 

Mary. 
Charles  A.  Reed. 


John  M.  De}-. 
Jessie  M.  Longstreet, 

d.  Wm. 
John  D.  Quackeni:)nsh. 
Endorie  Newberry. 
Peter  Van  Pelt. 
Eleanor    A.    Qnacken- 

bush,  d.  Allen. 
Joseph  T.  Clayton  & 

w.  Lucy. 
Thomas  J.  Clayton 
Charles  T.  Clayton. 
Alice  Quackenbnsh, 

w.  Hlnis. 
John  L.  Clayton. 
Anna  Reed. 
Sarah  F.  Wheeden. 
Claudius  P.  Wheeden. 
Eleanor  M.  Wheeden. 
Mary  Johnson. 
Wm.  H.  Herbert,  s. 

Jno. 
Jane  A.  Herbert,  d.  Jno. 
Margaret  Hees  &  d. 

Louisa. 
James  McGuire  &  w. 

Mary  J. 
Hannah  Johnson,  w. 

Woodh. 
Margaret  Cla3-ton. 
Margt.  M.  Mcllvaine. 
Adaline  Johnson,  d. 

Alex. 
Susan  C. Johnson. 
Ellen  Robbins. 


Maggie  A.  Cole. 
Mar}'  A.  VanDeripe. 
Abram  S.  Johnson, 
lilmira  J.  Johnson. 
^[ary  Applegate,  w. 

Di.sbo. 
Mary  Crotchfelt. 
Paul  R.  Van  Mater. 
Maggie  \'anMater, 
Sarah  Beekman,  w. 

Jno.  coir. 
Matilda  &  Irene  Clark, 

ds.  A.  B. 
George  W.  Still  well  & 

w.  Lydia  A. 
Susan  D.  Claj-ton. 
Theodore  W.  Mount  & 

w.  Margt.  S. 
Thomas  C.  Perrine. 
Florence  A.  &  Margt. 

E.  Reed,  ds.  Wm.  H. 
Ann  Elliott. 
Rebecca  Clayton,  d. 

Curl  us. 
Josephine  Clayton. 
John  S.  Mickle. 
Charles  A.  Conover  & 

w.  Catharine  S. 
Mar}'  J.   Emmons. 
Katie  T.  Carlisle. 
Thomas  Green. 
Mrs.  Catharine  Carson. 
Letitia  H.  Trotter,  d. 

Alex. 


1877. 


Cornelia  A.  Mount. 
Eleanor  A.  Morris,  d. 

Geo. 
John  Walling. 


]vliza  Dey. 
Mary  E.  VanHise. 
Lydia  Clayton,  w. 
Ellison. 


Ellwood  T.  Reid. 
James  Boorham. 
Annie  Magahan,  d.  L. 
Maria  Griggs. 


APPENDIX. 


20I 


187S. 


Matthew  IMcKeever. 
Catharine  A.  Brown. 
Mary  E.  Stokes,  w. 

Sara. 
George  Philes  &  w. 

Helena. 
Georgianna  Davidson. 


Elijah  Oxhurst. 
Ella  F.  Perrine. 
Mary  Sraith. 
Charlotte  McBride,  w, 

Jno. 
Eliza  Jolly,  w.  Jno. 
Cornelia  Johnson. 


Jaraes  McCracken. 
INIary  V.  Walters. 
Thomas  Abbott. 
Jaraes  Naylor. 
Mary  E.  Vogel. 
Julia  Wilson. 
Marianna  Davidson. 


1879. 


Mrs.  ]Mary  Morrell. 
Luther  D.  Bugbee. 


Geo.  W.  Packard  &  w. 
Elizabeth  J. 


Mrs.  Eleanor  B.  Emmons 
Enos  Silvers. 


1880. 


Ellen  Herbert. 
Jane  C.  Applegate. 
James  D.  Herbert. 


Anna  C.  Cobb,  d. 
Rev.  A.  P. 


Miss  Minnie  Morton. 
Miss  Annie  Morton. 


Matilda  Perrine,  w. 

J.  D. 
Miss  Elizabeth  Ket- 

cham. 


Albert  Reid. 
Lydia  Mount,  w. 
Matths. 


Ann  Eliza  Mount,  d. 
Matths. 


52. 


Mary  E.  Engli.sh,  w. 

James. 
Esther  F.  Stout. 
Mattie  McD.  Smith. 
Harriet  P.  Smith,  w. 

Rev.  G.  G. 
John  P.  English. 
Sadie  P.  Reid. 
Sadie  J.  Cobb,  d. 

Rev.  A.  P. 
John  Redshaw  &  w. 

Jane. 
Allan  Quackenbush. 


Henr}'  E.  Armstrong 

&  w.  Maria  L. 
W.  Denise  Herbert  & 

w.  Kate. 
Charles  Herbert. 
Mary  Thompson,  coir. 
Joseph  Kirkland. 
Sarah  J.  Reid,  d.  G.  S. 
Rebecca  C.  Reid,  d. 

Jas.  A. 
Martha  Ann  Stokes, 

d.  Sara.  Sr. 


Alice  A.  Davison. 

INIargaret  E.  Mc 
Elwaine. 

Julia  i\I.  Dubois. 

Rebecca  Rogers. 

i\Irs.  Mar}-  Reid. 

PhebeA.  Reid,  w.  Elij. 

Margt.  G.  Reid,d.  Elij. 

Ella  V.  Reid,  d.  Ely. 

Miss  Harriet  E.  Clay- 
ton. 


202 


HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


1883. 


Mrs.  Jane  V.  I).  Ha\vx-     Hester  E.  Reid,  \v. 


hurst. 
Miss  Emma  Wilgus. 
John  W.  Errickson. 
Louis  Reeger. 


Spaf.  W. 
Lydia  M.  Thompson, 

w.  Wm.  A. 
Charles  H.  Kipp. 


M^ry  Kate  Kipp, 
John  A.  Okerson. 
Aretta  Guilck,  d.  R.  J. 
Elizabeth  L.Dey.d.CE. 


1884. 


Emma  B.  H.  Reed,  w, 

Wm.  H. 
Nellie  M.  Reid,  d. 

Spaf.  W. 


Mary  H.  Gulick,  d.  IMargt.  A.  &  Mary  E. 

R.  J.  Quackenbush,     ds. 

]Mary  V.  Rue,  d.  Jos.  Isaac. 


1885. 


Annie  R.  Quacken- 
bush, w.  Rich. 

Miss  Ella  V.  Reid. 

Mary  Augusta  Her- 
bert, d.  Jos. 


Elizabeth  Perrine. 
Mary  Lavinia  Perrine. 
Sarah  Maria  Perrine. 
Hannah  A.  Quacken- 
bush. 


George  M.  Quacken- 
bush &  w.  Annie 
(Ely). 

Arch.  P.   C.  Quacken- 
bush. 

Wm.  Harvey  Reid. 


1886. 


Mrs.  Jane  Sampson. 
Augustus  Reid. 
Wm.  H.  Woodward. 
Mrs.  R.  C.  Hallock, 
w.  Rev.  R.  C. 


Hannah  VanSchoick,       Mrs.    Peter   H.    Quck- 

d.  Jno.  enbush. 

Gussie  Erving,   d.  Jos.     Wm.  Quackenbush. 
Annie  Stillwell,  d. 

Elish. 


Mamie  Clayton. 
Laura  Morrell. 
Emma  Conover,  d. 

Dan. 
Wilhelmina  C.  Vogel, 

d.  Henry. 
Mrs.  Barbara  Reiger. 
Henry  Vogel. 


Christian  Schwarz. 
Gertrude  Pullen. 
John  W.  Hawkins. 
JaneSchenck,  w.  Rich. 

coir. 
Hannah  A.  Clayton, 

w.  Thorn  p. 


Hannah  M.  Schenck, 

coir. 
Mary  T.  Reid,  w.  E.  T. 
George  L.  DuBois. 
Sadie  Trotter,  d.  Alex. 
Mar}'  Perrine,  w.  Gilb. 
Sadie  Sampson,  d.  Ed. 
Ada  M.  Schenck,  coir. 


Forman  L.  Schenck, 

coir. 
John  B.  Snyder. 
Mrs.  Margt.  A.  Lucas 

&  d.  Lucy  Helen. 
Mary  H.  Clayton,  w. 

Chas.  T. 
Eva  E.  Schwarz,  w. 

Chris. 
John  R.  Hawkins. 


APPENDIX. 

1888. 

Sarah  A.  Conover,  w. 
E.  T. 

^Nlamie  E.  Perrine,  d. 
Abij. 

Thomas  K.  &  Howard 
Potter,  sons  of  Fran- 
cis. 

Hezekiah  Pullen  &  w. 
Rebecca. 


203 


Minnie  L.  Rogers,  d. 

J.  B. 
Annie  L.  Quacken- 

bush. 
Grace  H.  Conover,  d. 

E.  T. 
Augusta  R.  Thomson, 

d.  W.  A. 


C.  E.  A.  G.  Peterson  & 
w.  Georgianna. 

Annie  (Mount)  Laird, 
w.  Eph. 

Sarah  Laird,  d.  Eph. 


1889. 

Emma  S.  Snyder,  d. 

John  A. 
Charles  Hawxhurst. 
Mrs.  Helen  Wakefield. 
Mary  Horton,  w.  Geo. 
J.  Chalmers  Rue. 


jNIiss  Maggie  A.  Rogers. 
Mrs.  A.  B.  Corliss. 
Harriet  L.  Thompson, 

d.  Alex.  coir. 
Mary  ]\Iurphy. 
Ethel  Rue.  d.  Jas.  L. 


The  following  named  persons  united  some  time  previous  to  Nov.  1889  : 

Adelaide  C.  Thompson,  Simon  V.  Perrine  &  w.  J.  Edward  Quacken- 

d.  W.  A.  Ann.                                     bush. 

Elizabeth  Rieger  Clara  Ella  Cloke.  Julia  C.  Apgar,  w. 

jNIertz.  Carrie  Bennett.                       Chas. 


MARRIAGE  RECORDS  IN  OLD  TENNENT. 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  Old  Tennent  has  no  complete  list  of  Marriages 
by  the  pastors,  only  some  scattered  records  as  they  appear  in  connection 
with  the  Baptismal  Register  and  elsewhere  as  incidental  notes.  Of  course 
after  the  sad  fire  in  1869  the  new  record  lists  begin,  and  the  list  of  Mar- 
riages by  Old  Tennent  pastors  is  complete  from  that  date  to  the  present. 
See  pages  131,  and  204  on  through  Baptism  List. 


204  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

UST  OF  BAPTISMS. 

Kari.v  Baptismal  Records  in  Old  Tennent  Church,  Mostly  During 
TH1-;  Pastorate  ok  Re\'.  William  ri:NNEN'T,  Jr. 

Note. —The  pages  of  this  old  Record  are  so  soiled,  broken  and  worn  with  age  that  in  some 
cases  it  is  impossible  to  distinguish  the  full  dates  and  names.  Some  unhappy  references  iuthe 
original  record  have  been  omitted  in  this  printed  list.  The  records  are  mostly  in  the  hand- 
writing of  John  Henderson,  clerk  of  the  congregation. 

Lord's  Day,  October  5.  1735,  was  Baptized  Jacob,  Rebeca  and  Chil- 
dren of  Benjamin  Applegate. 

Lord's  Day,  August  S,  1736,  was  Baptized  Elizabeth  and  Hannah,  Daugh- 
ters of  Thomas  Applegate,  (the  Son  of  John). 

Lord's  Da}',  November  27,  was  Baptized  Lydia,  Daughter  of  Zebulon 
Applegate. 

Lord's  Day,  Sept.  18,  1763,  was  Baptized  Amie  a  Negro  Woman  of  Wm. 
Williamson's,  Son  of  A ,  on  profession  of  her  Faith. 

Thomas  Adams  had  bap.  Joseph,  Jan.  21,  1731  ;  James,  Sep.  24,  1732. 

Mr.  Anderson's  son  John  was  bap.  Aug.  28,  1748. 

John  Anderson,  Esq'r  had  bap.  Helena,  Jan.  2S,    1733  ;  Kenneth,   Nov.   7, 

4  ;  Ursilla,  July  11,  ;  F;iizabeth,  July  4,  ;  James,  July  6, ; 

Kenneth — the  first  Kenneth  being  Deceased,  Jul}-  4,  ;  Ursilla,  June 

3,  ;  Lewis,  Sep.  27,  ;  Margaret,  Oct.  13,  1751. 

William  Allen  had  bap.  Sarah,  Jan.  8, 4;  Janet,  Apr.  i, 6. 

David  Adams.  Margaret,  Said  David's  Wife  made  open  profession  of 
Faith  Apr.  2S,  1734,  and  had  bap.  Hannah,  Sarah,  David,  Children  of 
Said  David  &  Margaret  Adams;  James,  May  2,  1736. 

Daniel  Allen,  Dec.  15,  1734,  Baptized  upon  open  Profession  of  his  Faith. 

William  Addudel  had  bap.  William,  Aug.  22,  1736;  Isbela — Baptized  at  a 
Society,  Oct.  6,  1737;  John  Murray,  a  Child  lie  took  to  bring  up,  March 
19,  1738. 

William  Annesley  had  bap.  Thomas,  Mar  20,  1737;— July  16,  1738; 

William  »Sc  Rebeca,  Twins,  vSep.  2,  1744. 

Zebiilon  Applegate  had  bap.  Zebulon,  June  2,    1754;  Nathaniel,   Ma}-  2'x,, 

Joshua  Anderson  had  bap.  Sarah,    May    11,    1766;  I^lleonar,  June  7,    1772; 

Cathrine,  June  16,  1776. 
William  Anderson  had  bap.  Sarah,  April  19,  1767;  William,  June  11,  1769. 
John  Anderson,  vSon  of  James,    had   bap.    Lewis,  Sep.    i,    1771;  Catherine, 

— ,  ;  IClizabeth,  June  26,  1774;  Anna,  Nov.  26,  1775. 

John  Allwood,  had  bap.  Joseph,  May  9.  1779. 


APPENDIX.  205 

David  Barklay,  had  bap.  William,  his  first  child  by  Elizabeth  Walker, 
alias  Barcla}',  May  19,  1751;  George,  April  — .  1753;  Catharine,  Jan.  18, 
1756;  Esther,  Nov.  19,  1758;  Rachel,  Nov.  22,  1761. 

Ezekiel  Bennit  had  bap.  Abraham,  Nov.  18,  1753;  Margaret,  June — ,  1756; 
Leah,  Nov.  25,  1758;  Cornelius,  Ma3^  6,  1762;  John,  Sept.  24,  1766. 

Andrew  Brannan  married  to  Jane  Svveetman;  had  bap.  Jane,  Oct.  2,  1757. 
Presented  by  the  Father  and  Grandmother,  the  Mother in  Child  bed. 

Peter  Benham  had  bap.  John,  Robert,  Peter,  Richard,  Amey  &  Catharine, 
all  baptized  at  once,  presented  by  their  Father  and  their  mother-in-law 
Hannah  which  had  been  Clayton,  May  31,  1759. 

David  Brooks  had  bap.  Jonathan,  July  15,  1759;  Agnos,  Sept.  6,  1761; 
David,  April  8,  1764;  these  three  presented  by  the  Mother;  David  Brooks 
the  father  Baptized  on  profession  of  his  own  Faith,  Jan.  4,  1767;  Hannah, 
presented  by  Father  &  Mother,  July  10,  1768. 

John  Bonnel,  had  bap.  Isaac,  Nov.  20,  1737. 

John  Benham,  had  bap.  Benjamin  Dec.  17,  1738;  Nealtie  at  home,  being 
dangerously  sick,  Dec.  2,  1742;  Joseph, 1744. 

Samuel  Buckalue,  had  bap.  John,  June  12,  1743. 

Samuel  Breese,  of  Shrewsbury,  had  bap.  Samuel  Byard,  by  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Woodhull,  May  2,  1779. 

Patrick  Brown,  had  bap.  Thomas,  May  6,  1744. 

James  Bryson,  had  bap.  Nancy,  June  3.  1770. 

Adam  Boise,  had  bap.  Cornelius,  July  22,  1744;  MoUey  or  Marj',  Aug.  10, 

1746;  Anne,  April  30,  1749;  Elizabeth,  about  3  years  old,  &  Matthias, 

about  3  months  old,  June  9,   1754;  Martha,   Aug.  10,   1755;   ,  May 

28,  1758. 

David  Baird,  had  bap.  Mary,  Ma}-,  

Robert  Barclay,  had  bap.  Lewis,  Oct.  18,  1761. 

Arthur  Brown,  had  bap.  William,  Jan.  23,  1731;  Thomas,  }\\\y  21,  1734. 

Edward  Barber,  had  bap.  Sarah,  IMarch  14,  1731. 

James  Brown,  had  bap.  John,  Oct.  17,  1731;  Robert;  Joseph;  Solomon. 

John  Berry,  had  bap.  Mary,  Nov.  25,  1731;  Thomas,  Nov.  4,  1733;  Lsabella, 

Jan.  22,  1738;  David,  May  18,  1741;  John,  Feb.  27,  1743;  Sidney,  June  30, 

1745;  Ebenezar,  July  19,  1747;  Samuel,  March  5,  1749. 
Mary  Baird,  wife  of  John  Baird,  had  bap.  Grace,  a  Child  she  was  to  bring 

up,  Aug.  4,  1734. 
Arthur  Brown,  had  bap.  Margaret,  March  27,  1737;  Andrew,  July  15,  1739. 
Capt.  John  Barclay,  had  bap.  Robert,  Sep.  16,   1737;  Catharine,  June  13, 

1742;  Richard,  June  30,  1745. 


2o6  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Thomas  Brown,  married  Daughter  of  Capt.  Barclaj-,  had  bap.  John,  July 

28,  1765;  David,  June  28,  1767;  William,  Aug.  13,  1769;  Catherine,  Dec. 

I,  1771;  Mary,  March  13,  1774. 
David  Carlile,  had  bap.  William,  Dec.  9,  1739. 
John  Chambers,  Cordwainer,  had  bap.  William  &  James,  the  Baptism  of 

the  first  Deferred  till  this  day,  June  15,  1740;  Margaret,   March  6,   1743; 

Elizabeth,  his  Wife,  &  Bridget,  his  Daughter,   April  26,    1747;  John, 

April  I,  1749;  James,  June  2,  1751;  William,  June  24,    1753;  Mar}-,  INIay 

3.  1756. 
Janet  Carswell,  (alias)  Reed,  had  bap.  Sarah,  Jul}'  12,  1741. 
Jonathan  Combs,  had  bap.  William,  June  11,  1742;  Robert,  April  24,  1744; 

John,  June  i,  1746. 
Peter  Clark,  had  bap.  Peter,  Aug.  11,  1745. 
John  Craig,  son  of  Archibald,  he  was  married  about  a  3'ear  ago  to  Anna, 

daughter  of  Capt.  John  Barclay,  Esq.,  had  bap.  Catharine,  Nov.  18,  1750; 

Samuel.  Feb.  19,  1752;  Archibald,  April  21,    1754;  Peter,   May  23,    1756. 

Anne,  by  his  second  wife,  John  Reed's  Daughter,  April  4,  1762;  William, 

April  13,  1764;  Mary,  March  15,  1766. 
Jonathan  Clayton,  son  of  John,  had  bap.  John,  May  6,   1764;  Amie,  July 

31,  1768. 
John  Campbell,  his   2d  wife  Henritia  Cowenhoven,   had  bap.   William, 

April  14,  1765;  Elizabeth,  April  12,  1767. 
John  Craig,  Merchant,  married  Jane,  widow  of  David  English,  had  bap. 

Mary,  June  29,  1766;  Charity,  Aug.  20,  1769:  Daniel,  June  12,  1774. 
Jacob  Cole,  had  bap.  Rebekah,  his  Wife  on  profession  of  her  Faith  &  Ben- 
jamin his  son  an  Infant,  Aug.  7,  1768;  John,  June  13,  1773;  Danniel,  Feb. 

27,  1780. 
Asher  Cla3-ton  had  bap.  Elizabeth,  June  23,  1776. 
\Vm.  Covenhoven,  Jr.,  had  bap.  Jane,  Feb.  23,  1772;  Elshie,  April  24,  1774. 

Joseph  Combs,  S.  T.,  had  bap.  David,  June  27,   1773;  Elizabeth,   Feb.  5, 

1775;  Thomas,  May  18,  1777. 

Joseph  Combs  had  bap.  PZlizabeth,  Oct.  12,  ;  Mary, 15,  . 

Wm.  Cole,  deceased.     James  &  Margaret  presented  by  the  Widow,  their 

Mother,  Ma}'  29,  1737;  Mary,  upon  profession  of  her  own  faith,  Nov.  3, 

174.S- 
Samuel   Craig  had  bap.   Elizabeth,   Sep.    16,    173-;  John,  Jan.  21,   ; 

William,  March  15,  ;  Ursilla,  May  i,  ;  Mary,  Nov.  3,  . 

John  Combs,  son  of  Thomas,  had  bap.  James,  Dec.  14,  — 5;  Charles,  Sept. 

9,  — 9;  John,  Aug.  25,  1771;  Jonathan,  Oct.  17,  1773. 
Joseph  Cowenhoven,  son  of  William,  had  bap.  Ealenor,  March  13,  1757. 
Daniel  Covert,  had  bap.  Peter,  l-'el).  4,  1776;  Mary,  Sept.  21,  1778. 


APPENDIX.  207 

Williamtije  Covvenhoven,  Widow  of  Elias  Cowenhoven,  Baptized  on  pub- 
lick  profession  of  her  Faith,  INIay  22,  1758. 

Peter  Covvenhoven.  son  of  William,  had  bap.  Mary  bj^  his  Wife  Anne, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Davies,  May  19,  1751;  Lewis,  Oct.  16,  1752;  Thomas, 
Feb.  1756;  Elizabeth  &  Phebe  twin  children,  June  26,  1768. 

Thomas  Craig,  had  bap.  John,  Oct  2-j,  1751;  David,  Jan.  19,  1755. 
Thomas  Craven,  had  bap.  Peter,  Feb.  9,  1752. 

William  Compton,  had  bap.  Lucia,  Feb.  25,  1753:  John,  May  ri,  1755; 
Elizabeth,  Oct.  1756;  Joseph,  May  4,  1760. 

John  Cowenhoven,  son  of  Albert,  had  bap.  David,  March  4,  1753. 
David  Cowenhoven,  son  of  William,  had  bap.  Sarah,  Oct.  26,  1755;  John, 

Mar.  26,  1758;  Anne,  Aug.  17,   1760;  David,  July  10,   1763;  Garret,   May 

II,  1766;  Elizabeth,  June  25,  1769. 
Albert  Cowenhoven,  the  son  of  William,  had  bap.  Elizabeth,  May  13,  1759. 

Feb.  14,  1762;  Eleanor,  presented  by  the  mother,  the  father 

being  dead,  June  14,  1764. 

Sammuel  Craig,  son  of  John,  Deacon,  had  bap.  John,  June  27,  1773. 
Peter  Clark,  had  bap.  Elizabeth,  by  a  second  wife,  July  22,  1759. 
William  Clayton,  son  of  Abraham,  had  bap.  Thomas,  April  15,  1764. 
William  Cahale,  had  bap.  Anne,  Ma}-  18,  1760. 

Wm.  Covenhovn,  son  of  Benjamin,  had  bap.  Cathrine,  Aprile  7,  1775. 
Garret  Cowenhoven,  had  bap.  Gertrude,  Aug.  17,  1760. 
William  Cole,  had  bap.  David,  May  i,  1763;  Zilpah,  June  29,  1766. 
John  Calvert,  had  bap.  William,  May  14,    1775;    Michael    by   Mr.    Smith, 
May  TO,  1778;  ]Mary  by  INIr.  Woodhull,  June  20,  1779. 

Isaac  Cowenhoven,  son  of  William,  had  bap.  Sarah  and  Eleanor,  Juh'  10, 
1763;  Elizabeth,  Feb.  23,  1766;  Thomas,  Sep.  13,  1767. 

William  Craige,  son  of  Archd.  Craig,  Esqr.,  had  bap.  James,  ;  David 

Dec.  6,  1755;  Samuel,  May  17,  1758;  Mary,  Apr.  25,  1760;  John,  June  6, 
1762;  Anne,  May  6,  1764;  Ursila,  May  18,  1766;  Margaret  Oct.  30,   1768. 

John  Covenhovn,  son  of  Wm.  Millar,  had  bap.   Cathrine,  July  14,    1771; 

Abigale,  June  13,    1773;  William,  Aug.  7.    1774;  John,    Aprle  21,    ; 

Sammuel, . 

William  Craig,  had  bap.  James,  ;  Alexander,  Jan.  28,  . 

Wm.  Cowenhoven,  son  of  Peter,  had  bap.  Mary,  Aug.  i,  . 

1731-2  Duncan  &  Eleanor  Campbell  joined  in  Wedlock  Feb.  24. 
Charles  Carson,  had  bap.  Daniel,  Feb.  21,  . 

Thomas  Combs  had  bap.  Thomas,  Sept.  24,  ;  Elizabeth,  Feb.  9,  ; 

Joseph.  Aug  28,  1743. 


2o8  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Abraham   Clayton,  had  bap.  himself,  and  Martha  his  daughter  bj-   Mr. 

Wales.  Jan  2S,  ;  Mary,  Feb.  9, ;  Rachel,  June  12, ;  Abraham 

.s:  William,  Baptized  at  home  because  amiss,  June  26,  1746. 

Wni.  Clark,  deceased.     Elizabeth,  bap.  April  29, .     Presented  by  her 

Aunt.  Ann  Reed. 

Charles  Carson,  had  bap.  Francis,  Sep.  16, ;  Joseph,  Aug.  8, . 

Andrew  Crawford,  had  bap.  Gideon  and  James,  Baptism  being  neglected 

to  the  first,  Sept.  16,  ;  William  and  Ursilla,  at  the  same  time  was 

Baptized  Mary  his  wife  upon  profession  of  her  Faith, 12, ;  John, 

and  Andrew  Home,  not  twins,  June  27, . 

Robert  Cumming,  had  bap.  INIary,  Feb.  12,  . 

Hannah  Craig,  had  bap.  Leah,  19, . 

William  Crawford,  had  bap.  Margaret,  June,  4, ;  Said  Crawford  married 

said  Hannah  Craig;  William  Redford,  May  4,  ;  Gertrude,   May  23. 

Perregrine,  April  21, ;  Lewis,  July  ig,  ;  Lydia,  May  13,  . 

Nicholas  Cook,  had  bap.  Thomas,  March  26,  ;  John,  Aug.  11,  ; 

Elizabeth,  June  8,  ;  Rachel,  April  17,  ;  Hannah,  April  6,     — ; 

George,  April  24,  8;  Jonathan,  Sept.  16,  o;  Benjamin,  Oct.   17, 

6 

Moses  Craig,  had  bap.  Thomas  a  son,  &  Catharine  a  daughter,  April   13, 

5- 

Wm.  Cowenhoven,  son  of  Peter,  had  bap.  William,  Sep.  28,  1735;  Samuel, 

Sep.  24,  1738;  Sarah,  Aug.  5,  1744;  John,  Aug.  24,  1746. 

Abraham  Clayton,  had  bap.  Thomas,  June  5, . 

Samuel  Crawford,  had  bap.  Reyntie  &  Keturah,  both  this  day,  Aug.  25, 

1745- 
John  Craig,  son  of  Archibald,  had  bap.  James,  ]\Iarch  27,  1768;  John,  April 

26,  1772;  Lewis,  Feb.  26,  1775. 
Robert  Cuming  was  married  to  INIary  Noble,  Jan.  8,  1746,  being  his  second 

wife,  had  bap.  Catharine,  the  first  Child  of  the  Second  Marriage,  May,  i, 

1748;  Anna,  (Alias  Agnos),  May  27,  1750;  John,  at  a  Catechising  at  Mr. 

A.  Mattison's,  Feb.  5,  1752;  Margaret,  July  28,  1754. 
Benjamin  Clark,  had  bap.  Mary,  June  18,  1749;  Elizabeth,  April  15,   1753; 

Alexander,  June  9,  1754;  Andrew,  April  18,  1756. 
Richard  Compton,  had  bap.  Joseph,  May  6,  1750. 
Joseph  Clayton,  son  of  John,  had  bap.  Himself  &  his  Wife  Hannah,  on 

profession  of  their  Faith,  &  then  their  Son  John,  Nov.  6,   1757;  Joseph, 

Sep.  17,  1778. 
Thomas  Combs,  Jr.,  had  bap.  Solomon,  April  9,  1758;  Rachel,  Oct.  18,  1761; 

Esther,  June  14,  1764. 
Daniel  Clark,  had  bap.  John,  Aug. ,  1758. 


APPENDIX.  209 

Frederick  Deboogh,  had  bap.  Frances,  a  Daughter,  Jan.  21,   173 r;  Sarah, 

Jan.  8,  1734. 

William  Davison  had  bap.  presented  by  the  Mother,  Sep.  24,   1732. 

John  Davison,  had  bap.  Mary,  presented  by  the  Mother,  Jan.  28,  1733. 
Robert  Davison  had  bap.  John,  Dec.  29,  1734;  William,  July  11,  1736;  Alice, 

Jan.  13,  1740;  Robert,  May  23,  1742;  David,  Oct.  15,  1752. 
Hannah  Brown,  (Alias  Deboogh),  had  bap.  Thomas,  April  6,  1735. 
Isaac  Dey  had  bap.  Hannah,  May  4,   1735;  Gilbert,  Aug.  13,   1738;  Isaac, 

May  10,  1741;  Sarah,  Aug.  21,  1743. 
Frederick  Deboogh,  had  bap  Isaac,  May  2,  1736;  Benjamin,  Nov.  13,  1737. 
John  Davison,  blacksmith,  had  bap.  Mary,  Sept.  9,  1739. 
William  Deveny,  had  bap.  William,  Sep.  i,  1745. 
John  Drommond,  deceased.     Ruth  Drommond,  a  young  Woman  grown, 

bap.  May  25,  1752,  on  profession  of  her  Faith. 

William  Devinney  had  bap.  John,  May  10, ,  by  Mr.  Smith. 

Joseph  Dennis,  a  Man  above  60  years  of  Age,  Baptized  upon  profession  of 

his  Faith,  April  14, . 

Dinah,  Negro  Wench  of  Hendrick  Voorhees,  bap.  upon  profession  of  her 

Faith. 
John  Davies  had  bap.  Catharine,  April  16,  1757. 
James  Denham.     John,  baptized  Aug.  5,   1759,  on  profession  of  his  own 

faith,  being  a  young  man  grown. 
Aaron  Davis,  had  bap.  Jannet,  June  5,  1774;  Aaron,  IMarch  30,  1777. 
John  Davison.     His  wife,  Elizabeth,  baptized  on  profession  of  her  faith,  & 

James  his  son,  July  9,  1775. 
Abraham  Egburg,  had  bap.  Policy,  Presented  by  the  Mother,  Oct.  31,  1779. 
Michael  Errukson,  had  bap.  Thomas,  May  5,  1734;  Susanna,  Aug.  19,  1739. 
James  English,  had  bap.  Elizabeth,  IMarch  23,  1734;  Jonathan,  March  19, 

1738;  John,  Sept.     ,  1739;  James,  Son  of  his  Son  James  Deceased,  July 

10.  1768. 
David  English,  had  bap.  Marj-,  &  his  Apprentice  William  Cole,   IMarch, 

20,  1737;  Jane,  Sept.  24,  1738;  David,  IMarch  17,  1741;  Margaret,  Aug.  26, 

1744- 
Mr.  Thomas  Eaton,  (Son  of  John  Eaton,  of  Shrewsbury),  a  merchant  in 

New  York,  Baptized  on  profession  of  his  own  Faith,  Aug.  20,  1749. 
George  Eagger,  had  bap.  William,  IMay  6,   1750;  Daniel,  April  26,   1752; 

both  presented  by  the  father,  the  mother  not  joining. 

Elizabeth  Eaton  &  Johannah  Eaton,  (Daughters  of  John  Eaton,  Esqr.  De- 
ceased), Young  women  grown,  Baptized  on  profession  of  their  own  Faith, 
Aug.  5,  1750. 


2IO  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Michael  Errickson,  Jr.,  had  bap.  John,  Dec.  3,  1752. 

David  English,  son  of  James,  had  bap.  Jane,  Nov.  30, ;  Margaret,  July 

— ,  1758;  David,  Oct.  24,  1760,  Being  a  Thanksgiving  Day;  James  Rob- 
inson, i\Ia\'  I,  1763,  Presented  by  the  ^lother Dead. 

Cornelixis  Erwing,  had  bap.  James,  Phebe,  Cornelius,  Daniel  &  Jo —  Sep. 
10,  1758:  Baptized  at  one  time  &  presented  b\'  the  father  & . 

Jonathen  English  married  Wm.  Laird's  daughter  Elizabeth,  May  — ,  1763; 
had  bap.  INIargaret,  June  3,  1764;  Elizabeth,  June  29,  1766;  David,  May 
14.  1769- 

George  Elliot,  had  bap.  Alexander,  June  ro,  1764. 

Thomas  Errickson,  had  bap.  Janet,  April  14,  1765;  James,  ]\Iay  15,  1768; 
Timothy,  Aprile  21,  1771;  Sammuel,  Aug.  22,  1773;  Susanna,  June  i, 
1777- 

Robert  English,  son  of  James,  married  Robert  Montgomerie,  Esqrs.  daugh- 
ter Jane;  had  bap.  Robert,  Sep.  22,  1765. 

John  Freeman  had  bap.  Mary  Howel,  June  29,  1777. 

Jonathan  Forman,  Esqr.  had.  bap.  David,  4,  . 

David  Forman,  had  bap.  Jonathan,  June  4,  175S;  Samuel,  Sept.  19,  1764; 
Daniel,  June  11,  1769. 

Aaron  Forman  deceased's  Children.     George  and  Priscilla,  these  two  made 

profession  of  the  Faith  for  themselves,  Jan.   2^, ;  Lewis,  Andrew, 

Lydia,  Phebe,  Robert,  these  five  were  presented  bj'  their  Mother  who 
engaged  for  their  Instruction  in  the  Faith. 

Peter  Forman,  had  bap.  Anne,  Jan.  27, ;  Jonathan,  April  5,  ;  ]\Iar5% 

April  9,  ,  the  Fast  Day  before  the  L.  Supper;  Jane,  Jan.  21,  ; 

William,  Oct.  6, ;  P^aleanor,  Sep.  9, ;  Peter,  Apr.  4,  — 6;  Samuel, 

Dec.  II,  — 7;  Heleana,  Sep.  9,  1959;  Lydia,  Jan.  31,  1762. 

Aaron  Forman.  Elizabeth,  the  Wife  of  Said  Aaron  Baptized  upon  profes- 
sion of  her  Faith,  Oct.  29.  1748. 

Samuel  Forman,  had  bap.  Catharine,  June  — ,  1753;  Jonathan,  Dec.  14, 
1755- 

George  Forman,  had  bap.  Aaron,  Dec.  6,  1755. 

Jonathan  Gordon,  had  bap.  Ambrose,  July  1,  1750;  Priscilla,  Apr.  26,  1752; 
Ezekiel,  Aug.  4,  1754;  Jane,  Apr.  17,  1757;  Catharine,  June  i,  1760; 
Elizabeth,  Jan.  22,  1764;  Lewis,  Apr.  6,  1766. 

Samuel  Goodenough,  had  bap.  Mary,  June  5,  1757;  Sarah,  May  7,   1758. 

John  Gaston,  Jr.,  whose  Father  was  Murthered  by  the  Indians;  had  bap. 
William,  Sep.  6,  1761;  Joseph,  July  17,  1763;  John,  Apr.  14,  1765;  Samuel, 
&  James,  Twin  Children,  Apr.  12.  i7C)7. 

Charles  Gorden,  son  of  David  Gordon,  had  bap. ,  1762;  Hannah, 

Oct.  7,  1764. 


APPENDIX.  211 

Daniel  gaston,  had  bap.  John,  Aprile  14,  1776. 

John  Gordon,  had  bap.  Lydia,  June  15,  1740. 

David  Gordon,   had  bap.    Charles,   Jan.   31,    1742;   John,    Sep.    11,    1743; 

Elizabeth,  June   i,    1746;  William,   Apr.  3,    1748;  David,   May  27,    1750; 

Hannah,  June  28,  1752;  Alice,  Sept.  21,  1754;  Peter,  Apr.  15,  1759;  Lewis, 

Nov.  22,  1761. 
Charles  Gordon,  had  bap.  Robert,  Sep  17,   1742;  Mary,  the  first  child  by 

Gertrude  his  Second  Wife,  which  had  been  George  Walker's  Wife  & 

Widow,  Dec.  11.  1748. 

Hugh  Greeg,  had  bap.  Williaui,  July,  10,  1743;  Hugh,  June  16,  1745; 
James,  Sept.  27,  1746. 

Elias  Golden,  had  bap   John,  Aug.  23,  1747. 

James  Graham,  had  bap.  Anne  &  Sarah,  at  home,  July  26,  1731. 

John  Glendinnen,  had  bap.  John,  Sep.  16,  1733. 

Peter  Gordon,  had  bap.  William  &  Elizabeth,  twins,  Nov.  3,  1734;  Catha- 
rine, Oct.  17,  1736;  Alice,  Apr.  15,  1739;  ^Margaret,  the  first  child  by  his 
Second  wife,  Mary  Craig,  Jan.  8.  1744;  Peter,  Nov.  3,  1745;  Archibald, 
Feb.  2r,  1748;  INIary,  ]Mar.  4,  1750;  Sarah,  Jan.  5,  1752;  Lewis,  July  7, 
1754- 

John  Graham,  had  bap.  Mary,  Mar  4,  1739. 

John  Gaston,  had  bap.  JNIary,  Dec.  9,  1739;  James,  Mar.  28,  1742;  Hugh, 
July  15,  1744;  Mary  &  Elizabeth,  Twin  Children,  Mar.  8,  1747;  Daniel, 
Apr.  3,  1749;  Catharine,  June  2,  1751;  John,  Jan.  20,  1754;  William, 
July  18,  1756;  Jane,  Mar.  25,  1759. 

William  Hults,  had  bap.  Jane,  Sep.  19,  1764;  jMargaret,  Apr.  13,  1766; 
William,  May,  14,  1769;  Peter,  July  28,  1771;  Jane,  May  8,  1774. 

Coneraed  Hendrickson,  had  bap.  Elizabeth,  Nov.  22,  1761. 

Samuel  Harvey,  had  bap.  Thomas,  June  24,  1751. 

Thomas  Hankinson,  son  of  Robr.,  had  bap.  Margaret,  presented  by  the 
Mother,  Hugh  McFerrin's  daughter,  Apr.  4,  1762. 

James  Hill,  had  bap.  Elizabeth,  Aug.  24,  1755. 

William  Hendrickson  ]\Iaried  Charity  Robinson,  Dec.  23,  1757;  had  bap. 
John,  Nov.  19,  1757. 

Samuel  Heriot,  son-in-law  to  Joseph  Ker,  had  bap.  Margaret,  June  15,  1760. 

Keineth  Hankinson,  had  bap.  Keineth,  June  7,  1772;  Lyidia,  June  19,  1774. 

John  Henderson,  Jr.,  had  bap.  Elizabeth,  Feb.  4,  1762;  Borne  23  Dec.  1761. 
Anne,  March  27,  1763;  Borne  21  Jan.  1763.  William,  June  2,  1765; 
March  31,  1765.  Jane,  June  7,  1767  ;  Borne  2  May,  1767  ;  Deceased  Sept. 
'^1^  '^ll'h-  Thomas,  Apr.  15,  1770  ;  Borne  9th  Day  february,  1770.  Mary, 
Aprile,  26,  1772  ;  Borne  8th  Day  of  March,  1772.  John,  June  12,  1774  ; 
Borne  i8th  Day  of  Aprile,    1774.     Charles  Lee,  Oct.  7,  1776  ;  Borne  27th 


212  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Da5'  of  July,  1776.  Jane  the  Second,  Aprile — ,  1779  ;  Borne  21st  Day  of 
Octobr.,  1778.  Elizabeth,  Aprile  29,  1782  ;  Borne  26th  Day  of  Octobr., 
178T. 

John  Hutton,  had  bap.  Marj'.  Oct.  6,  1734. 

Richaid  Hankins,  had  bap.  Hugh,  Aug.  29,  1736  ;  Rachel,  Apr.  2,  1742  ; 
Euphunia,  May  14,  1744  ;  all  presented  by  the  mother,  who  is  John 
Fraizer's  daughter. 

William  Huggon,  had  bap.  Joseph,  May  29,  1737  ;  Elizabeth,  by  his  Second 
Wife,  June  24,  1758  ;  Sarah,  Sept.  — ,  1759 

Charles  Hibbets,  had  bap.  James,  May  29,  1737  ;  Mary,  Sep.  9,  1739  ; 
Charle.';,  Nov.  i,  1741  ;   Elizabeth,  May  6,  1744. 

Silvester  Hughs,  on  Profession  of  his  Faith,  Sep.  24,  1738. 

Hendrick  Hanse.     Janatie  or  Jane,  Presented  by  the  Mother,  Mar.  2,  1746. 

William  Hampton,  Widvv.,  Maried  Wid.  Gertrude  Craig,  had  bap.  Samuel, 

their  first  child  that  lived,  July  2,  1749  ;  Gertrude, ,  1751  ;  Catharine, 

Apr.  13,   1755. 

John  Henderson,  had  bap.  Jane  the  Second,  May  19,  1751. 

Hannah,  an  Old  Negro  Wench  of  the  widow  of  Cornelius  Cowenhoven, 
Deceased,  bap.  upon  profession  of  her  faith,  June  17,  1744  ;  Aged  above 
80  years. 

John  Henderson,  had  bap.  Jane,  The  first  Child  ever  the  Rev.  Mr.  John 
Tennent  Baptized,  Dec.  26,  1730.  Jane  Henderson  slept  in  the  Lord 
Jan.  4,  1749  ;  Elizabeth,  by  Mr.  Wales,  Jan.  28,  1733  ;  Married  June  19, 
1755.  Anne,  by  Mr.  Wm.  Tennent,  Jr.,  Feb.  9,  1735  ;  Deceased  June  18, 
1748.  Stevens  Nicholas,  Apr.  24,  1737  ;  Deceased  Nov.  27,  1737.  Mich- 
ael, Jan.  22,  1739.  John,  Oct.  3,  1741.  Thomas,  Aug.  28,  1743  ;  he  mar- 
ried Mary,  daughter  of  Jno.  Hendricks,  Sep.  23,  1767.  Margaret,  Apr. 
27,  1746  ;  She  Maried  Wm.  Tinney,  July  22,,  1769.  Anne,  the  Second, 
Dec.  18,  1748  ;   Deceased  June  13,  1749. 

Hannah  Hankinson,  bap.  on  the  profession  of  her  own  Faith,  P'eb.  24, 
1732,  Aged  13  yrs. 

Joseph  Hankinson  &  Thomas,  his  son,  bap.  Feb.  24,  1734  ;  The  father 
having  made  a  publick  profession  of  his  faith  ;  Aaron,  Apr.  4,  1736; 
William,  Nov.  27,  1737  ;  Anne,  Mar.  11,  1739  ;  John  and  Joseph,  after 
his  Removal  to  Readington,  Oct.  19,  1746. 

William  Hampton,  had  bap.  Isabella,  Feb.  24,  1734  ;  Timothy,  Oct.  5, 
1735;  Alice,  Nov.  6,  1737;  John,  Jan.  13,  1740;  Lewis,  June  13,  1742; 
p;iizaheth,  Aug.  15,  1744. 

William  Hughs  Daughters.     Catharine,  bap.  Jan.  26,  1766;  Margaret,  

1766,  on  profession  of  their  owen  faith. 

Michael  Henderson,  had  bap.  John,  Feb.  17,  1766;  James  Anderson,  July 
19    1767. 


APPENDIX.  213 

Samuel  Henderson,  Maried  George  Rhes  daughter  Margaret,  had  bap. 
David,  Nov.  i,  1767;  William, 1770. 

James  Herbert,  married  Wm.  Cowenhoven  Albs.  Daughter  Elizabeth,  had 
bap.  ,  June  10,  1770. 

Richard  Herbert,  had  bap.  Cathrine,  April  4,  1776. 

Doctor  Thomas  Henderson,  had  bap.  Mary,  Oct.  2,  1779. 

William  Jolley,  had  bap.  David,  Apr.  25,  1732. 

William  Johnston,  had  bap.  James  Montgomery,  Aprile  14,  1776;  William, 
Feb.  14,  1779. 

Joseph  Johnson,  had  bap.  John,  May  5,  1734;  Grifith,  July  27,  1735. 

Abraham  Jones,  had  bap.  Elenor  Robinson,  presented  by  the  mother,  Feb. 
19.  1775- 

Mihael  Johnston,  Maried  to  Euphenia  Watson  Ma}'  17,  1750,  had  bap. 
Peter  their  first   Child,  Aug.   12,   1751;    Mary,  Feb.   18,   1753,  Deceased 

Sept.  1754;  John,  INIar.  2,  1755;  Marj',  June  22,  1757,  Deceased 

1764;  William-Watson,  Sept.  30,  1759;  Jane,  July  5,  1761;  Margaret, 
July  10,  1763;  ^Michael,  July  7,  1765;  Thomas,  Jan.  22,  1768,  Baptized  at 
a  Catechising  at  Mr.  Cooks  :  Joseph,  May  9,  1772,  his  IMother  was  Buried 
the  same  Day. 

Hendrick  Johnson,  had  bap.  James,  Aug.  19,   1753;    Mary,  July  31,   1757; 

Mindert,  Oct.  7,  1759;  Samuel,  Jan.  15,  1764. 
John  Jewel,  had  bap.  Jane,  July  9,  1769. 
John  Jammison,  had  bap.  William,  May  14,  1775. 

Catharine  Job,  daughter  of  Geo,  Job,  Jr.,  Feb.  8,  1756,  Baptized  on  profes- 
sion of  her  own  faith. 

Jaef  a  Negro  Man  of  Roelef  Schenck  Brewer  Baptized  Sep.  27,  1747,  on 
profession  of  his  faith. 

Joseph  Ker,  had  bap.  ^Nlary,  Oct.  20,  1734;  Margaret,  June  4,  1738;  Ursula, 

,  1742;  Sarah,  July  8,   1744;  Waltar,  Aug.  11,   1745;  Euphunea,  the 

first  child  to  his  Second  Wife,  Mar,  13,  1748;  Ursulla,  Aug.  6,  1749; 
Anna,  Jan.  i,  1751;  Ebenezar  Baptzd.  Nov.  25,  1754;  Lydia,  Sep.  19,  1756. 

Richard  King,  had  bap.  Robert,  March  4,  1736;  James,  Sept.  4,  1737. 

Walter  Ker,  son  of  Samuel,  had  bap.  Ezekiel,  Apr.  30,  1758;  Watson,  Mar. 
I,  1761;  Sarah,  May  13,  1764. 

Joseph  Ker,  had  bap.  Rachel,  March  22,,  1760. 

Kate,  a  Negro  Wench  of  Benj.  Van  Cleefs,  March  14,  1742,  on  profession 
of  her  faith. 

Joseph  Kinnan,  had  bap.  Ealeanor,  Nov.  18,  1753. 

William  Ker,  had  bap.  Margaret,  April  18,  1731,  the  first  Baptized  in  the 
New  Meeting  House;  INIary,  Nov.  4,  1733;  Nathan,  Oct.  3,  1736,  the  first 
of  his  Second  Wife's  Children;    Elizabeth,    March    19,    1738;    Hannah, 


214  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Aug.  31,  1740;  Lydia,  Feb.  7,  1742;  Sarah,  Sept.  18,  1743;  Nathaniel, 
Sept.  15,  1745;  Waltar,  Dec.  iS,  174S. 

Samuel  Ker,   had  bap.  Waltar,    Mar.   12,    1732;    William,    Mar.   25,    1733; 

Joseph,  Sept.  22,  1734;    Elisabeth,  Nov.  15,  1735;    Lsbela,  ]Mar.  20,    1737; 

Jacob,  Dec.  17,  173S;  Samuel,  Dec.  6,  1740;  Rachel,  June  20,  1742;  John, 

Feb.  12,  1744;  Catharine,  Mar.  16,  1746;  Stephen,  Apr.  28,  1751. 
John  Ker,  had  bap.  Rebeca,  Juh-  19,  1732;  Joseph,  May  5,  1734. 
Moses  Laird  married  Elisabeth,  the  daughter  of  James  English,  had  bap. 

David,  May  10,  1767;  William,  Jan.  8,  1769;  Catharine  his  Second  wife 

on  profession  of  her  faith,  &  Elizabeth  their  daughter,  Aprile,  17,  1773; 

Catharine,  Oct.  31,  1774. 
Peter  Longstreet,  had  bap.  Elias,  June  14,  1767;  Anne,  April  29,  1770. 
Danniel  Lane,  had  bap.  His  wife  Lyda,  Jan.  27,  1775,  on  Profession  of  her 

own  faith,  &  then  their  daughter  Cathrine;  David,  Oct.  13,  1776. 
David  Loyd,  had  bap.  F^lias,  Jan.  27,  1775;  Peter,  Sep.  14,  1777. 
Dr.  Peter  LaConte,  had  bap.  William,  John  Eaton,  &  Margaret  at  home, 

;  Thomas,  July  26,  1747;  Peter,  May  19,  1751 

William  Laird,  son  of  Thomas,  had  bap.  Jane,  Aug.  21,  1768;  Sarah,  Oct. 

28,  1770;  Thomas,  May  2S,  1775 
Rachel  Lovell,  a  young  &  grown  Woman,  Baptised  upon  profession  of  her 

faith,  Dec.  4,  1742. 
John  Lloyd,  had  bap.  Anna,  Apr.  26,  1747  ;  Margaret,  July  3,  1748. 
John  Laird,  had  bap.  Susanna,  Sep.  3,  1775. 

Alexander  Laird,  Deceased,  Sep.  8,  1771,  had  bap.  His  Wife  L^'dia,  Daugh- 
ter of  Robert  James,  and  then  his  son  William,  ,  1756  ;  Robert, , 

1758  ;  Richard,  June  22,  1760  ;  Amie,  Sept.  26,  1762  ;  Elisabeth,  April  14, 
1765  ;  Lydia,  Aprile  7,  1771. 

Aaron  Longstreet,  of  Rocky  Hill,  had  bap.  Lydia,  June  10,  1759. 

John  Lambertson,  had  bap.  Roleph,  June  20,  1731. 

William  Laird,  Deceased  Aug.  16,  1772;  had  bap.  Alexander,  Nov.  4,  1733; 
Moses,  Oct.  19,  1735;  Sarah,  July  10,  1737;  Jane,  Oct.  19,  1740;  Elisabeth, 
July  4,  1742;  Mary,  April  15,  1744;  Margaret,  Apr.  27,  1746;  Beavan,  May 
22,  1748:  deceased  Sep.  21,  1774;  William,  Oct.  22,  1751. 

William  Logan,    had  bap.    Sarah,  Ma}-   19,    1734;    Stofifel,    Aug.  31,  1735; 

William,  Dec.  jS,  1737. 
Wm.  Laird,  son  of  Wm.  had  bap.  William,  by   .Mr.  Smith,  May  10,  1778. 
Nathaniel  INIorgan,  had  bap.  Hannah,  July  4,  1736. 
Thomas  Laird,  had  bap.  Moses,  Maj'  19,  1734. 

John  Lowrey,  had  bap.  Nathaniel,  May  29,  1736;  Jane,  Sept.  j8,  1738. 
David  Lee,  had  bap.  Patience,  July  2,  1738. 


APPENDIX.  215 

Timothy  Lloyd,  Jr.,  had  bap.  Peter,  Jvine  20,  1742;  David,  Feb.  10,  1745. 

Daniel  Lott,  had  bap.  Mary,  July  9,  1775. 

William  Laird,  had  bap.  Susanna,  Apr.  21,  1754. 

Robert  McAfie,  had  bap.   Agnos,   Feb.  18,    1750;    Elisabeth,  presented  by 

the  Mother  the  father  being  absent,   jNIarch   18,    1753:    Ealeanor,   Both 

parents  engaged,  March  22,  1755. 

John  McChesnej',  deceased  March  10,  1775;  had  bap.  Robert,  May  14,  1758; 
James,  by  Second  Wife,  March  30,  1760;  John,  April  8,  1764;  Eleanor, 
May  II,  1766;  William,  July  10,  176S;  Samuel.  Aug.  5,  1770;  Joseph, 
Aprile  18,  1773. 

Francis  Mount,  married  Andr.  Reed's  daughter.  Ezekiel,  bap.  June  7, 
1767;  Anne,  July  16,  1769,  both  presented  by  the  ^Mother;  Elisabeth, 
June  5,  1774. 

Mary  INIontier  a  Grown  Young  Woman,  Baptized  on  her  profession  of  her 
Faith,  March  27,  1763. 

Daniel  Mackelwain,  had  bap.  Margaret,  Sep.  2,  1744. 

Hugh  Mack  Gill,  had  bap.  William,  June  28,  1767. 

Robart  McKnight,  had  bap.    John,  May  8,  1774. 

Mink,  a  Negro  Man  of  Court  Schenck's  upon  profession  of  his  faith,  July 

5.   1741- 
Moses,  a  Negro  Man  of upon  profession  of  his  faith,   June 

18,   1749. 
William  ]McKnight.     Sarah  Wife  of  Wm.  McKnight  upon  profession  of 

her  Faith,  Dec.  16,  1744;  had  bap.  Robert  his  first  child,   Nov.  3,  1745; 

Jane, ,  1747;    Amie,  July  — ,  1749;    John,  April  28,  1751;    Lewis, 

June  24,  1753;    Mary,  Jan.  26,  1755;    James,  May  8,  1757;    Thomas,  Dec. 

10,  1758;  Jo4eph,  Oct.  19,  1760. 
Andrew  McGallird,  had  bap.  James,  July  19,  1747. 
Ammariah  Morris    had  bap.     Garret,  May  11,  1775;    Mary,  June  20,  1779, 

both  presented  b}'  the  mother. 
James  Moorhead  had  bap.  William,  May  8,  1748. 
Robert  McGallird  had  bap.  Jane,  March  26,  1749. 
Hugh  McFerrin  had  bap.   Margaret,  July  11,  1736;    Robert,  Nov.  26,  1738; 

Isabella,  Dec.  13,  1740;    Susanna,  Mar.  20,  1743. 
John  McFerrin  had  bap.  Daniel,  May  29,  1737;  Elisabeth,  March  4,  1739. 
Humphrey  Mount,    had  bap.    William,   Ma}-  14,  1739,     Presented   by  the 

Mother. 
Robert  Morris,    had  bap.    Wilson,   May  11,  1775;    William,  June  20,  1779^ 

both  presented  by  the  mother. 
Matthias  Mount,  had  bap.    John,  June  5,  1743;  Rachel, . 


2i6  HISTORY    OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Richd.  Mills,  had  bap.  William.  Mar.  25,  1750,  presented  b}-  the  Mother; 
David,  Oct.  22,  1752,  presented  by  the  Mother  also. 

Samuel  McConky,  had  bap.  William,  March  11,  1744;  Jacob,  Sept.  13, 
1745:  John,  July  19,  1747;  Anne,  Apr.  23,  1749;  Mary,  March  ~,  1751; 
Samuel,  June  10,  1753. 

Hujfh  McFerrin  had  bap.   Elisabeth,  Dec.  6,  1730;  Jane,  Nov.  4,  1733. 

Daniel  McCay  had  bap.  Klisabelh,  May  2,  1731;  Daniel,  presented  bj-  the 
mother,  the  father  being  dead,  Nov.  4,  1733. 

Humphry  Mount  had  bap.  Brittan,  June  2,  1731;  Dorcas,  Mays,  1734; 
Mary,  June  7,  1736;  all  presented  b}-  the  mother. 

Jacob  Mattison  had  bap.  Anne  his  v^ife,  Feb.  11,  1732;  Elisabeth  his 
Daughter. ;    Mary,  Jan.  8,  1734. 

Andrew  Mains,  had  bap.  Andrew,  Jul}'  19,  1732;  Charles,  March  31,  1734; 
Jane,  June  22,  1735. 

John  McConnel  had  bap.  Eleazar,  Sep.  i,  1733;  Martha,  March  28,  1736. 

Duncan  McCay  had  bap.  Mary,  Catharine,  Anne&  William,  all  at  once, 
Oct.  5,  1735;  James,  June  12.  \']n\  John,  April  i,  1739. 

Joseph  Newton,  his  wife  Eleanor,  daughter  of  John  Anderson,  Esqr.,  had 
bap.  Thomas  and  James,  Nov.  2,  1766;  Kenneth  Ander.son,  Oct.  23,  1768, 
presented  by  the  Mother,  the  Father  being  Absent. 

George,  a  Negro  IMan,  belonging  to  Joseph  V'an  Matren,  Baptized  on  pro- 
fession of  his  faith,  Oct.  25,  1761. 

Negro  Woman.  Hagar  Slave  of  Hendr.  Hendrickson,  Dr.  Baptised  on 
profession  of  Faith,  Apr,  14,  1751. 

Negro  Mink,    had  bap.   Peter,  Sep.  18,  1748,    the  Mother  lives  at  Mr.  Jas. 

Robinson's:    Ninus,  Sept. ,  1751,     Mr.    Robinson   Joined    with    the 

Child's  father. 

Mr.  Robt.  Cummings.  Negro  Cube,  bap.  Oct.  16,  1752,  on  profession  of 
his  own  faith;  Titus,  Apr.  15,  1753,  Child  of  Sd.  Cube;  Samson,  Ma}'  8, 
1757,  Child  of  Sd.  Cube. 

Mr.  Cumming.  .Minibo,  Cube's  Wife,  bap.  Aug.  18,  1765,  on  profession,  &c. 

John  Nevval  had  haj).  Adam,  A])r.  4,  1731. 

Thomas  Nesmith,  had  bap.  Anne;  Father  &  Child  Baptized  together  July 
19.  1732;     Margaret,  May  26.  1734. 

John  Newal,  had  bap.  Agnos,  Dec.  23,  1733. 

William  Norcross  was  married  to  Martha  Matti.son,  Dec.  — .  1745;  Baptiz- 
ed upon  profession  of  his  Faith,  June  5,  1743;  had  bap.  John,  his  first 
Child,  Jan.  1  1,  1747;  Aaron,  on  fryday  before  the  Lord's  Supper,  Apr.  8, 
1748;  Elisabeth,  Dec.  31,  1749;  Abraham,  Dec.  22,  1751;  Rebeca,  Sep. 
15-    1754- 


APPENDIX.  217 

Thomas  Newman,  Baptised  upon  profession  of  his  Faith,  At^ed  about  18 
or  19  years.  May  13,  1750;  had  bap.  his  first  child,  George,  by  ]Mary,  the 
Daughter  of  Mr.  George  Wilkie  &  his  Wife,  Aug.    18,  1754. 

Elisabeth  Nichols,  bap.  Aug.  4,  1754;  Anne  Nichols,  baji.  June  22,  1755; 
Daughters  of  Joshua  Nichols,  Baptised  on  profession  of  their  faith. 

Alice,  Negrovvench  of  Benja:  V.  Cleef,  &  Diana,  Negrowench  of  John  Long- 
street,  were  Baptized  INIay  13,  1753,  on  profession  of  their  faith. 

Negro  Samson,  belonging  to  Mr.  Wm.  Rue.  bap.  Oct.  26,  1755. 

Cofie,  Negro  to  Michael  Johnston,  hap.  Oct.  17,  1756. 

James,  Negro  to  Mr.  Tennent,  bap.  June  5,  1757. 

Jack,  Negro  to  Capt.  Joseph  Rue,  bap.  Aug.  6,  175S. 

Jaef  &  Rose,  man  &  Wife,   Negroes  to  Capt.  John  Van  Cleef,  baj).  Jan.  7, 

1759- 
Thomas  &  Marj-,  Negroes  belonging  to  Jacob  Weykof,  Ijap.  Nov.  2,  1766. 
Thomas  Napier,  had  bap.  John,  Oct.  31,  1769. 
John  Pittinger,  had  bap.  Richard,  Oct.  5,  1760. 
Widow  OHarra  had  bap.  Sarah,  Oct.  12,  1760,  the  Father,  John  OHarra, 

being  lately  Deceased. 
Bryan  OGallouchor,  had  bap.  James,  Sept.  16,  1750;    Ebenezar,   March  2, 

1755;  John,  June  5,    1757;  Agnes,  April  15,   1759; ,  Jan.  24, 

1762;  James,  Aug.  5,    1764;  Catharine,   Ma}'  11,   1766;  Samuel,   Nov.  5, 

1769. 
George  OBryan.     INIargaret,  bap.   May  3,  1756;  presented  by  the  Mother, 

the  father  not  appear. 
Bryan  ODocherty.     Hannah,  bap.  April  13,  1766;  Susanah, , ; 

both  presented  by  the  ]\Iother. 
Henry  Ferine,  Son  of  John,  had  bap.  Lydia,   April  5,    1767;    Joseph,  July 

23,  1769;  INIar}-,  Aug.  11,  1771;    Henry,  Nov.  14,  1773;    William,  Mar.  26, 

1775;  Mathew  Rue,  June  29,  1777. 
Parent  Sammuel,  had  bap.  Michale,  Nov.  i,  1772. 

Josiah  Parent,  had  bap.  Thomas,  July  19,  1732;  Margaret,  Ma}-  31,  1734. 
James  Pettit,  had  bap.  James,  Feb.  9,  1735;  Kezia,  May  29.  1737;  Stephen, 

June  3.  1739. 
Daniel  Perrine,  had  bap.   Daniel.  Oct.  5,    1735  ;  Elizabeth,    Aug.  8,    1736; 

Hannah,  May  4,  1739;  Elizabeth,  Apiil  15,  J744;  the  last  three  presented 

by  the  Mother. 
William  Preston,  Jr.,  had  bap.  Hannah,  May  27,  1750. 

Richard  Pittinger  had  bap.  Euphunea,  June  21:,  1736;  John,  Apr.  22,  1739; 
Rachel,  March  28,  1742;  b}'  his  second  wife,  Samuel,  Aug.  iS,  1754;  the 
Second  wife  had  been  the  wife  of  Wm.  Devenv. 


2i8  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Richard  Pittenger.  Jr..  had  Ijaj).  Jacob,  Jan.  i,  175S;  Eupheniia,  Oct.  28^ 
1759- 

Peter  Perrine,  of  Matchaponix,  had  bap.  Mary,  Juh-  11,  1736;  Martha, 
Nov.  5,  1738;  Margaret,  May  10,  1741;  William,  Apr.  15,  1744. 

Tobias  Polhemus,  had  l)ap.  John,  ]\larch  19,  173S. 

Jo.seph  Preston,  had  bap.  Rebeca,  Nov.  13,  1737. 

Samuel  Parent,  had  bap.  Robert,  March  27,  1743:  Samuel,  July  26,  1747. 

William  Rue  son  of  INIatthew,  had  bap.  INIatthew,  July  30,  1763;  Samuel, 
Nov.  24,  1765;  William,  June  7.  1767;  Mary,  Dec.  6,  1773;  Richard  & 
Margaret,  Sept.  26,  1779. 

Joseph  Robinson  son  of  James.  His  Wife  Unice  &  her  sister  Hannah  Bap- 
tized on  profession  of  their  Faith,  &  his  Daughter  Mary  presented  by 
the  parents,  Oct.  18,  1767;  James,  July  9,  1769. 

Ravid  Rhe,  had  bap.  Cathrine  Nott,  April  4,  1776. 

John  Rue,  had  bap.  Joseph,  Oct.  31,  1779. 

Mathew  Rue,  had  bap.  Abigale,  Aprile  9,  1780. 

Peter  Rosabach,  had  bap.  Aeltije.  May  27,  1757. 

Ealeanor  Reynolds  a  30ung  grown  Baptized  on  profession  of  her  Faith, 
Nov.  2,  1766.     She  is  the  daughter  of  William  Reynolds  deceased. 

James  Reed,  had  bap.  James,  Aug.  14,  1737. 

Isaac  Ross,  had  bap.  John,  Feb.  2,  1735. 

John  Reed,  had  bap.  Jane,  iNIa}-  26,  1734. 

David  Rhe,  had  bap.  Jonathan,  Sept.  26,  1731;  Nelle}' or  Nealtije,  Dec.  30, 
^733'^  Janet,  Maj'  16,  1736;  David,  Sep.  22,  1740;  Anne,  March  6,  1743. 

James  Robinson,  had  bap.  Mary,  Feb.  5,  1732;  Jane,  Feb.  25,  1734;  John, 
Oct.  3,  1736;  Charity,  March  4,  1739;  Henr}'  or  Hendrick,  Jul}'  12,  1741; 
Joseph,  March  25,  1744. 

James  Rue,  had  bap.  Mary,  Jan.  28,  1733. 

A  Man  grown,  Thomas  Redford,  made  open  profession  of  the  Faith,  and 
was  bap.  April  29,   1733. 

William  Rogers,  had  bap.  William,  April  29,  1733;  Marj'  and  Elizabeth, 
May  9,  1736;  Rebeca,  presented  by  the  mother.  May  10,  1752. 

Widw.  Margt.  Robinson,  had  bap.  James,  Sep.  16,  1733. 

Robert  Rhe,  had  bap.  Margaret,  Aug.  24,  1746,  Said  Rhe's  first  Child  de- 
ceased Nov.  — ,  1747;  David,  Sep.  18,  1748;  Margaret  the  Second,  March 
17,  1 751;  Anna,  Sept.  9,  1753;  Mary,  Dec.  6,  1755;  Jonathan,  April  9, 
^75^''  James,  Sept.  28,  1760;  David,  Baptized  by  Mr.  Wm.  Tennent,  Jr., 
March  10,  1763;  Robert,  Dec.  15,  1765;  xMargaret,  June  26,  1768. 

George  Rhe,  had  bap.  Anna,  Sep.  26,  1746,  the  Fryday  before  the  Ls.  Sup- 
per: David,  June  26, 1748;  Mary,  Oct.  28,  1750;  Margaret,  Oct.  i5,  1752; 
Elizabeth,  on  a  fast  day,  June  4,  1755. 


APPENDIX.  219 

Ruth  Rounay,  was  Baptized  upon  publick  profession  of  her  Faith,  July 

13.  1735- 
Janet  Carswell;  alias  Reed,  had  bap.  Sarah,  Jul}'  5,  1741. 
Charles  Rhoades,  had  bap.  Hester,  or  Esther,  Oct.  27,  1751. 
Robinson,  Son-in-Law  to  Andrew  Mains,  had  bap.  Elizabeth,  ]\Iay 

10,  1752. 
Henry  Robinson  married  Anne  Rhe,  daughter  of  David  Rhe,  Esqr.  ;    had 

bap.  Charity,  Apr.  14,  1765. 
Andrew  Reed,  had  bap.  Mary, ,  ;  John,  March  26,  1758;  Samuel, 

Apr.  13,  1760;  James,  May  6,  1762. 
Jonathan  Rhe  married  to  Lyda  Fornian,  daughter  of  Aa  :  Forman,  Deed.; 

had  bap.  David,   Ma}'  11,   1755;    Aaron,   May  8,    1757;    Esther,  July  29, 

1759;  John,  Apr.  4,  1762;  Anne,  Oct.  25,  1767,  presented  by  the  Mother, 

the  Father  being  dead. 
James  Reed,  son  of  John  Reed,  had  bap.  Aaron,  March  21,  1756. 
George  Riddel,  had  bap.  Agnos,   Dec.  21,  1755;    Margaret,  Aug.  20,  1758; 

John,  July  5,    1761;    Elizabeth,   Nov.   28,    1762;    David,   Aug.  — ,  1765; 

Mary,  July  13,  1766. 
John  Shaw,  had  bap.  Sarah,  at  home  for  Sufficient  Reasons.  Nov.  23,  1733; 

John,    Thomas,    Henry,  Joseph,    Elizabeth,    Dec.   13,    1744.     All   these 

Baptized  at  one  time  at  a  Catechising  at  Mr.  Shaw's  House. 
John  Smith.     John  &  Joseph  sons,  &  Sarah  &  Esther  daughters,  all  Bap- 
tized at  once,  June  i,  1735. 
Michael  Sweetman,  had  bap.  Jane,  at  princetown, ,  1733;  John,  May  2, 

1736;  Michael,  June  25,  1738;    Thomas,  Oct.  19,   1740;    Catharine,  Aug. 

15,   1742;    Margaret,  Oct.   7,    1744;    Henderson — ^John,   Feb.  • ,  1747; 

Anne,  ]\Iar.  26,  1749;  John  &  Mary,  Twins,  iNIar.  25,   1752,  John  Died  4 

days  After. 
Moses  Smith,  Dec'd.     Moses  &  Dorothy,    presented  by    the  Mother,    & 

Eleanor,  Presented  by  Thomas  Kinnan  &  his  Wife,  Aug.  29,  1736. 
John  Stuart,  had  bap.  Stephen,  Nov.  20,  1737,  presented  by  the  Mother; 

Margaret,  April  24,  1743;  presented  by  Father  &  Mother. 
John  Service  had  bap.  Esther,  Mar.  19,  1738;  James,  Jan.  13,  1740. 
Patience  Stout,  was  Baptized  on  profession  of  her  Faith,  ]\Iay  18,  1741. 
Richd.  Stillwell,  had  bap.  Hannah,  Sept.  13,  1745,  presented  by  the  Mother. 
Henderson  Sweetman,  had  bap.  Michael,  Aprile  2,   1775;  Forman,  June  i, 

1777- 
Simeon,  Negro  jNIan  of  Capt.  Matthias  Lane,  baptized  on  profession  of  his 

faith,  Feb.  22,  1761. 

Senate,  a  Negro  iNIan  of  Joseph  Hankinsons,  baptized  on  profession  of  his 
faith,  March  14, . 


220  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

David  Smith,  haci  l)ap.  Huphama,  May  30,  1773. 

Peter  Smith,  had  bap.  Himself  &  on  Profession  of  his  own  faith  &  his 
daughter  Ivli/.abeth,  Jan.  27,  1775. 

Richard  vStevens.  son  of  Benj.  Stevens,  married  to  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Joliii  Henderson,  June  19,  1755.  Their  first  child  Jane  was  born  &  l)ap- 
tized  tlie  I3t}i  da\'  &  deceased  at  tS  o'clock  afternoon  the  same  evening, 
Oct.  5,  1756;  Anne  the  2d.  Child  Baptized  the  25th  Dec.  1757;  Nicholas, 
i\Iarch  30,  1760;  Margaret,  July  30,  1763;  Elizabeth,  Maj-  11,  1766.  pre- 
sented by  her  mother,  her  father  being  dead  about  a  fortnight  ago. 

Dr.  Nathaniel  Scudder  married  to  Isbella  daughter  of  Kenneth  Anderson 
30th  of ,  had  bap.  John  Anderson  their  first  child,  ■ ,  1759;  Jos- 
eph, March  — ,  1762;  Hannah,  Oct.  — ,  1763;  Kenneth  Anderson,  Nov. 
3,  1765;  Lydia,  July  10,  1768. 

Thomas  Sweetman,  had  bap.  John,  Aug.  24.  1766;  Margaret,  April  15, 
1769;  Michael,  July  cS,  1770;  Joseph,  May  8,  1774. 

Michale  Sweetman,  had  bap.  Michale,  Sep.  i,  1771;  Eleoner,  May  30,  1773; 
Mar}-,  March  30,  1777. 

Andrew  Smith,  had  bap.  Moses,  Oct.  31,  1774;  Mary,  May  18,  1777;  Mich- 
ael Sweetman,  Ma}-  9,  1779. 

George  Tomson,  had  bap.  John,  Sep.  5,  1731. 

John  Tomson's  Wife  Rachel  bap.  by  Old  Mr.  Tennent  on  profession  of 
Faith,  April  25,  1732;  John  Said  Tomson's  Son,  March  5,  1735;  James, 
Jan.  8,  1738. 

William  Terry  had  bap.  Richard,  presented  by  the  mother,  March  17,  1734. 

Rebeca  Tomson  had  a  daughter  baptized  June  15,  1735. 

John  Truax,    had  bap.   Roelef,  Aug.  25,  1735. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  William  Tennent  Jr.,  had  bap.  John,  b}-  his  Uncle  the  Rev. 
Mr.  (r.  Tennent,  Sep.  15,  1739;  William,  March  15,  1741;  Gilbert,  May 
— ,  1742;  Catharine,  Sept.  26,  1743;  INIargaret,  Aug.  7,  1745,  who  died 
soon  after  as  did  another  daughter  who  vias  a  twin  child  with  this  3 
da3-s  before. 

John  Tone  had  bap.  Andrew,  Feb.  17,  1743;  Thomas,  Feb.  17,  1745;  Han- 
nah,   Aug.  23,  1747;  ,  June  18,  1749. 

iNIoses  Thompson  had  bap.  John,  Feb.  21,  1768. 

Abraham  Truax,  had  bap.  Sceytie,  July  19,  1767;  L\da.  June  23,  1771 

Tom,  a  Negro  uuin  belonging  to  John  Henderson  l^aptized  on  profession 
of  his  faith,  Dec.  28,  1746. 

Tf)ii\',  a  Negro  man  belonging  to  Court  Schenck,  Baptized  on  profession 
of  liis  failh,  A})ril  19,  1747. 

Peter,  a  Negro  man  belonging  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Erruckson,  Baptized  on 
profession  of  his  Faith,  June  25,  1758. 


APPENDIX.  221 

George  Tinne}',  had  bap.  Euphunea,  Aprile  4,  1776. 

Wm.  Van  Kerk,  Jr.,  had  bap.    Saiiuiel,  Elizabeth,   May  4,  1760;    William, 

Julys,  1762;  John,  July  22,  1764. 
Wm.  Van  Voorhes,  had  bap.    Cathrine,  March  24,  1771;    EHoner,  June  27, 

1773;  Mary,  Ma}'  28,  1775;  William,  Sep.  14,  1777. 
John  Van  Voorhees,  had  bap.   Hendrick,    which  is  his  first  child, 

1753;  Aeltie,  Dec.  7,  1755. 
Jacob  Van  Arsdalen,  had  bap.  Mary,  Sept.  20,  1767. 
William  Van  Kerk,  had  bap.  Esther,  June  3,  1754. 
Aaron  Mattison.     Sarah,    his    Wife,    Baptized  on    profession  of  her  faith, 

May  r,  1763 
John  Vancleif,  S:  B:  B.,    had  bap.    Benjamin,   June  27,  1773;    Peggy,  May 

10,  177S;  both  Baptized  by  Mr.  Smith. 
Matthias  Van  Kerk,  son  of  John  V.  K.,  married  John    Truax's    Daughter 

Alice  in  May  — ,  1753;  had  bap.  John,  July  28,  1754. 
David  Van  Schcaik,  had  bap.    Josiah,   June  24,  1758;    Benjamin,    June  i, 

1760;  Robert,  May  16,  1762;    David,  June  3,  1764;    Isabella,  May  8,  1768; 

Hannah,  Aug.  4,  1771. 
Thomas  Van  Kerk,  had  bap.    William  Cox,  Nov.  22,  1761;  Mary,  June  19, 

1763- 
Barnardus  Ver  Bryke,  Esqr.,  had  bap.  Aeltije,  May  9,  1736. 
Arthur  Van  Kerk,  had  bap.    Hannah,  his  wife,  &    Elshie   his    Daughter, 

Jan.  12,  1746. 
John  Van  Scaiack,    had    bap.     John,    July  i,  1750;     David,    Dec.  17,  1752; 

Janet,  March  22,  1755; ,  Jan.  30,  1757;     Peter,    by   his   Second 

Wife,  June  2,  1765;  William,  June  7,  1767. 

Lawrence  Van  Hook,  son  of  Aaron,  had  bap.  Lloyd,  Feb.  12,  1751;  Aaron, 
Aug.  12,  1753;  Elizabeth,  May  18,  1755. 

Ryke  Van  Matren,  son  of  John,  had  bap.  Ida,  June  9,  1751;  his  excuse  for 
coming  to  Mr.  Tennent  to  baptize  his  child  was  that  his  Wife  did  not 
understand  Dutch;  Janatie  or  Jane,  April  15,  1753;  John,  Aug.  24,  1755; 
Catharine  &  Mary,  Twin  Children,  June  25,1758;  William,  June  22, 
1760;  Nelly,  Feb.  13,  1763. 

William  V.  Voorhee,  had  bap.  Jane,  Oct.  11,  1767. 

Peter  Van  Voorhees,  had  bap. ,  a  Daughter,  iNIarch  7,  1731. 

John  Van  Kerk,  had  bap.  Alice,  Jan.  28,  1733;  Peter,  Nov.  — ,  1734. 
Baldwin  Van  Delip,  had  bap.  Baldwin,   March  25,   1733,  presented  by  the 
mother. 

William  Van  Kerk,  had  bap.  Elsie,  Sep.  16,  1733;  Hannah,  INIarch  23,  1735; 
William,  Oct.  3,  1736;  Thomas, ;  John,  Nov.   19,    1738;  Roelef, 


222  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

;  Lj-dia  &  Sarah,  Twin   Daughters,  July   lo,    174,^;    Catharine, 

June  30,  1745;  Anne,  Sep.  20,  1747;  Joseph,  March  4,  1750. 

Francis  Van  Schcaik,  had  bap.  Elizabeth,  March  23,  1735;  Anne. . 

Hendrick  V:  Voorhees,  Jr.,  married  Jane  Leslee;  had  bap.   Peter,   April  8, 

1764;  Sarah,  April  13,  —66. 
Hendrick  Van  Voorhees,  had  bap.  Jane,  Nov.  — ,   1735. 
George  Williams,  had  bap.  James,  Dec.  6,  1730;    Margaret,  April  14,  1734; 

both  presented  b}'  the  Mother. 
Gerrit  Weycof,  had  bap.  Gerrit,  Dec.  27,  1730  (?) 

Thomas  Whitlock,  had  bap.  Sarah,  I\Iar.  14,  1731,  presented  b}-  the  IMother. 
Richard  Watson,  had  bap.  Richard,  July  25,  1731. 

John  Wilson,  had  bap.  Catharine,  Aug.  i,  1731,  presented  by  the  Mother. 
Waltar  Wilson,  had  bap.  Rachel,  Sept.  12,  1731. 
James  Wall,  had  bap.  Rebeca,  Oct.  10,  173 1. 

James  Wilson,  had  bap.  Rachel,  Wife  of  John  Tomson,  April  25,  1732. 
Wid  :  Cathr.  Wilson,  had  bap.  Hannah,  Sept.  24,  1732. 
Waltar  Wilson,  had  bap.  Rachel,   Sept.   — ,   1731;    Jane,   INIarch  25,   1733; 

Euphunea. . 

Peter  Wilson,  man  grown  &  made  publick  profession,  April  29,  1733. 
Thomas  Witlock,  had  bap.  John,    March   17,    1734;    Mary,   Feb.    29,    1736; 

both  presented  by  the  Mother. 
James  Wall  had  bap.  James,  July  27,  1735. 

Joseph  Wilson  Baptized  and  his  Son  Andrew,  Oct.  19,  1735;  Joseph,  July 
2,  173S;  Isabella,  March  25,  1739. 

George  Walker,  married  to  Priscilla  Forman  Oct.  26,  1747;  Esther,  their 
first  Child  was  Baptized  Sep.  25,  1748;  Ursulla,  Oct.  7,  1750;  Parthenia, 
May  20,  1753;  George,  June  6,  1756;  Aaron  Forman,  INIa}-  6.  1759;  Lucre- 
tia,  April  26,  1761;  Lydia,  April  8,  1764;  Elizabeth,  Nov.  2,  1766,  De- 
ceased June  5,  1767;  Elizabeth  Row'ena,  June  26,  1768. 

(ierrit  WeN'Cof,  had  bap.  Oakey,  Dec.  4,  1748. 

James  Wilson,  son  of  Waltar,  had  bap.  Hannah,  Jane  &  W^illiam,  all  pre- 
sented by  their  father  Dec.  2,  1764. 

Peter  Wilson,  son  of  Peter,  was  Baptized  himself  first  on  profession  of  his 
Faith  &  then  his  child  or  daughter,  Sarah,  Sep.  30,  1753;  Deborah, 
1755- 

Jacob  Weycof,  had  bap.  Anne,  June  27,  1756:  Catharine,  Aug.  21,  1757; 
Sarah,  vSept.  22,  1765. 

William  Whitlock,  had  bap.  William,  Feb.  14,  1762;  Lockhart,  Oct.  29, 
1763- 


APPENDIX.  223 

Thomas  West  had  bap.  Himself  on  profession  of  his  faith,  &  then  his  son, 
Benjamin,  May  14,  1775. 

George  Williams  had  bap.  George,  April  24,  1737. 

John  Wind,  had  bap.  John,  June  5,  1737,  presented  bj'  the  Mother. 

George  Walker,  had  bap.  Esther,  Jan.  8,  1738;  James,  Feb.  26,  1741;  Anne 
— Clark,  April  15,  1744. 

Peter  Weaver,  had  bap.  Johannah,  Feb.  16,  1738;  Elizabeth,  Dec.  9,  1739; 
Abigal,  April  26,  1741;  Peter,  Oct.  25,  1767. 

Michael  Ward,  had  bap.  William,  Apr.  24,  1743. 

Yana,  a  Negro  Wench  of  Wm.  Cowenhoven  the  son  of  Albert  bap.  upon 
profession  of  her  faith,  ]March  19,  1738;  her  children  Mack,  Cyro,  and 
Nanc}'  presented  by  said  Yana  their  Mother,  Mar.  8,  1747. 

John  Yateman,  had  bap.  Peter,  John,  Mary,  Elizabeth,  Margaret  and 
Lucia,  June  27,  1756;  all  presented  by  their  Mother  Margaret  Daughter 
of  Peter  Gordon  deceased  &  Grand  daughter  of  Robert  Rhe  Long  de- 
ceased; Manoah,  ]\Iay  8,  1757;  Isbella,  Nov.  22,  1761,  both  presented  by 
their  Mother. 

John  Zutphen,  had  bap.  Aentije,  Dec.  6,  1730. 

Derek  Zutphen,  had  bap.  Nealtije,  June  2,  1731. 

Abraham  Zutphen,  had  bap.  John,  Dec.  15,   1734. 

Derick  Zutphen,  son  of  Jacob,  had  bap.  Joseph,  Aug.  4,  1754;  John,  July 
4,  1756;  David,  Apr.  25,  1760. 


Baptismal  Records  in  Old  Texnent  Church,  During  the 
Pastorate  of  Rev.  John  Woodhull,  D.  D. 


May 

2, 

1784 

Sep. 

12, 

1784 

Oct. 

24, 

1784 

April 

1785 

April 

7, 

1785 

April 

9, 

1786 

May 

13, 

1786 

Jan. 

7, 

1787 

ADULTS  BAPTIZED. 

Mary  Fr}-. 

Robert  Combs,     Lydia  Combs. 

Sarah  Vansciack. 

Mary  Erickson. 

George  Reid  and  Anna  Starkey. 

Lewis,  a  negro,  slave  of  Corns.  Van  Mater. 

Joseph  M  or  ford. 

Pero,  a  slave  of  Wm.  &  Theodorus  Covenhoven. 


224 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


April  12, 
May  12, 
Sep.  1 6, 

22 

Oct.  6, 
Jan.   19, 


Dec.  31, 


:7S7 

>7«7 
17S7 
17S7 
[7S7 

7SS 
7S8 
788 
788 
788 
789 
789 
789 
789 
789 
789 
789 
789 
789 
790 
790 
790 
790 
790 
790 
790 
791 
791 
791 
79' 
79' 
791 
791 
791 

79' 
792 

1792 

1792 
792 
1 793 
793 
794 
'794 


Rachel  the  wife  of  George  Conner. 

Thomas  Edwards. 

Simon,  slave  of  Lewis  Ferine. 

Moses  Rolfe. 

Mary  Robertson,  James,  slave  of  Joseph  Clayton's. 

Hager,  slave  of  Nicholas  Vanbrunt. 

Peter  Bailey. 

Rebeek  the  wife  of  Samuel  Forman. 

Jane  a  Servant  of  Sarah  Covenhoven's. 

Robert  a  Servant  of  Mr.  Hendrickson's. 

Kate  Do.  of  ]\Ir.  Denice's. 

Joseph  Reed Agnes  a  servant  of  Bn.  Covenhoven. 

Rhoda,  Servant  of  John  Vanmatre. 

Betty,  Do.  of  Joseph  Bown. 

Diana,  Do.  James  Harbert. 

Margaret  Do.  John  Baird. 

Anna  Test. 

Nero,  servant  of  John  Baird. 

Andrew,  servant  of  John  Anderson  Esq. 

Rachel,  servant  of  John  Vanmatre. 

Broof,  servant  to  Benj.  Covenhoven. 

Hester  and  Phebe  Do.  to  K.  Hankinson. 

Caesar,  Do.  to  John  Baird. 

Adam,  servant  to  Wm.  Burnet. 

Mary  Buck  &  Anna  Combs. 

Margaret  Hervey. 

Phebe,  Servt.  of  Wm.  &  Theods.  Covenhoven. 

Phebe  Hunn. 

Lewis  Anderson. 

Flora,  servant  of  Michael  Johnson. 

PUi/.abeth,  servant  of  John  Craig. 

Zebulon,  Do.  Ruluff  Vanderveer. 

Rachel  .Maxwell. 

Catharine,  servant  to  Mr.  Woodhull. 

Rose,  Do.  Mrs.  Benham. 

Jane  wife  of  (ieorge  Reid. 

Benajah  Harvey,  Anna  Van  Der  Veer  &  Benjamin  Servt. 

of  Mr.  John  Craig. 
Obadiah  Bown  &  IClizabeth,  wife  of  James  Robinson. 
Susan,  servt.  to  John  Craig. 
Rachel  Foster. 
Nathan  Lewis. 

iCleanor  wife  of  Rulufl"  Vanderveer. 
Dora,  servant  to  James  Anderson. 
Phebe  Do.  Ruluff  Schenck. 


APPENDIX. 


225 


Oct. 
Oct. 


1794 
1795 
1795 
1795 
1796 


1796 


1797 

1798 
1798 
1799 


1800 


1 80 1 


1801 
1802 


1803 
1803 
1804 


Nov.    18,   1804 


Susannah  Do.  Richard  Prest. 

Diana  (Do.  Obadiah  Bowne)  &  Elizabeth  her  daughter. 

Rachel  Servt.  to  Mrs.  Vanmatre. 

Lydia  Servt.  to  Doctr.  Scudder. 

Mary  Servt.  to  Lewis  Ferine. 

Mary. 

Silas,  Servt.  to  Wm.  Gordon. 

Thomas  Do.  to  Nelly  Vanmatre. 

Fortune  Servt.  to  Moses  Laird. 

Lj'dia  wife  of  David  Sutfen. 

Elizabeth  wife  of  John  Craig. 

Hannah  wifeof  Richd.  Covenhoven. 

Flora,  Servt.  to  Elisha  Watson. 

James  Fleming Elizabeth  Combs. 

Edith,  wife  of  Daniel  Dey. 
Mary,  wife  of  Isaac  Deviney. 

William  Covenhoven,  Robert  Covenhoven  &  Joseph  V.  horn 
David  Longstreet. 
Sarah  Voorhees. 
Catharine  Harvey. 
Elizabeth  Lewis. 
Elijah  Combs,  Rebeekah  Combs. 
Clarissa  and  Mary  Free  Black  Women. 
Jacob,  servt.  to  Thomas  Cook  Esqr. 
Silas  servt.  to  Jacob  WikofF. 
Anna  Forman. 
Joseph  Ker. 

Isabel  Craig,  Anna  Morford  &  Judah  Servt.  to  J.  Baird. 
Elizabeth  a  Free  Black  Woman. 
Catherine  Hankinson. 
Samuel  Servt  to  Jacob  Wikoff. 
Catharine  Servt.  to  Joseph  Combs. 
Hope  Forman  wife  of  Jonathan  Forman. 
Hannah  Cook. 
Jane  Servt.  to  Saml.  Forman 
James  Reed. 

Rachel  Henderson  wife  of  Thomas  Henderson. 
Rhoda  Norris,  Israel  Servt.  to  John  Baird. 
Callaman  Servt.  to  Garret  Covenhoven. 
Elizabeth  wife  of  Abraham  Osborn. 
Jane  wife  of  John  Devinney. 
Catharine,  a  servant  of  ]\Ir.  Peter  Walton. 
Amy,  a  servant  of  Court  Schenck. 

Joseph    Forman.      Cathrine    Remsen    Forman    (wife    of 
Joseph). 


226 


HISTORY   OF  OLD  TKNNENT. 


Nov.  30,  1804 

Oct.  6,  1805 

May  10,  1806 

July  27,  1806 

Oct.  17,  1806 

Oct.  25,  1806 
1806 

Jan.  30,  1807 

Feb.  13,  1-^07 

Apr.  i.s,  1807 


May     16,    1807 
June    20,    1807 


Jan}-.  14,    1808 


Ma}'     14,    1808 


" 

29 

Jul}' 

24, 

1808 

Oct. 

15. 
16 

17 

1808 

Dec. 

30. 

1808 

Feb. 

10, 

1809 

April 

.3. 

1809 

April 

23. 

1809 

May 

13. 
13 

1809 

May 

2.S, 

18^)9 

June 

2 

1     J 

July 

9 

•• 

Oct. 

7 
7 
7 

" 

IClizaheth^ — vServant  of  John  Onay. 
Cathrine  Di.shrow.     Oetty  Barbarie. 
Mrs.  Margaret  Reed  wife  of  John  Reed. 
Lettice,  servant  of  Revd.  Dr.  Woodhull. 

Paris.  Dice  Servant  of  M •  Davison. 

Mar\'  Baird  wife  of  David. 
Hannah  Vanskoik,  wife — Josiah. 
Cathrine.  formerly  servt.  to  Joseph  Combs. 
Elenor  Smith,  Ann  vSmith 
Elizabeth  Edwards,  Joseph  Edwards. 
Baptized  Elizabeth  Aplegate. 

Reported  No.  9.  Apr.  27,  [807. 
Amanda,  Servant  of  Ezekiel  Gordon. 
Joseph  Thomson,  Peter  Thomson, 
Joseph  Thomson  Jr,  William  Thomson, 
Elinor  Thomson  wife  of  William, 
Lewis  Thomson,  John  Thomson, 
Margaret  Thomson  \Aife  of  John. 
Sarah  Applegate  daughter  of  David  Baird. 
John  Baird,  Jacob  Baird. 
Phebe  Baird. 

Reported  No.  13,  Apr.  25,  18 — 
Elizabeth  Newel  (wife  of  Hew  Newel). 
Eliza  De'saseaur  Hankinson,  Daughter  of  James. 
Lydia  Johnson,   wife  of  William,  &  Daughter  of  David 

Baird. 
vSamuel  Rodgers. 
Richard  Barkalow. 

Sarah  Laird,  wife  of  William  Laird  Junr. 
Phebe  Hammel,  wifeofLaban  Hammel. 
Jane  Servant  of  John  Conover  Esqr. 
Phebe  Rue,  widow  of  Samuel. 

Elizabeth  Edwards  Daughter  of  Thomas  Edwards. 
Alice  Laird,  wife  John  Laird. 
Eliza  Roena  Cook  Daughter  of  George  Cook. 

Reported  April  23rd  1809.     No.  12. 
Margaret,  servant  of  John  Rodgers. 
Diana,  servant  of  James  R.  English. 
Margaret  Freeman  Dr.  of  Jonathan. 
Rebeca  Cole. 

Abby  Bowne  Wife  of 

Esther  Loton,  Daughter  of — 
John  Smith,  Nancy  Smith  wife  of  John. 
Margaret  Thomson  wife  of  James. 
Cathrine  servant  of  David  Haunse. 


APPENDIX.  227 

March  4,    1810     Lj'dia  Bowne  wife  of  James  Bowne. 
April    6,       "       Joshua  Edwards,  John  Conover. 
"         "      "        Rachel  Baird,  wife  of  Jacob. 
"         "      "       Phebe  Hankinson  wife  William. 
May    12,   1810     Deliverance  Baird,  Wife  of  James. 

Mary  Craig  Wife  Wm.  Craig. 

Samuel  More  Rue,  son  of  John. 

Sally  Rue  Daughter  of  John. 

Hannah  Rue  wife  of  Joseph. 
Oct.     13,    1810     Harriot  Sutfin  wife  of  Samuel. 

Jane  Foster  wife  of  George. 

Deliverance  Servant  of  Wm.  Tone. 
Reported  17. 

Margaret  Vancleve  Wife  of  Ruluff. 

Esther  Johnson  wife  of  John. 

Samuel  Culver  son  of  Nathaniel. 

Amelia  Craig. 

Elizabeth  Tilton  Brewer. 

Elizabeth  servant  of  James  Hankinson. 

Henrietta,  servant  William  Wikoflf. 

Levi  Solomon. 

Hannah  Solomon,  Daughter  of  Levi  Solomon. 

Elizabeth  Baird,  wife  of  David  B.  Baird. 

Mrs.  Hankinson  wife  of  Thomas  Junr. 

Anna  Reed  Dr.  of  John. 
Oct.       2,    1812     Nancy  servant  of  James  Herbert  Esqr. 

Dinah  servant  Kenneth  Anderson. 
"         "      "       Mina  servant  of  Wm.  Laird. 
May     15,   1813     Sarah  Holmes. 

Cathrine,  vServant  of  Jos.  Scudder. 

Elsey,  free  black  woman. 

Hannah  Servant  of  Mr.  Ely. 

Margarite  Haygerman . 

Cathrine  Haygerman. 

Pamela  Myrs,  wife  of  Isaac  Myrs. 

Elinor  (black)  servant  of  Dr.  James  English. 

Euphema  Johnson,  Widow. 

James  H.  Newel. 

Phebe  Dey  wife  of  Daniel. 

Elizabeth  Sutfin  wife  of  Richard. 

Hannah  McDormit  wife  of  John. 
June    10,   1815     John  Reed,  &  Sarah  Jewel,  Daughter  John  Reed. 
Some  time  since  Aaron  McClees. 

Abigal  Vores  wife  of  Peter. 
Feb.      2,   1817     James  Reid. 


May 

II, 

iSii 

July 

12 
12 

Oct. 

12, 

181 1 

May 

10, 

1812 

June 

21 
21 

Oct. 

9. 

i8r3 

May 

13, 

1814 

May 

1814 

Sep. 

18, 

1814 

Oct. 

2 

1814 

" 

9 

1814 

May 

13- 

1815 

228- 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


Mo3'ka  Longstreet  Reid. 
David  Reid. 
Amy  Reid. 
Feb.     14,   1817     Lydia  wife  of  Robert  McChesne}'. 


Nov.    26,    1806     Married  bj^  Dr.  Woodluill,  William  Johnson  and  Rebeca 

Tone  ^liddlesex  Count}'. 
Nov.    26,   1806     Married  by  Dr.  Woodhnll,  Nathaniel   Rue  and  Elizabeth 

Tone  the  former  of  Monmouth    the    latter   Middlesex 

Count}'. 
]\Iay     12,    1816     Married  William  Scudder  of  ^Middlesex    Co.    &    Elloner 

Craig  of  Monmouth. 


CHILDREN  BAPTIZED. 


May      2,   1784 


" 

8      " 

" 

30      " 

June 

20     " 

" 

2-]       •' 

July 

4      " 

'. 

II      " 

" 

18      " 

Aug. 

29      " 

Sep. 

12 

Oct. 

24      " 

*  * 

.V      " 

March 

20, 1785 

parents'  names. 

Wm.  &  Francenes  Forman 
Rebeckah  Ogburn 
Elizabeth  Brewer 

Wm.  &  Rebecka  Gollohan 
Dan.  &  Dorothy  H. 
Janie.s  &  Elizabeth  Harbert 
Wm.  &  Charity  Caldwell 
James  &  Nelly  Smally 
Wm.  Voorhees  &  Wife 
David  Gordon  &  Wife 
James  Combs  &  Wife 
(jcorge  Cook  &  Wife 
James  Stephenson  &  Wife 
Wm.  Johnson  &  Wife 
Wm.  Rue  &  Wife 
Godfre}'  Warner  eS:  Wife 
Robert  Vanschiak  &  Wife 
Wm.  &  E^lenor  Covenhoven 
Sarah  I I an ken son 
Joseph  Zutphn  &  Wife 
William  Tone  &c 
John  Jamison  &c 


children's  names. 

Jonathan. 

Maria. 

Thomas  Hetfield.  born 

^larch  10,  1784. 
Adam,  born  Sep.  6,  1783. 
John 

Ellen,  born  Feb.  14,  1784. 
Anna. 
Sarah. 
Hendrick. 
Sarah. 
Hannah. 
Nancy. 
Nancy. 
Elizabeth. 
Nathaniel  Scudder. 
George  Rudolph  &  Deborah 
Mary. 
Wikoff. 
William, 
i'olly  Howell. 
John. 
Lydia. 


APPENDIX. 


229 


parents'  names, 
or  by  whom  presented. 

"        21       "      John  Hilyer's  Wife 
"         "       "       Presented  by  K.  Anderson  & 
Wife 
Genl.  Fornian  &  Wife 
March    8,  1785     John  &  Hannah  Alorford 


April    3,      " 

4 


17 

8 

May    14 

29 

July     3 

Oct.       I 

Nov.      6 

Dec.     18 

March    4, 

1 7S6 

19 

May     13 

Julj-     10 

Aug.     6 

Sep.     10 

23 

24 

Dec.      3 

March  1 1 , 

1787 

18 

April     I, 

17S7 

Mary  Pastedo 
Thos.  Henderson 
James  &  Elinor  Voorhees 
Erick  &  Mar}'  Erickson 
John  &  Ann  Matchet 
George  Reid 

Richard  &  Rachel  Sutton 
Peter  &  Rachel  Johnson 
Wm.  Johnson  &  Wife 
Jonathan  Forman 
Garret  Covenhoven  &  Wife 
Ezekiel  Gordon  &  Wife 
Timoth}'  Gordon  &  Wife 
Ruluff  Schenck 
Michael  Sweetman  &  Wife 
Jonathan  Clayton  &  Wife 
David  Fornian  &  Wife 
William  Gordon  &  Wife 
Joseph  Hoi  man  &  Wife 
David  Parker  &  Wife 
James  Craig  &  Wife 
John  Friend  &  Wife 
John  Hilyer's  Wife 
John  Van  Mater  &  Wife 
Elias  Covenhoven  &  Wife 
Wm.  Covenhoven  &  Wife 
James  Matthews  &  Wife 
Mr.  WoodhuU  &  Wife 
James  Abrams  &  Wife 

Wm.  Col  well  &  Wife 
Jacob  Sedam  Jr.  &  Wife 
Simon  Sedam  &  Wife 
William  Laird  &  Wife 
Moses  Sprouls  «&  Wife 
Lewis  Perine  &  Wife 


CHILDREN  S  NAMES. 


Elizabeth  Dey,  Lydia. 

Alice  Coward. 

Augustes. 

John,  Catharine  & 

Margaret. 
Lewis  &  Pamela. 
Jane. 
James. 

Mary  and  Sarah  Franis. 
Catharine. 
Joseph  &  Katey. 
Debby. 
John. 

Lydia,  born  March  10,  1785 
Mary  Ann. 
Ellen. 
Jonathan. 
David. 
RuluflF. 
Hilena. 
Joseph. 
Emma  Frisby. 
William. 
Catharine. 
Anna. 
William. 
Bridget. 
Sarah. 
Richard. 
John. 
Joseph. 
Anna. 

John  Tennant. 
Jacob    &  Anna,    twin 

Children. 
Mary. 
John  Rue. 
Lena. 
Anna. 
Elizabeth. 
Abigfhail. 


230 


HISTORY   OF  OLD  TKNNENT. 


PARENTS    NAMES, 
OK    BY  WHOM  PRESENTED. 


CHILDREN  S  NAMES. 


8 

James  Snially  »S:  Wife 

Isaac. 

May 

12 

Thos.  Henderson 

Hope  Burrowes. 

Jonathan  Forman  (s.  of  D) 

John  Burrowes. 

VVm.  Forman  &  Wife 

Kate}'. 

2-] 

Peter  Johnson  &  Wife 

Joseph  Ker. 

June 

24 

Rebeckah  the  wife  of  Win. 

Ogburn 

William. 

Daniel  Gaston  &  Wife 

Ellen. 

July 

S 

Genl.  Forman  &  Wife 

Eliza. 

Aug. 

31 

John  Clayton  Jr.  &  Wife 

William. 

Sep. 

16 

Wm.  Story  &  Wife 

John. 

22 

Moses  Rolfe  &  Wife 

John,  Elizabeth,  Ephraim, 
Chitester,  Jonathan  & 
Isabel. 

John  Dey  &  Wife 

Harriot  &  Lawrence. 

IMcClean  &  Wife 

Phebe  Ely. 

Oct.  1 

6 

Wm.  Gollohan  &  Wife 

John. 

Garret  Covenhoven  &  WMfe 

Benjamin. 

Anna  Bower 

David. 

Lewis  &  Hager,  slaves 

Mary,  Yaff  &  Rosay. 

Nov. 

4 

Wm.  Carlisle  &  Wife 

William. 

18 

John  Anderson  &  Wife 

Peggy. 

John  Jamison  &  Wife 

Gertrude. 

Solomon  Combs  &  Wife 

Hannah  Smith. 

25 

Mrs.  Wood 

James  English. 

Dec. 

8 

Thomas  Barber 

Sarah. 

9 

Wm.  Tone  &  Wife 

Rebeckah. 

30 

Matthew  Rue's  Wife 

Schuyler. 

Jan. 

2, 

1788    John  Perrine  &  Wife 

Henry. 

6 

David  Gordon  &  Wife 

Bet.sy. 

March  23 

Wm.  B.  Covenhoven  &  Wife 

Lydia. 

April 

5. 

1788     John  Baird  t\:  Wife 

Bedant,  John,  Mary  & 
Zfcbulon. 

13 

James  Abrams  &  Wife 

.Maria. 

May 

2 

William  Horn  &  Wife 

Stephen. 

Peter  Gravat  &  Wife 

Richard,  Robert,  John, 
Peter  cS:  Aaron. 

David  Parker  tS:  W'ife 

Hannah  Scudder. 

3 

William  (iordon  &  Wife 

John  Lloyd. 

Joseph  Applegate  c^  Wife 

Henry  Perine. 

William  Hulst  &  Wife 

Elizabeth. 

18 

John  Sutphen  cS:  Wife 

Phebe 

APPENDIX. 


231 


June    15 
Aug.    10 

Sep.     27 


Oct.     12 

19 

Feb.     27, 

1789 

]\Iarch  14, 

15 

22 

April   II 

26 

May      9 

June     9 


July 

26 

Aug. 

16, 
30 

17CS9 

Sep. 

6 
13 

Oct. 

3 

Nov. 

29 

Dec. 

6 

13 


14 

March  29,  1790 
May      2 


PARENTS    NAMES, 

OR  BY  WHOM  PRESENTED. 

Jacob  Frizehir  &  Wife 
William  Campbell  &  Wife 
Lewis,  servt.  of  Corns.  V.  Matr 
Jonathan  Forman 
Erick  Erickson's  wife 
Genl.  Forman  &  Wife 
Wm.  Wikofr&  Wife 
William  Colwell  &  Wife 
]\Iary  wife  of  David  Cook 
William  Laird  &-Wife 
John  Craig 
James  Craig  &  Wife 
Joseph  Sutphen  &  Wife 
Peter  Johnson  &  Wife 
James  vStevenson  &  Wife 
Joseph  Morford  &  Wife 
John  Jamison  &  Wife 
Roeluff  Schenck  &  Wife 
James  Smally  &  Wife 
Rebeckah  wife  of  Wm. 

Ogburn 
James  Combs  &  Wife 
David  Gordon  &  WMfe 
James  Matthews  &  Wife 
Matthew  Rue's  Wife 


Alexander  Low  &  Wife 
]\Iichael  Johnson  &  Wife 
Lewis  (servt  of  Corns.  Van 

matre)  &  Wife 
William  Wikoff  &  wife 
Elias  Covenhoven  &  wife. 
James  Morrison  &  wife. 
John  L.  Dey  &  wife 
John  Cla3ton  &  wife 
Catharine  wife  of  Henrv 

Ferine 
William  Tone  &  wife 
Joseph  Scudder  &  wife 
John  Ferine  &  wife 


CHILDREN  S  NAMES. 


Katey. 
John. 

Katey. 

Adonijah 

Malvina. 

Nathaniel  Scudder. 

Charity  &  Jenny  Robinson 

Nicholas. 

Anna. 

Sally. 

Sally. 

Michael. 

Isaac. 

Elizabeth. 

Joseph. 

Peter. 

Hannah. 

Sally  Peiine. 

Joseph. 

Alltia. 

Phebe. 

Henry  Perrine. 


Margaret. 
Euphame. 

Samuel. 

Sally. 

Eleanor. 

John. 

John. 

Catharine. 

Mary. 

Elizabeth. 

Eliza  Ann. 

David  Williamson. 


232 


HISTORY    OF  OLD  TKNNENT. 


PARENTS     NAMES, 


children's  names. 


OR  BY  WHOM   PRESENTED. 


8 

Thomas  Henderson 

Eli /.a. 

Samuel  Fornian  On:  wife 

Michael,    Peter,    Molly 
Joseph. 

Mrs.  Egbert 

Katey  Stryker. 

Wm.  Gordon  &  wife 

Elsey. 

16 

James  Abraham  tS:  wife 

Rebeckah. 

June 

20 

Lewis  Ferine  &  wife 

Jeremiah  Woolsey. 

27 

Wm.  vStor\-  &  wife 

Mary  P^nglish. 

July 

18 

Sep. 

26,     IJC 

50     Wm.  B.  Covenhoven  >S:  Wife 

Lidia 

Erick  Erickson's  wife 

A  n  n  a 

Oct. 

2 

Samuel  Combs  &  wife. 

Jonathan. 

17 

Fredk.  Buckelue  cv:  wife 

Mary. 

Nov. 

21 

David  Craig  &  wife 

Ely. 

28 

Koert  \'oorhees  &  wife 

William. 

Corns.  Johnson  >S:  Wife 

John  Boram. 

Feb. 

6,    X- 

91 

March  2-; 

Ruluff  Schenck  (S:  wife 

Peggy. 

April 

8 

William  Laird  &  wife 

Sukey. 

Lewis  Anderson  ts;  wife 

Anna  Lloyd. 

10 

James  Craig  &  wife 

Pvli/.abeth. 

Mary  the  wife  of  David  Cook 

.Alary 

17 

Peter  Johnson  iS:  wife 

William. 

May 

I 

Jem  &  Flora,  servants 

Susannah,  Elizabeth. 

6 

Genl.  Form  an  &  wife 

Rivine. 

7 
16 

Jo.seph  Applegate  &  wife 

Lewis. 

Benjamin  Campbell  tK:  wife 

Hannah. 

June 

10 

James  Anderson  tS:  wife 

Lydia  Hankinson. 

William  Col  well  iS:  wife 

Elizabeth. 

July 

3 

John  Craig 

Samuel. 

31 

David  Maxwell  &  wife 

David. 

Aug. 

12 

David  Cole  &  wife 

Mary,  iS:  Ebenezar. 

Sep. 

12 

Joseph  ]Morford  &  wife 

William  Lane. 

18 

John  Schenck  &  wife 

Rebeekah. 

24 

Pero  &  wife 

Pero,  Lewis. 

Joseph  Scudder  (S:  wife 

Phillip  Johnson. 

Oct. 

2 

William  Tone  »S:  wife 

Lydia. 

" 

30 

John  Sutphen  &  wife 

Mary  Howel  Burrows. 

Nov. 

27 

James  Abraham  &  wife 

Jacob  Sedam. 

Dec. 

5 

Ezekiel  Gordon  ^:  wife 

John 

APPENDIX. 


233 


Dec.      5,   1791 
23 

31 

Jan.     30,   1792 
Apr.      S, 


April  22 
May      5 


June 


22    1792 


July       8 


Sep. 


Oct. 


July    28 


1792 


PARENTS  NAMES, 
OR  BY  WHOM  PRESENTED. 

John  Ferine  iS:  wife 

Garret  Coven hoven  &  wife 

Yaf,  servt.  of  Albert 
Williamson  &  Rose  his 
wife  servt  of  Mrs.  Benhani 

George  Reid  e\:  wife 


James  R.  English 
Robt.  McChesney  t!\:  wife 
Joseph  Sutphen  &  wife 
James  R.  English  &  wife 
Alexr.  Low  &  wife 
John  McChesney  &  wife 
John  Clayton  &  wife 
William  Storj-  &  wife 
Garret  Covenhoven  &  wife 
Zebulon   (servt.  of  Ruliff  V. 
D.  Veer)  &  wife 

John  Anderson  Jr.  &  wife. 
James  Robinson  &  wife 
John  Van  Der  Veer  &  wife 
Obadiah  Bown  &  wife 
Lewis  Anderson  &  wife 
Richard  Reid  &  wife. 
David  Cole  &  wife 
Rev.  John  Carle  &  wife 
Lewis  Ferine  iS:  wife 
Wm.  WikoffeK:  wife 
John  A.  Scudder 
William  Col  well  &  wife 
Benj.  Campbell  &  wife 
Wm.  Taylor's  wife 
Jacob  Hubbard's  wife 
Erick  Erickson's  wife 

Bryan's  wife 
James  Matthews  &  wife 
Thomas  Maxwell  &  wife 
Mary  wife  of  Robt.  Rhea  & 
Danl.  Hendrickson 


CHILDREN  S  NAMES. 


Catharine. 
Anna  Rhea. 


Yaf,  Rose,  James  &  Henry. 
Nicholas,  Nancy  &  Hanna 
(S;  on  their  acct.    Hannah 

McConnel, 
Oliver,  a  Negro  bo}-. 
Robert. 
Jane  Baldin. 
David. 
William. 
Elizabeth. 
Elizabeth  (S:  John. 
William. 
Lena. 

Rachel,    Zebulon,     Samp- 
son, James. 
Anna  Lo3'd. 
Joseph. 
Joseph. 
Jane. 
Kenneth. 
Lydia. 
William. 
John  Henr}-. 
]Mary. 
Matilda. 
Charles. 

Henry  Robinson. 
Rachel. 

Joseph  CiaN'ton. 
Molly  Jones. 
Janet. 
John  Lilly. 
James  Burrows. 
Molly. 

Catharine      Hendrickson, 
William,   Molly,    Simon 


234 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


PARENTS    NAMES, 
OK  BY   WHOM  PRESENTED. 


Oct.      12  Rachel  widow  of  Rnliff 

Coven h oven. 

Rachel  widow  Kphraini 
Foster 


James  Morrison  &  wife 
Wm.  B.  Covenhoven  &  wife 
William  Raid  &  wife 
John  V.  D.  Veer  &  wife 
Doctr.  English  &  wife 

Voorhees  cs:  wife 
Doctr.  S.  Forman  iS:  wife 
Henr\-  Wilson  &  wife 
Matthew  Rue  &  wife 
Nathan  Lewis  &  wife 
David  Craig  &  wife 
RulifTSchenck  &  wife 
Benjn.  Cook  &  wife 
Jonathan  Forman 
James  Voorhees  tS:  wife 
Henry  Rue  &  wife 
Elizh.  wife  of  Bryan 

William  F'enton  «S:  wife 


28 

Nov.      4 

Dec.      2 

23 

Jan.     20, 

1793 

March  i 

May      5 

II 

June     9,   1793 


July      7 

14 

25 

Sep.        I 

Oct.       I 


Oakey  Meslar  &  wife 
Zebulon  (Servt.  to  Ruliff  V. 

D.  Veer)  &  wife 
Lew-is  (Servt.  to  Corns. 

Vanmatre)  &  wife. 
Frederick  Buck  el  ue  &  wife 
John  Gulick  >S:  wife 
William  Hulse  &  wife 
Ruluff  V.  D.  Veer  &  wife 

by  the  Mother  Servt.  to  Mrs. 
Benham. 
4  Lewis  Anderson  &  wife 

6  James  Abrams  &  wife 


children's  names. 


Dehart,   >S:  Daniel   Hen- 
drickson. 

Leah,  F^uphame,  Ursula, 
Rachel  &  Jane. 

Nathaniel,  Phebe,  William 
Alanson  &  Ephraim. 

Mary  Kirkpatrick. 

Alice. 

Rebeekah  Story. 

Tunis 

James. 

Mary  Johnson. 

Samuel  Rogers. 

Daniel. 

Theodorus. 

Mary. 

Hannah  Anderson. 

Jonathan. 

Rachel. 

David. 

William. 

Mary  &  John. 

Thomas. 

Margaret,  Thomas,  Wil- 
liam, Robert,  John  & 
Ann. 

Althay. 

Lewis. 

Lewis. 
Fvlizabeth. 
Thomas  Combs. 
Lydia. 

John  IJoyd,  Sarah  & 
David. 

Hannah. 
Hannah. 
Charles. 


APPENDIX. 


235 


Nov.    12 


Jan. 
Feb. 


5.   1794 
9 


28 
March  20 
April  27 
May     10 


iS 
June  8 
June    15,    1794 


June    22 
29 


July     1 1 

13 

20 

Aug.     3 

31 


Sep.     14 


Dec.    26 
March  15,  1795 
April    5 


parp:nts   names, 
or  by  whom  presented. 

the  Mother  Servt.  to  John  V. 

D.  Veer  Jr. 
William  Wikoff&  wife 
Joseph  Scudder  &  wife 
Thomas  Henderson 
Garret  D.  Covenhoven  & 

wife 
Lucas  Covenhoven  &  wife 
Thomas  Covenhoven  &  wife 
William  Laird  &  wife 
James  R.  English  <\:  wife 

Revd.  John  Woodhull  &  wife 
Joseph  Morford  &  wife 
William  Col  well  «S:  wife 
William  Story  &  wife 
John  Sutphen  &  wife 
John  Craig  (son  of  Wm.)  & 

wife 
Elias  Covenhoven  &  wife 
the  wife  of  Taylor 

Michael  Johnson  &  wife 
John  L.  Anderson  &  wife 
John  Ferine  &  wife 
Ruluff  Van  Der  Veer  &  wife 

Voorhees 
David  Cole  &  wife 
Lewis  Gordon  «&;  wife 
Samuel  Forman  &  wife 
Lewis  (Servt.  to  Corns. 

Vanmatre)  &  wife 
Obadiah  Bowne  &  wife 
Matthew  Ferine  &  wife 
Erick  Erickson's  wife 
John  A.  Scudder  &  wife 
William  Gordon  &  wife 
John  Schenck  &  wife 
Joseph  Story  Jr  &  wife 
William  Dey  Jr.  &  wife 
James  Roberson  &  wife 
John  V.  D.  Veer  cS:  wife 


children's  names. 


Jesse,  Ephraim  &   Phillis. 

Ann. 

John. 

Matilda. 

Vincentia. 
James  Bryson. 
Isaac  &  Anne. 
Folly. 
Jane. 

Gilbert  Smith. 

Lydia. 

William. 

David. 

Nancy. 

Daniel  Logan. 

Ellas. 

John. 

Elizabeth. 

Anna  Matilda. 

John  Lloj'd. 

Joseph. 

Catharine. 

Amos  Stout. 

Watson. 

Ezekiel  &William  (Twins) 


Katey. 

Joseph. 

Stephen. 

Michael. 

Nathaniel. 

William  Tennent. 

Elizabeth. 

Elizabeth,  Daniel. 

Jane. 

John. 


236 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


May     16 


June  20 
July     5 

Sep.     20 

Oct.     2^ 

Nov.  I 
Dec.  2 
]Marcli  I,:; 

May       I 

2 

H 


June 

'9 

July 

,1 

17 

Sep. 

iH 

Oct. 

2, 

I'AKl'XTS     NAMKS, 

OK    HV  WHOM   PRESENTED. 

John  I'erine  <S:  wife 
Ruluff  Schenck  tS:  wife 
Sainl  Covenhoven  &  wife 
Wife  of  John  Casler 
Diana  Servt.  to  Obd.  Rowne 

1795  David  Gordon  &  wife 
Janie.s  Combs  &  wife 
Corns.  Voorhees  <S:  wife 
John  McChesney  &  wife 
Doctr.  James  P>iglish  &  Do. 
Wm.  Barkelow  &  wife 
John  Johnston  &  wife 
Ezekiel  Ciordon  &  wife 
Mary  wife  of  P.  Walton 
David  Vanschiak  Junr.  & 

wife 
Peter  Johnson  &  wife 
The  wife  of  James  Stephenson 
James  Smally  &  wife 
Benj.  Cook  &  wife. 
Lucus  Covenhoven  &  wife 
Benjn.  Campbell  &  wife 

1796  John  Scudder  &  wife 
John  Johnson  &  wife 
Matthew  Rue  &  wife 
Joseph  Scudder  &  wife 
The  wife  of  Jacob  Hubbard 
John  vSutphen  (S:  wife 
William  Craig  &  wife 
Peter  Rue  &  wife 

James  Craig  (son  of  John) 
Lewis  (Servt.  to  Corns. 

Vanmatre)  &  wife 
vSaml.  Covenhoven  tS:  wife 
Ciarrel  B.  Covenhoven  «.\:  wife 

Revd.  D.  Barcla}-  c\:  wife 
James  Craig  &  wife 
1796    Joseph  Sutfen  &  wife 
David  Sutfen  &  wife 
David  Craig  &  wife 
Lewis  Perine  c\:  wife 


CHII.DKKN  S  NAMES. 


William. 

Daniel. 

William. 

Hannah. 

Anthou}-. 

Hannah  Lloj-d. 

IMargaret. 

Daniel  Slover. 

John  Covenhoven. 

John. 

Daniel. 

Sarah. 

Joseph  Combs. 

Mary  Forman. 

Joseph. 

Ebenezar. 

Polly  Talman. 

:\Iary. 

Thomas. 

Helena  Anderson. 

Nelly. 

Nanc}'. 

Sarah. 

William. 

Maria. 

Hannah. 

Derick. 

John. 

Abraham  Schuj'ler. 

Lllen  &  Anna. 

Hannah. 
Hannah. 
Mary  Forman. 

Charles  Ried. 
Phebe. 

J()se|)h  Halsej'. 
Cietty. 
David. 
Lewis. 


APPENDIX. 


237 


Deer.  21,    1796 


Feb.     16,    1797 

IMarch  19 

April    2 
May     13 


28 
June      2 


25 

July 

22 

Aug. 

6, 
20 

1797 

Sep. 

II 

24 

Oct. 

7 

parents'  names. 

Heiny  Rue  &  wife 
John  Craig  &  wife 

Johnson  Voorhees  &  wife 
William  Laird  &  wife 
Richd.  Covenhoven  &  wife 
Luke  Smock  &  wife. 
John  Ferine  &  wife 
John  L.  Anderson  &  wife 
Mary  Bailey  (a  child  she 

had  taken). 
Peter  Hoover  &  wife 
James  Anderson  &  wife 
Ruluff  Vanderveer  &  wife 
Elias  Covenhoven  (son  of 

Isaac)  &  wife 
James  R.  English  &  wife 
RulufifSchenck  &  wife 
The  wife  of  Robt.  Ferine 
John  Gulick  &  wife 
The  wife  of  Erick  Erickson 
William  Gordon  «S:  wife 
David  Cole  &  wife 
Doctr.  English  &  wife 
John  Gordon  &  wife 
John  Dey  (son  of  VVm.)  &  wife 
John  Hilyer  &  wife 
John  Dey  (son  of  Lawrence) 

&  wife 
John  De3^  (son  of  Benjn.)  & 

wife 
David  Gordon  &  wife 
James  Abraham  &  wife 
Doctr.  Scudder  &  wife 
Revd.  jNIr.  Sloan  &  wife 
Jos.  Hankinson  &  wife 
John  Ferine  &  wife 
Nathan  Lewis  &  wife 
Joseph  Scudder  &  wife 
Cornelius  Covenhoven  &  wife 
William  Hulst  Junr. 
Garret  D.  Covenhoven 
James  Fleming  &  wife 


CHILDREN  S  NAMES. 

Ellen. 

Mary,  Ann,   Schenck  and 

Feter. 
Klizabeth. 
Joseph. 
Sarah. 

James,  Elenor  and  Anne. 
Gertrude. 
Fhebe  Rue. 

Fenelope. 
John  Lloyd. 
Austin  &  Kenneth. 
Ruleff. 

Eliza. 

William  Covenhoven 

William. 

Elizabeth  Anderson. 

Feter  Johnson. 

Fhebe  Bird. 

Charles. 

David. 

Hannah. 

Matthew  Rue. 

Richard. 

Margaret. 

William. 

Benjamin. 

John  Combs. 

Stephen. 

Emma. 

William  Henry. 

Anna. 

Catharine  W^illiamson. 

William. 

Louisa. 

Idah. 

Altie  Covenhoven. 

David. 

Joseph  West. 


238 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


P  A  R  K  N  TS     NAM  KS . 


CHILDREN  S  NAMES. 


Mary  wife  of  Peter  Walton 
Wife  of  William  Tavlor 
27  James  Robinson  >S:  Wife 

David  Vanschiak  iS:  wife 
Nov.    10  Isaac  Applegate  &  wife 

William  Dey  Junr.  &  wife 

William  Dey  (son  of  John) 

William  Covenhoven  i.\;  wile 

Catharine  ^Morrison 
May      6,    179S     Benjn.  Campbell  tS:  wife 
20  William  Craig  &  D — 

Saml.  Covenhoven  &  Do. 

Isaac  Diviney  &  Do. 

John  Clayton  &  Do. 

Richd.  Covenhoven  &  Do. 
May    20,    179S     Daniel  T>ey  &  wife 

Peter  Rne  &  Do. 

Win.  McChesney  (S:  Do. 

Priscilla  wife  of  Hays 

Ang.   19  Doctr.  Scudder  &  wife 

Sep.     16  John  \\  D.  Year  &  wife 

Oct.       7  David  Laird  &  wife 

A  Black  woman  belonging 
to  T.  Y.  D.  Yeer 
Nov.    17  John  Covenhoven  Esq. 

John  Craig  &  wife 
Joseph  Vanhorne  <Sc  wife 
1799     John  McChesne}- Junr.  &  wife 
John  L.  Anderson  &  wife 
The  wife  of  James  Cotteral 
Cornelius  Johnson  &  v^nfe 
Peter  Johnson  &  wife 
James  R.  Ivnglish  &  wife 
Lucas  Covenhoven  tS:  wife 
The  last  named  Baptized  by 
berr}'  Church  15th  April    i 
David  Craig  &  wife 
David  Gordon  &  wife 
Matthew  Rue  &  wife 
John  Dey  iS:  wife 
R ul n ff  Schenck  (\:  wife 


Feb.     28, 
April  23 


28 


May      6 

12 


I{llen. 

Jonathan. 

Job!! 

Hannah. 

David. 

Katey  Longstreet. 

Mary. 

John  Kly. 

Peter,  Mary  Dey  «&  Phebe. 

P^lenor  cK:  Hannah  Smith. 

John. 

Samuel. 

John. 

David  Starke}-. 

Matilda. 

Joseph 

John  Baird. 

Hannah. 

David    Chambers  & 

William. 
Sally. 
William. 
Jane. 
David. 

Mary. 

John  &  Leah. 

Jane. 

Ruth. 

Mary  Stults. 

Hannah  Bowne. 

James. 

Letitia. 

PvUphamah. 

Jeremiah  Smith. 

Kenneth  Anderson. 

Doctr.  Woodhull  in  Cran- 

798. 

Mary  Ann. 

David. 

Ann. 

John  Woodhull. 

John. 


APPENDIX. 


239 


PARENTS     NAMES. 

Henr\'  (servant  to  Mrs  Van- 
brunt)  &  wife 
June     16  William  Wikoff  &  wife 

John  Gordon  »S:  wife 
James  Craig  &  wife 

23  Obadh.  Bowne  &  wife 
Jul}'  7  Erick  Erickson's  Wife 
July     14.    1799     Lewis  Abraham  &  wife 

William  Egbert  &  wife 
Rose  Servt.  to  Mrs.  Ben  ham 
Aug.     4  Jos.  Hankinson  &  wife 

Oct.     II  William  De}' Jnr.  &  wife 

12  David  Longstreet  &  wife 
RuluffV.  D.  Veer  &  wife 
Mary  wife  of  P.  Walton 
Benajah  Harvey  &  wife 

25  Matthew  Perrine  &  wife 

Nov.    10  Joseph  Scudder  &  wife 

24  James  Abraham  &  wife 
Dec.       1  William  Craig  &  wife 

6  Frederick  Buckelew  &  wife 

Feb.    2^,  1800     John  Sutfin  &  wife 
Apr.      6  Corns.  Covenhoven  <S:  wife 

13  William  INIcChesney. 
May      6,  1800    John  «S:;  Agnes  Quay 
May    10                James  Robeson  &  wife 

Elijah  Combs  &  wife 
David  Laird  &  wife 
Samuel  Forman  &  wife 


June 


Aug. 
Sep. 
Oct. 


Benjn.  V.  Pelt  &  wife 
Richd.  Covenhoven  &  wife 
I  Doctr.  Scudder  &  wife 

John  Gulick  &  wife 
8  Mar}'  wife  of  S.  Patton 

29  Peter  Rue  &  wife 

31  Lucas  Covenhoven  &  wife 

14  John  Tice  &  wife 

4,   1800     Henry  Rue  &  wife 

William  Low  &  wife 
William  De}^  &  wife 
James  Dey  &  wife 
William  Hulst  Junr. 


children's  names. 


Eliza. 

Lydia  Scudder. 
David. 
James. 
Anna 
Margaret. 
William  Gordon. 
Anna. 
Truey. 
Maria. 

Sarah  Perrine. 
Robert. 
Tunis. 
Rebeekah. 
Catharine. 
Mar\ . 

William  Washington. 
William  &  Simon  (Twins). 
Catharine. 
Elizabeth. 
Sally  WoodhulL 
Mar}'  Vandorn. 
Elenor. 
Louisa. 
Eleanor. 
Nancy. 

Nancy  Covenhoven. 
David  &  Richard  Throck- 
morton. 
Anna  Anderson. 
James. 

Kenneth  Anderson. 
Patty. 
John. 
Maria. 
William. 
Idah  Nephew. 
Lydia  Ker. 
Nancy. 
Stacey. 
Amey. 
Margaret. 


240 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


12 
Nov.  9 
Dec.  14 
Jan.      II,    1801 


April  26 
May      9 


17 
29 

5 

20 
26 


July 
Sep. 


Oct. 

26 

Nov. 

8, 

Dec. 

•3 

Feb. 

19. 

May 

7 

16 

Sep. 
Oct. 


26 
9 


1 801 


1802 


PARENTS     NAMES. 

Elias  Covenhoven  iS:  wife 
Servt.  Woman  of  Tunis 

Vanderveer 
Lewis  Abraham  &  Wife 
The  wife  of  James  Cotteral 
Tunis  Forman  &  wife 
(iaret  Denice  &  wife 
Samuel  Covenhoven  &  wife 
John  McChesney  &  wife 
Lewis  Ferine  &  wife 
John  Vanderveer  «&  wife 
Garret  Forman  &  wife 
Nathan  Lewis  &  wife 
Isaac  Deviney  &  wife 
RuliffSchenck  &  wife 
John  L.  Anderson  &  wife 
James  R.  English  &  wife 
Joseph  Ker  &  wife 
James  English  &  wife 
Benjn.  Vansciack  &  wife 
John  Gordon  &  wife 
Joseph  Scudder  &  wife 
Nelly  wife  of  Peter  Casler 
David  Craig  &  wife 
Mary  wife  of  Peter  Walton 
Isabel  wife  of  Rd.  Craig 
John  A.  Scudder  (S:  wife 
Mary  wife  of  SI.  Patton 
Elizabeth  free  B.  Woman 

Kenneth  A.  Scudder  &  wife 
Robert  Chambers  &  wife 
The  wife  of  Jacob  Hubbard 
Elijah  Combs  &  wife 
Matthew  Rue  &  wife 
James  Robinson  &  wife 
William  Hulst  Junr. 
vSamuel  Forman  &  wife 
Joseph  Vanhorne  <Sc  wife 
John  Sutfin  &  wife 
William  Craig  Do. 
Joseph  Rue  Do. 
John  Clayton  Do. 


CHILDREN  S  NAMES. 

Isaac  &  Elenor  Forman. 

Catharine. 

Lydia. 

Cornelius  Johnson. 

Covenhoven. 

William. 

Letty. 

Charles  Green. 

John. 

Lydia. 

Francinea. 

Benjamin. 

Anna  Slover. 

Lewis  Gordon. 

Peggy. 

Caroline. 

Esther. 

Mary  Rue. 

William. 

Ann  Mary  Senyler. 

Joseph. 

Ann. 

Lydia  Bown. 

Margaret. 

Harriot  &  Rebekah  Combs 

Nathaniel. 

Nelly. 

Patience,  James,  Hannah, 

Nancy  and  Henry. 
Hannah  Neel3^ 
David. 

Charlotte  Craig. 
Rebeekah  Clayton. 
Margaret. 
Eunice. 
Mary. 

John  Fisher  Throcmorton. 
Lydia. 

John  Henry. 
Peter  Drummond. 
Mary. 
Fvlias. 


APPENDIX. 


241 


PARENTS     NAMES. 


CHILDREN  S  NAMES. 


Nov. 


28 


Feb. 


March  19 


Feb. 
April 

May 


1803 


1803 


29 


J"iy 


August  21 

28 

Sep.       4 
18 


John  Gulick  Do. 
Peter  Rue  Do. 
Richd.  Covenhoven  Do. 
Wife  of  Redford  Craig. 
Wife  of  Joseph  Reed 

James  Abraham    &  wife 
Corns.  Covenhoven  Do. 
Garret  Denice  &  wife 
Jos.  Ker  &  wife 
Wife  of  John  Casler 

Elias  Covenhoven  «&  wife 
Joseph  Ker  &  wife 
Garret  Form  an  «&  wife 
David  Laird  &  wife 
John  McChesne}^  &  wife 
The  wife  of  Wm.  McDermot 
David  V.  Schiack  &  wife 
John  A.  Scudder  &  wife 
William  Low  &  wife 
Isaac  Deviney  &  wife 
Mary  wife  of  SI.  Patton 

Harvey  &  wife 
Garret  Forman  &  wife 
Henry  Rue  &  wife 
Saml.  Covenhoven  &  wife 
Black  Woman  Servt.  to  Wm. 

Covenhoven 
James  R.  English  &  wife 
Joseph  V.  Home  &  wife 
Thomas  Covenhoven  &  wife 
Samuel  Thomson  &  wife 
Wife  of  James  Cotteral 
William  Harbert  &  wife 
Joseph  Scudder  &  wife 
Benjn.  V.  Sciack  &  wife 
John  Dey  &  wife 

Ruluff  Schenck  &  wife 
William  Egbert  &  wife 
The  wife  of  Si.  Rogers 
Kenneth  Hakinson  &  wife 


William. 

Eliza  Ann. 

Altia. 

Eliza  Matthews. 

Sarah  Lawrence,  Ann 

Combs  &  Harriet. 
Cornelius  Suydam. 
William. 
Janet. 

Isaac  Herbert. 
Joseph    Clayton    &    John 

Gordon. 
Mary  Ann  Taylor. 
Elizabeth. 
jNIary. 

Daniel  Harbert. 
Moses  Sproule. 
Mary,  David  &  Miles. 
Mary  Ann. 
Jacob. 

Maria  Matilda. 
Elizabeth  Emans 
William  Rue. 
Anna  and  Mary. 
Ebenezar  Ker. 
Peter. 
Kenneth  Anderson. 

James. 

John  Craig. 

Catherine  Maria. 

Sarah. 

William  Laird. 

Garret. 

Eleanor  Hankinson. 

Cornelia. 

Eliza  Disbrow. 

Elias  Covenhoven  &  Maria 

Baird. 
Jane  Henrick.son. 
James. 

John  Freeman. 
John  &  Joseph. 


242 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


Oct. 


25 

8 


Nov.    2-] 
April  29,    1804 

Ma_\-     1,3,    1S04 
19 


June 

17 

June 

24 
17 

Julv 

8 

July 

13 

Jul}' 

22 

Jub' 

22 

Sep. 

28 

June 

I 

June 

I 

Oct. 

5 

Oct. 

6 

Oct. 

6 

Oct, 

6 

Oct. 

6 

Oct. 

21 

Oct. 

26 

PARENTS     NAMES. 

Jolin  Anderson  iS:  wife 
Nanny  Servt.  of  Jas.  Reid 
John  Rue  &  wife 
Ezekiel  Gordon  iS:  wife 

Hedges  Wood  hull  .S:  wife 
Wife  of  Francis  Waydock 
Do.  William  iMcDermot 
Do.  Erick  Erickson 
William  Dey  Junr.  &  wife 
Saml.  Craig  &  wife 
Daniel  Disbrow  &  wife 
Wife  of  Forman  Walton 
Tunis  Forman  &  wife 
John  Scudder  &  wife 
John  Van  Der  Veer  &  wife 
The  wife  of  Robert  Ferine 
Elijah  Combs  &  wife 
Wife  Wm.  Ben  net 
Lucas  Covenhoven  &  wife 
Redfor  Craig  &  wife 
Lewis  Gordon  &  wife 
Joseph  Ker  &  wife 

John  Rogers  &  wife 
Joseph  W  De^'  &  wife 


William  Rue  Jutir  «Sc  wife 
Kenneth  A.  Scudder  cS:  wife 
Robert  Combs  &  wife 
Abraham  Osborn  &  wife 
John  McChesney  &  wife 
John  Dej'  (smith)  &  wife 
James  Robinson  &  wife 
Vincent  Miller  &  wife 
John  Devinney  &  wife 
Richard  Devinney 
Benjamin  Lefferson  tS:  wife 
William  De}'  &  wife 


CHILDREN  S  NAMES. 

Catharine  Llojd. 

Benjamin. 

Maiy. 

William     Washington,     a 

Son  of  Ambrose  Gordon's 
Mary  Ann. 
^lary  Ann. 
Fsabel. 
Richard. 
Matilda. 
Sally. 
Henry. 
Mary  Sedam. 
Jonathan. 
Lienor. 
Hannah. 
John  Lloyd. 
Easter. 

Mary  Chambers. 
Edmond. 
Anna. 
Eliza  Ann 
Elizabeth  Conover. 

Two. 
John  lorman. 
Charlotte    Waj-ant,     born 

April  17,  1800. 
Caroline   McEmley,    born 

Nov.  I,  1801. 
Charles   Gre}',    born  June 

II,  1804. 
George  Spafford. 
I.jdia. 

Lewis  Lerton. 
James. 

James,  Catharine. 
Margaret. 
James. 

Margaret  Ferine. 
Anna  Slover. 
Mary  Everhani. 
Joseph  Conover. 
Lemuel  Cook. 


APPENDIX. 


243 


parents'  names. 
Oct.     28  Samuel  Tonison  &  wife 

Joseph  Forman  &  wife 
Alexander  Clark  &  wife 
Garret  Conover  &  Elizabeth 

Brian 
James  Abrams  &  wife 
John  Clayton  &  wife 

1S05     John  Sutfin  &  wife 
Joseph  Sutfin  &  wife 
James  Herbert  &  wife 

1805     Wm.  Murdock  &  wife  bap- 
tized for  the  wife 
Joseph  Scudder  &  wife 
Garret  Denise  &  wife 

William  Craig  &  wife 
John  Rue  &  wife 
Richard  Conover  &  wife 
James  Dye  &  wife 
William  Herbert  &  wife 
Peter  Walton  &  wife  Marj- 

baptized  for  the  wife 
Peter  Castler  &  wife  baptized 

for  the  wife 
Lewis  Abrams  &  wife 
Robert  Runyon  &  wife  bap- 
tized for  the  wife 

James  R.  English  &  wife 

Dr.  James  English  &  wife 

Joseph  Rue  &  wife 
Samuel  Rodgers  &  wife  bap- 
tized for  the  wife 
Thomas  Flood  &  wife 
James  Flemming  «&  wife 
Ruluff  Schenck  &  wife 
William  Egbert  &  wife 
Henry  Dysbery  &  wife 
David  Craig  &  wife 
Isaac  Devinny  &  wife 


Nov. 

18 

Nov. 

24 

Dec 

2 

9 

Dec. 

28 

April 

13 

13 

13 

May 

10, 

II 

II 

II 

II 

II 

II 

17 

17 

26 

26 

June    14 


23 
22, 


July 


Sep. 

14 

18 

22 

Oct. 

II 

12 

children's  names. 

Henry  Augustus,    br.    30, 

May. 
Amelia  Gale. 
Bersheba  Atehlej-. 

Jesse  Garret. 
John  Woodhull. 
Sarah. 

Lydia  Baker. 
George  Washington. 
Elizabeth  Conover. 

Jane. 

Juliet  Philips. 

Elizabeth    born    Nov.     24, 

1S04. 
Lewis. 
Elenor. 
Aaron  Reed. 
Jacob  Smith. 
Lsaac. 

James  Herbert. 

Phebe  Davis. 
Hannah. 

Elizabeth,  Henry,  Richard, 
Anne,  Rubin,  John. 

George  Henry,  born  Apr.l 
24,  1805. 

Elizabeth,  born  March  22,, 
1805. 

Rebecca  Eliza. 

William  Henrj'. 

Lydia. 

Sarah,  William  Hulse. 

Eliza. 

Carroline. 

Fredrick  Vanlew. 

Julian. 

William. 


244 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TKNNENT. 


Dec. 


Feb. 


ISIay 


July 


15 

20 
20 

20 

20 

22 

22 

22 

6 


paki<;nts   na.mk.s. 

Kenneth  Ilankinson  (S:  wife 
]{lias  Conover  cS:  wife 
\V00l.se3'  Baldwin  <S:  wife 
John  Casler  (S:  wife  baptized 

for  the  wife 
John  Gulick  (S:  wife 
Elizabeth  servt.  of  Wni. 


CHILDREN  S  NAMES. 

Klinor. 

John  Thomson. 

Rachel  Miller. 

Rebecca  Clayton. 
John  Woodhull. 


Conover 

Dyan. 

Jude  servt.  of  Mr.  Baldwin 

Phame  Oakam. 

James  R.  English  tS:  wife 

Jonathan       born   June    10, 

rSo^. 

,s. 

1S05 

James  Cottral  &  wife  baptized 

for  the  wife 

Catty  Ann. 

s 

Joseph  Vanhorn  &  wife 

Luc}'. 

•9. 

1806 

Aplegate  &  wife 

Maria. 

28 

Matthew  Rue 

Ann,  :\Iatthias. 

28 

Samuel  Rue 

Joshua,  Ann. 

28 

Robert  Mount  baptized  for 
his  wife 

Lydia. 

pp^pOPTPD   TO 

PBY. 

i\.  J-Vr  VyiV  J.  I-Vi--'     1  w 

10, 

1S06 

William  McDermott  baptized 

for  his  wife 

PvSsek . 

10 

Matthew  Ferine 

John. 

10 

William  Rue  &  wife 

Nancy. 

10 

James  Herbert  &  wife 

William  Dey. 

10 

William  Day  &  wife 

Mary  Ann. 

ID 

William  Dey  &  wife 

William. 

16 

David  De}'  &  wife 

Aaron  Ben  net. 

2.S 

Phebe  vSutfin 

Eli  as. 

June      I,    1S06 


(ieorge  Coi)k  &  wife  bap 

tized  for  the  wife 
Betty  free  black  woman 
John  Soder  &  wife 
Henry  Dillatash  &  wife 
Isaac  VanArsdalen  &  wife 
Robert  Perrine  cS:  wife  bap- 
tized for  the  wife 
William  Wikoff  &  wife 
Garret  Forman  &  wife 
John  L-  Anderson  &  wife 
Kenneth  A.  Scudder  «.S:  wife 


George  Walker. 
Cathrine  Vandike. 
William,  Jacob,  Charity. 
R ebecca  Tomson ,  William. 
Peter  Ayers. 

Joseph. 
Amanda, 
luister. 
Mary  Rhea. 
Thomas  Cook. 


APPENDIX. 


245 


PARENTS    NAMES. 

William  Laid  &  wife  bap- 
tized for  the  father 
July     II.    1806     William  Dye  &  wife 

13  William  Bennet  &  wife  bap 

tized  for  the  wife 
July     19  William  Davi.son  &  wife 

19  Zebulun  Applegate  &  wife 

baptized  for  hi.s  wife 


19  Samuel  Journe}'  &  wife  bap- 

tized for  the  wife 
19  James  Anderson  &  wife  bap- 

tized for  the  wife 
27  Redford  Craig  &  wife  bap- 

tized for  the  wife 
Aug.  31  Watson  &  wife 

baptized  for  the  wife 
31  Tice  &  wife 

baptized  for  the  wife 
Oct.       5  Joseph  Hankinson  &  wife 

baptized  for  the  wife 
5  Peter  Mount  &  wife  baptized 

for  the  wife 
17  John  Vandeveer  &  wife 

17  Joseph  Ker  &  wife 

17  Joseph  Reed  &  wife  baptized 

for  the  wife 
17  James  Robinson  &  wife 

17  Elijah  Combs  &  wife 

17  Joseph  Freeman  &  wife 

25  Benjamin  Lefferson  &  wife 

31  Joseph  Dye  &  wife 

Sep.     21,    1S06    Jeremiah  Vanpelt  &  wife 

Jan.       2,   1807     Nathan  Davis  &  wife 
30  David  Smith  &  wife 

30  John  Perrine  &  wife 

30  Benjamin  Vanpelt  &  wife 

Feb.     13  Joseph  Edwards  &  wife 


CHILDREN  .S  NAMES. 

IMar\-  Eliza. 

Anna  born  April  18,  1806. 

Margaret  Chambers. 
John. 

Mar}'  Slover,  Nathan  Love- 
berry,  Jule  Ann,  Ruth 
Rowly,  Susanna  Pipp- 
inger. 

Elizabeth,  Mar\-. 

John  Vanpelt. 

William  Redford. 


Mary  Ann  Suidam. 

David  Rhea. 

Richard. 

David. 

Eupheme. 

Susanna  Sprouls. 
William  Henry. 
Thomas. 

one. 
Sarah. 

5  children.         five. 
David  Gordon  born  21  Sep. 

1S06. 
John  Woodhull. 
Edmund   William,    Kitty, 

Margaret. 
John,      Anna,       Cathrine, 

Robert. 
Asher  Howel. 
Aaron. 


246 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


Marc 

h    6 

Apr. 

27. 

]\Iay 

9. 

15 

16 

16 

16 

16 

June 

12 

12 

19 

20 

20 

28 

July 

5 

17 

July 

26, 

Aug. 

14 

23 

23 

23 

23 

Sep. 


parents'  names. 

For  man  Walker  &  wife 
1S07     Thus  far  reported  Apr.  27 
No.  62. 

1807     Henry  Hedges  WoodhuU 

John  Dye  (Blacksmith)&  wife 
Benjamin  Vanscoik  &  wife 
Lewis  Conover  &  wife 
Samuel  Patton  &  wife  bap- 
tized for  the  wife 
16  David  Laird  &  wife  baptized 

for  the  wife 
16  Enoch  Coward  &  wife  bap- 

tized for  the  wife 
Samuel  Thompson  &  wife 
Daniel  Dye  &  wife 
John  Buckalew  &  wife  bap- 
tized for  the  wife 
Samuel  Rue 

Joseph  Thomson  &  wife 
John  Thomson  &  wife 
John  Sutfin  &  wife 
Joseph  Scudder  &  wife 
David  Smith  &  wife 
1807     John  Little  &  wife 

Vincent  Miller  &  wife 
James  R.  English  &  wife 
James  English  (Dr.)  &  wife 
Garret  Denise  &  wife 
Peter  Casler  &  wife  baptized 
for  the  wife 
23  Joseph  Rue  &  wife 

30  David  Craig  &  wife 

30  FA\as  Conover  &  wife 

I,   1807     Georges.  Woodhull.  V.  D.  M. 

&  wife 
6 
13  Rose  free  woman  of  Colour 

her  Cirandaughter 
19  Garret  Forman  &  wife 

19  William  Low  &  wife 


children's  names. 
George  Morford. 

Communicants     now      re- 
ported No.  276. 
Nancy  Kirkpatrick. 
May  Ann. 
Martha  Emiline 
Cathrine  Schenck. 

Castene,  Richard  Prest. 

William. 

Enoch. 
Sally. 
John  Embl}',  Peter  Perrine. 

Lewis  Cromline. 

Eley. 

Elinor. 

William  Forman. 

Daniel. 

Matilda. 

David  Thomas. 

Hannah. 

Mary  Martino. 

Mary. 

Rebecca. 

Margaret  born  Apr.  16,  1807 

Aaron  born  12  May  1807. 
Charlotte  born     r6   March 

1807. 
William  Conover   born   11 

Nov.    1806. 
David  Craig. 

John  Neilson. 
Aaron  Pitney. 

Cynthia. 
Lydia  Ann. 
Sarah. 


APPENDIX. 


247 


^9 
'9 

19 
Oct.      9 

16 

25 
26 

30 
Dec.    25 

Jan.      14,    180S 
July     29,    iSuS 


May 

14 

14 

14 

14 

T4 

29 

29 

July 

3 

3 

24 

31 

31 

31 

Aug. 

7 

PARENTS     NAMES. 

Kenneth  Hankinson  &  wife 
Amanda  Servt.  of  Eze. 

Gordon 
Sylas  servt.  of  Jacob  Wikoff 

and  his  wife 
Daniel  Disborough  &  wife 
James  Davison  &  wife 
Parris  servt.  of  J.  Davison 
John  Rodgers  &  wife 
Joseph  Vanhorn  &  wife 
William  Herbert  &  wife 
Daniel  &  Pricilla  Hays 

for  wife 
David  Baird  &  wife 


Thomas  Aplegate  &  wife 
baptized  for  the  wife 


CHILDREN  S  NAMES. 

Hannah  Anderson. 

Isaac,  George,  Margaret. 

Charles. 

Mary. 

Peter. 

P^noch. 

Elizabeth  Roena. 

Joseph. 

William  Hankinson. 

William  Lewis. 

David,    Rei,     Elizabeth, 

Thomas,  Ann,   Evelina, 

Joseph. 

Lydia,    Antony,    David 
Baird,   Abigal. 


Forman  Walton  &  wife  bap- 
tized for  the  wife 
Daniel  Dye  &  Wife. 
Revd.  Jacob  Rickhow  &  wife 
Thus  far  reported  Apr.  25,  Infants  total  58 
Total  of  Communicant  returned  270. 


Harriot. 

Edward  Jonathan. 

Adults  13. 


William  Craig  &  wife 
James  I.  Reid  &  wife 
William  Johnson  Jr.  &  wife. 
William  Rue  &  wife 
Matthew  Rue  &  wife 


William  Augustus. 

Urias. 

John  Gaston. 

Aaron. 

John  Bowers. 


Joseph  Freeman  (not  his  wife)    John. 


Sep. 


Samuel  Rodgers  &  wife 
John  Scudder  &  wife 
Kenneth  Scudder  &  wife 
Richard  Barkalow  &  wife 

William  Johnson  &  wife 
Nathaniel  Rue  &  wife 
John  Rue  &  wife 

Chamberlain  &  wife 
baptized  for  the  wife 
Samuel  Tomson  &  wife 
Cornelius  Johnson  &  wife 


vSarah  P'reeman. 

Fen  wick. 

Mar}-  Cook. 

Mary  Ann    born  Jan.    16, 

iSoS. 
William  Tone. 
William. 
Sally  Sntfin. 

Nancy,  Lydia  Hammel. 
vSamuel  Alford. 
Cornelius. 


248 


HISTORY   OF  OLD  THNNENT. 


PAKKXTS     NAMKS. 


CHILDREN  S  NAINIES. 


Oct. 


Nov. 


Dec. 


Jan. 


18 

18 

2 

2 

8 

8 

15 

15 

15 

15 

15 

17 

6, 
6 

30 
30 

30 

6. 
6 


1 80S 


Feb. 

10 

Mar. 

3 

3 

13 

13 

April 

3 

3 

21 

Ma}- 

13 

13 

M19 


Richard  Conover  cS:  wife 
John  \'atideveer  (S:  wife 
William  Eniley  (S:  wife 

X'aiiderbelt  iS:  wife 
Win.  (Vordoti  Foniian  «S:  wife 

Lefferts  »S:  wife 
Janits  Herbert  cK:  wife 
Stephen  Applegate  iS:  wife 
Mar}'  Cook  for  her  gran  child 
Joseph  Cowenhoven  <S:  wife 
William  Laird  «S:  wife 
Jane  servant  of John  Con- 
over  Esqr. 
John  L.  Anderson  &  wife 
Thos.  Conover  &  wife 

Phebe  Rne  widow  of  Saninel 

Peter  Mount  &  wife,  baptized 
for  the  wife 

Matthew  Rue  &  wife,  bap- 
tized for  the  father 

William  Dye  &  wife 

Zebulon  Aplegate  &  wife 
baptized  for  the  wife 

Samuel  Journey  &  wife  bap- 
tized for  the  wife 

Daniel  Dve  tS:  wife 


Samuel. 
Anna. 
Noble  Reid. 

Sarah  Marsh. 

William  Conover. 

Isaac. 

James  Journej'. 

Maria  Mount,  Dr.  of  Thos. 

Rachel. 

William. 

Elinor. 

Eliza. 

Thomas  Morford,  Margaret 

Morford. 
Samuel. 

Matthias  Rue. 

PZnoch,  Phebe. 
Elias  Mullison. 

Hannah  Dye. 

John  Anderson. 

Sarah,  born  Nov.  7,  1807. 

This  child  was  baptized 

March  1808. 
John. 


Joseph  lid  wards  ts:  wife 

Charles  Tonison  tS:  wife 
baptized  for  the  wife 

Cieorge  Reed 

Joseph  Scudder  &  wife 

Aaron  K.  Walker  &  wife 

p;noch  Coward  &  wife  bap 
tized  for  the  wife 

John  Laird  <S:  wife 

Nathan  Davis  (S:  wife 
Baptized  1809.     Total  Infants  48 

Total  in  Communion  Apr.  23,  1809,  292. 
1809     Samuel  Conover  cS:  wife  Cornelia  Ann 

John  Tliom])Son  &  wife  lunmaline. 


Jane  Reed. 

Catty. 

Jane. 

James  Robberson. 

Elinor  Lloyd. 
Ruth  Anderson. 
Lewis  Rigs. 
Adults  12.     Total  60. 


APPENDIX. 


249 


parents'   NAINIES. 

13  Elijah  Combs  iSc  wife 

13  Elexander  Clark  (S:  wife 

13  Israel  Chatuberlin,  baptized 

for  his  wife 
13  Peter  Walton,  baptized  for 


children's  names. 

Aaron  Reed. 

John,  Margaret  Ann. 

Elizabeth. 


his  wife 

Carroline. 

13 

Benjamin  Vanskoik  t^:  wife 

Ruth  Rickets. 

13 

John  Conover  »!s:  wife 

William  Johnson,  born 
Dec.  2,  180S. 

13 

David  Vanskoik  and  wife 

William. 

19 

John  R.  Vanasdalen 

George. 

July 

9.     1809 

Pero  &  wife 

Juliann.     (servants). 

Aug. 

24 

Tunis  Forman  iS:  wife 

Cathrine  Louisa. 

24 

Dr.  Saml.  Forman  «S:  wife 

Ann. 

Sep. 

2 

William  Conover  t\:  wife 

INIary. 

15 

Dye  &  wife 

Austin  Anderson. 

17 

Lewis  Conover  &  wife 

Elizabeth  Thomson. 

Oct. 

7 

Joseph  Ker  &  wife 

Caroline    born    April 

1808. 

7 

William  Dey  is:  wife 

Edith  Groom. 

■7 

James  Robinson  &  wife 

Elizabeth. 

7 

John  Smith  &  wife 

Sarah  Green,  Thomas. 

17 

Joseph  Reed  &  wife  bap- 

tized for  the  wife 

Margaret  English. 

Nov. 

Elias  Conover  &  wife 

Jonathan  Rhea. 

Nov. 

19 

William  Laird  &  wife 

Jane. 

Dec. 

I 

Daniel  Disbrough  &  wife 

.\nn. 

I 

Vincent  Miller  &  wnfe 

Isabel. 

29 

Wm.  Disbrow  «S:  wife  bap- 

tized for  the  wife 

Mar}-. 

29 

John  Perrine  &  wife 

Eliza. 

29 

W'illiam  Huston 

Maria. 

Feb. 

II    1810 

William  Imla}'  &  wife 

Reding. 

16 

John  Barkalew  &  wife  bap 

tized  for  the  wife 

Ann  P^linor. 

23  Brown  t!s:  wife  bap- 

tized for  the  wife 
28  Joseph  Conover  <S:  wife 

April     6  Jacob  Baird  tt  wife 

6  William  Hankinson  tS:  wife 

20  William  Brown 

20  Paris     Servt. 

Reported  April  23,  1810.     Bapt 


Juliet. 

Disbrow  Applegate. 
Lydia. 

Rebecca  Hannah. 
Ciarret. 
ized  Infants  38.     Adults  15. 


250 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNKNT. 


I'ARKNTS     NAMKS. 


children's  names. 


Mav 


Oct. 


12      lb\:> 

12 

12 

12 

12 

18 
27 
27 
27 


13 


Dec.     16,    iSio 

23 

28 

Jan.     20,    iSii 


25 


Feb. 


March 


Total  in  Communion  312. 
Wm.  Herbert  tK:  wife 
William  Craig  &  wife 
James  Reed  &  wife 
(iarrit  Forman  &  wife 
Hannah  Hankinson  wife  of 

Josepli 
Nathan  Davis  &  wife 
John  Sutfin  &  wife 
H.  H.  Woodhull  &  wife 
Margaret  Mount  wife  of 

Peter  INIount 
Wm.  Johnston  &  wife 
James  Herbert  &  wife 
John  Rue  &  wife 
David  Vorhes  &  wife 

Laban  Hammel  &  wife  bap- 
tized for  the  wife 

Joseph  Rue  &  wife 
Samuel  Sutfin  &  wife 
Garret  Denice  &  wife 
George  Foster  &  wife  bap- 
tized for  the  wife 


Theodorus  Conover  &  wife 

baptized  for  the  wife 
Richard  Conover  &  wife 
Benjamin  Conover  &  wife 
Nathaniel  Rue  »!<:  wife 
Wm.  Johnston  &  wife 
David  Baird  &  wife 
Samuel  Tomson  &  wife 
Josej)h  Applegate  &  wife 
Enock  Coward  iS:  wife  bap- 
tized for  the  wife 
Wm.  Rodgers  &  wife  baj)- 

tized  for  the  wife 
Rol)t.  Perrine  «S:  wife  bap- 
tized for  the  wife 
Rue  &  wife 


James  Conover. 
Malvine. 
lirastus. 
William. 

William  Henry. 

Dinah  born  16  March  iSio. 

Elizabeth  Craig. 

John  Henr}'. 

Samuel  Rhea. 
Lydia  Tapscot. 
James. 
Anna. 

Cathrine  Jane  Williamson, 
born  ]\Iay  13,  1810. 

Harriot,      Lydia,       Laban 

Eunice. 
James,  Lewis. 
Cathrine  Solomon. 


John  Hulick,  Nancy,  Har- 
riot, William  Ely.  4  G. 
Fosters. 

Susanna 

Maria  Ann. 

James  Maddison. 

Phebe  Ann. 

Rachel  Ann. 

James. 

Melvine. 

Sarah  Ann,  Elizabeth. 

Elizabeth  Llo3'd. 

Henry. 

William  Craig, 
lacob  Suidara. 


APPENDIX. 


251 


May 


June 

16 
30 

J"iy 

12 

July 

12, 

28 
28 
28 

1811 

Aug. 

4 

25 

Sep. 

I 
20 

Oct. 

6 
12 

12 
12 
12 
12 
12 
12 

Nov. 

10 

Dec. 

Jan. 

10, 

1812 

PARENTS    NAMES. 

Robert  Shannon  &  wife 
Peter  Forman 
Reported  41  In.     8  Adult.s. 
Joseph  Scudder  &  wife 
Nanny  (back  woman) 
John  Vandeveer  &  wife 
RulufF  Vancleve  baptized 
for  ye  wife 

Dorrous  Conover  baptized 

for  5'e  wife 
Daniel  Herbert  &  wife 
William  Laird  &  wife 
James  T.  Reed  &  wife 
Alexander  Clark  &  wife 
Joseph  Conover  &  wife 
Elias  Conover  &  wife 
Samuel  Rodgers  &  wife 
John  Johnson  &  wife 

Nathaniel  Culver  &  wife 

baptized  for  the  wife 
David  &  Lidia  Mills 
John  L.  Anderson  &  wife 
Elijah  Combs  &  wife 
John  vSmith  &  wife 
John  Tice  &  wife 
John  Conover  &  wife 
William  Craig  &  wife 
John  B.  Conover  &  wife 
Aaron  F.  Walker  &  wife 
Israel  Chamberlin  &  wife 

baptized  for  the  wife 
John  I.  Thompson  &  wife 
John  Rue  &  wife 
William  Rue  &  wife 
John  Gulick  &  wife 
Kenneth  Hankinson  &  wife 
William  Barkalow  &  wife 
James  R.  English  &  wife 
Sarah  Tomson  (Granmoth) 

her  Daughr.  Elinors  Child 
Joseph  Reed  &  wife 


children's  names. 

James. 

William,  Sally  Ely. 
Total  in  Communion  322. 
Theodocia  Rachel. 
Yaflf  Williamson. 
Cathrine. 

Hannah,  Joseph,  Catty 
Ann. 

William. 
James,  Susan. 
James  Newel. 
Terresa. 
William. 
Matilda. 
Elenor. 

Gertrude  Sutfin. 
John,    Jaminia,     Cathrine, 
Sarah,  Rachel,  William. 


Esther. 

William  Toan. 

Matthias  Rue. 

Joseph. 

Aaron  Reed. 

Elizabeth. 

Peter. 

Ann  Rhea. 

Obediah. 

Caroline. 

Joseph. 

Joseph. 

Jane  Baldwin. 

Austin. 

Ira  Condict. 

Peter. 

Cornelia. 

James  Theodore. 

Reuben. 

Elizabeth  Holeman. 


252 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


PAKICNTS     XAMKS. 


CHILDREN  S  NAMES. 


Feb. 


March  if) 


Apr. 


Mav 


June 
July 


Sep. 


Oct. 


Oct. 
Nov, 
Dec. 


Danl.  H.  Disborough  iS:  wife 
John  Perrine  <S:  wife 
Lwi.s  Conover  (Sc  wife 
Peter  Wallon  cK:  wife  bap- 
tized for  the  wife 
Fornian  Walton  &  wife  for 

the  wiff 
Peter  Mount  ^  wife,   for 

the  wife 
Ann  Westlake  widow  of 
Samuel  Westlake 
April  27,  1812,51.     Adult.s  4.     Total 
Stephen  Applegate  &  wife 
Ephraini  Johnson  &  wife 
James  Herbert  iS:  wife 
William  Herbert  &  wife 
Jacob  Fleming  &  wife 
Benjamin  VanSkoik  tS:  wife 
Anna  Reed 
Joseph  Rue  &  wife 
Benjamin  G.  Conover  &  wife 
Levi  Solomon  &  wife 
John  A.  Lard  &  wife  bap- 
tized for  the  wife 
Frederick  Buckelew  <S:  wife 
David  B.  Dej^  (!s:  wife 
Anna  Reed 
Thos.  Hankinson  (Sc  wife 

baptized  for  the  wife 
Rose  free  black  woman 

John  Heddon  (S:  wife  bap- 
tized for  the  wife 
John  Forman  &  wife 
Nancy  servant  of  Jams  Herber 
Eflfee,  servant  of  Jose})h  Dye 
Henry  I'erine  tS:  wife 


Cathrine. 
Margaret. 
Ciustavus  Adolphus. 

Luesa. 


21,    I S I 


25 


1S12     Samuel  Tomson  tS:  wife 
Samuel  Sutfin  c\:  wife 
Lewis  a  servant  of  Dr. 
WoodhulLs 


Phebe  Aan. 

Matilda. 

Sarah,  Abraham,  Samuel. 
55.     Communicants  329. 
Elizabeth  Dennis. 
John. 
(Gilbert. 
vSarah. 
John  Henr}-. 
John  Woodhull. 
P'mma. 
Sarah  Ann. 
Garrit. 
Henrietta. 

Sarah,  James. 
Frederick  Woodhull. 
JohTi,  Pllizabeth. 
Km  ma. 

Deborah  Ann. 
Vaff,   Lewis,  Cathrine, 
Mary,  Pero. 

Lewesa. 
Mar\-  Ann. 
t  Jeremiah. 
Mary,  Samson. 
Henry  Merchant,   Mariah, 

Andoritha,  Margaret 

( lordon. 
John  b'orman. 
William  IHlsey. 

Oliver,  Corlis. 


APPENDIX. 


253 


Dec.     25 


Jan. 

4. 

:\Iarcl 

1  26 

Apr. 

2 

II 

2.^ 

July 


Apr.     1 7 
INIay     13, 


June    19 

^4 
26 

July    3 


iSr 


iSi ; 


2,    ihi 


1S14 


PARENTS     NAMES. 

Cathrine  servant  of  Dr. 

Woodhulls  bnt  Child 

of  Marys 
Henr}-  H.  Woodhull  &  wife 
Joseph  Conover  &  wife 
Joseph  Reed  &  wife 
William  Imle}'  &  wife 
Peter  Corle  &  Mar}-  his  wife 

baptized  for  the  wife 


CHILDREN  S  NAMES. 


Maria. 

Sarah  Forman. 

Louisa. 

John. 

Sarah  Elisa. 


[John  Dey,  Peter,  Isaac 
Slover,  Richard  Laird, 
Benjamin,  Gracy]  Corle. 

April  27,  1813  Infants  baptized  46.     Adults  ir.     Total  57. 
Communicants  ^21. 


Nathaniel  wS.  Rue  &  wife 
John  Rue  &  wife 
Wni.  Vorhees  &  wife 
Alexander  Clark 
Wni.  Rue  &  wife 
Ele3',  free  black  woman 
Elijah  Combs  &  wife 
James  Ricketts  &  wife 

James  Robenson  &  wife. 
David  I.  Craige  for  ye  wife 
John  I.  Smith  &  wife 
Samuel  Rodgers  &  wife 
Danice  Herbert  &  wife. 
John  T.  Woodhull  &  wife 
William  Craig  &  wife 
Eley  free  black  woman 
Daniel  Herbert  &  wife 
John  B.  Conover  &  wife 
Elias  Conover  &  wife 
Enock  Coward  &  wife 
baptized  for  the  wife 
Fredrick  Bucelew  &  wife 
Wikoff  Conover  &  wife 
Robert  Combs  &  wife 
John  Headden  &  wife  bap- 
tized for  the  wife 
James  Bowne  &  wife  bap- 
tized for  the  wife 


Nathaniel. 
James. 

:\Iaria  W . 

Hannah  ^laria. 

Alfrod. 

Charlotte. 

Elizabeth  Reid. 

Mary  Ann,  James,   Henry 

H— ,  John  Woodhull. 
Robert  Conover. 

James  W . 

Rebeca  C . 

P^dmond. 

Matilda  Wikoft^ 
Matilda. 
Sarah. 
I. 

John  Baird. 
Joseph. 

Clemense  Stevens. 
Margaret  Eliza. 
William. 
Rachel,  Gilbert. 

Matilda. 

Elinor. 


254 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


parents'  names. 

3  James  Stoddard  cS:  wife 

baptized  for  the  wife 
Aug.     7  Kphraini  Johnson  &  wife 

7  John  Conover  &  wife 

Sep.     iS  Isaac  INIyars  &  wife  bap- 

tized for  the  wife 
V">  James  Inilay  «Sc:  wife  bap- 

tized for  the  wife  (Eliza) 


30  Hagerman  &  wife 

(Cathrine)  baptized  for 
the  wife 
Oct.       8,   1814    John  Vandeveer  &  wife 
8  Samuel  Sutfin  &  wife 

8  \Vm.  Teneyck  &  wife 

8  Amanda  servt.  of  E.  Gordon 


CHILDREN  S  NAMES. 


Mary. 

Mary  Cook. 
John  Neilson. 

James  Warren. 

[Ann,  George  Washington, 
Cathrine,  Peter  Cook, 
Susan,  James  Lippon- 
cott]     Imlay. 


Mary  Ann. 

Sarah. 

Levi  Solomon. 

Jane,  John  Conover. 

Amanda. 


About  Ten  names  not 
recorded. 


April  24,  1S15.     Infants  37. 

20,    1S15     Joseph  Hankinson  <S:  wife 

for  the  wife 
Ma\-    31,    1S13     Samuel  Tom  son  &  wife 
Ma}-     13  David  B.  Dey  &  wife 

Richard  Conover  &  wife 
John  Forman  &  wife 
28  Euphema  Johnson  widow- 

June      9  Joseph  Laird  «S:  wife  bap- 

tized for  the  wife 
9  Jacob  Bomstead  &  wife  bap- 

tized for  the  wife 
10  John  Reed  &  wife 

10  Sarah  Jewel  wife  of  Richard 


June     18,1815     John  T.  Woodhull,  :\I.  T). 

&  wife 
May     12,    1816     Dn.  Buckelew  tS:  wife 
\Vm.  Dey  &  wife 


Adults  4. 

Eliza. 

Ann  Maria. 
Allison  Ely. 
William. 

Thomas  Marshal. 
Mar\-  Ann,  Lydia   Mount, 
Nanc}-. 

James  Rue. 

Elizabeth  Caroline. 

James,  Joseph  Iloleman. 

John  Reed,  William,  Cor- 
nelius, Lydia  Ann,  Al- 
fred, Elinor  Conover. 

George  Spafford. 

Amanda. 

Frederick  Buckelew. 


APPENDIX. 


255 


May      4,    1S16 


Feb. 


iSi' 


H 


March  3 


May 
Date 


18 
not 


,    1806 
tjiveii 


May     13,    1820 


May 


1819 
1823 


PARENTS    NAMES. 
James  Reed  &  wife 

James  Stottard  &  wife,  for 

the  wife 
Joseph  Rue  &  wife 
Nathaniel  Rue  &  wife 
Wik  off  Con  over  &  wife 
Peter  Mount  &  wife  bap- 
tized for  ye  wife 
Wm.  Thomson  &  wife 
David  Reid  (S:  wife 

Vincent  Miller  &  wife 

Robert  McChesne}-  &  wife 
John  Dey  &  wife 
James  Dey 
Aaron  McClees  &  wife 


William  Low  &  wife 


CHILDREN  S  NAMES. 

William  Davison. 
John. 

Eraeline. 
Addra  Ann. 
Carroline. 
Hannah. 

Mary  Matilda. 

William. 

Aaron  Longstreet, Thomas 

Parker. 
Rebecca  ]\Iount,  Cathrine, 

and  Hester. 
John,  Cathrine. 
Dinah. 
Achsa. 
Alexander  Low  and    Ann 

Davis,  twins  born  Dec. 

I,  1817. 
Cathrine,  Jane,  Caroline. 


Cranbury.     Mary  Dot.  of  Jeremia  Brown,  &  for  the  wife. 

William  &  Rebekah  Johnson     Matildar. 

Charles  &  Elizabeth  Matchet     Mary  Ann. 

Lewis  &  Catherine  Combs         James. 

Patience  Errixon,  (Adult),  &  wife  of  Timoth3\ 

Ann  Dey,  wife  of  Benjamin,       Hannah. 

Person  Thompson  Elizabeth  Conover. 

Mary  Vanscoick  Amelia  Ann. 

Terry,  (Adult),  and  servant  of  Wm.  Wikoff. 

Richard  Sutfin  William  Rue. 

James  Rue  &  wife,  for  the  wife    Phebe.    Jonathan. 

Joseph  Laird  &  wife,  for 

the  wife  Amanda. 

Archabald  Sutfin  &  wife 

for  the  wife  Daborough. 

Rebecca  Miller,  wife  of  James    John. 
Elias  C.  Dey  &  wife  Ann  Lydia. 


256 


HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


LIST  OF  BURIALS  IN  OLD  TOPANEMUS  CEMETERY. 

This  cemetery  is  situated  about  4  miles  north  of  Old  Tennent.  Here 
was  located  in  its  early  days  St.  Peter's  Episcopal  Church,  which  was 
afterwards  in  1738  taken  down,  removed  to  Freehold  village,  and  re-erect- 
ed on  the  site  it  now  occupies.  Rev.  Geo.  Keith,  at  first  a  Scotch  Presby- 
terian, afterward  a  Quaker,  and  subsequently'  an  Episcopalian,  was  among 
the  first  to  conduct  services  in  Old  Topanemus.  The  list  of  burials  here 
given  was  copied  out  from  the  gravestones  by  F.  R.  Symmes. 

In  these  Burial  records  w.^wife,  wd.^widow,  s.=.son,  d.:=daughter, 
and  a  woman's  familv  name  in  brackets  means  her  maiden  name. 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Coll.  John  Anderson,  Once  Pres- 
ident of  his  Majesty's  Council 
for  the  Province  of  New  Jersey. 

Anna  Anderson,  w.  Coll.  John  & 
d.  John  Reid, 

Hannah  Anderson,  w.  Kenneth, 

Lydia  Anderson,  d.  Kenneth  & 
Hannah, 

James  Abraham,  (born  in  North - 
hamptonshirein  Old  England,) 

Jannet  Abraham,  w.  James, 

Charls  Abraham,  s.  James  & 
Jannet, 

John  Baird,  came  from  Scotland 
1683  in  his  1 8th  year. 


INIarch  28,  1736,     71  3'ears. 


July        6,  1723, 
Aug.      15,  1762, 


43  years. 

in  her  44th  yr. 


Aug.     18,  1744,       3  yrs.  11  mos.  23  da. 


Sep.  13,  1765, 

April  3,  1747, 

Sep.  18,  1760, 

Aprill  1755, 


John  Baird,  Jr., 

Feb. 

6, 

1747^ 

Zebulun  Baird, 

Jan. 

28, 

1804, 

Anne  Baird,  w.  Zebulun, 

Dec. 

28, 

1794- 

John   R.  Barriclo 

Feb. 

ii> 

1858. 

William  Barriclo, 

Oct. 

I, 

1826. 

Hulda  (Bowne)  Barricklo,  w. 

Wm.  R., 

Apr. 

13. 

1867, 

David  Bowne, 

Dec. 

9. 

1820, 

Mary  I^owne,  w.  David, 

Feb. 

28, 

■«i.3, 

Sarah  Brown,  w.  Andrew, 

Aug. 

8, 

'771. 

John  Barclay,  P^scj., 

Feb. 

1786, 

69  yrs.    6  mos.  18  da. 
43  yrs.    3  mos. 

34  yrs.    3  mos.  21  da. 

about  90  yrs.  &  of  an 

honest  Caracter. 
40  3'rs.  to  da. 
83  yrs.    3  mos.  15  da. 
63  yrs.    4  mos.  1 1  da. 
42  yrs.  1 1  mos.  18  da. 
38  yrs.    3  mos. 

May  J  8,  1790. 
72  yrs.     I  mo.    21  da. 
in  her  48th  year. 
27  yrs.    9  mos. 
record  of  age  undeci- 
pherable. 


APPENDIX. 


257 


NAMES. 

Katherin  Barclay,  w.  John  Esqr. 

&  d.  Charles  Gordon, 
John  Clark, 
William  Clarke, 


Elizabeth  Clarke,  w.  Wm.  She 
was  born  iu  Scotland, 

Allexsander  Clark,  born  in  New 
Jarsey  ;  died  with  the  cancer, 

Mary  Carhartt,     w.  Robart, 

Sarah  Combs,  w.  John, 

Richard  Denise,  s.  Denise  &  Mar- 
garet, 

Margaret  Denise,  w.  Denise  De- 
nise, &  d.  Richd.  &  Sarah 
Franses, 

Alexander  Dove, 

Jane  Dove, 

John  Driskel, 

John  Fenton, 

John  Fenton,  s.  John  &  ]Mary, 

Richard  Franses, 

Sarah  Franses,  w.  Richd.  &  d. 
Thomas  &  Mary  Warne, 

Thomas  Franses,  s.  Richd.  & 
Sarah, 

James  Franses,  s.  Richd.  &  Sarah, 

John  Franses,  s.  Richd.  &  Sarah, 

Mary  Franses,  d.  Richd.  &  Sarah, 

John  Franses,  s.  Richd.  &  Sarah, 

Richard  Franses,  s.  Richd.  & 
Sarah, 

Rachel  Franses,  d.  Richd.  &  Sarah 

Daniel  Grandin,  s.  Daniel  &  Mary, 

Sarah  Grandin,  w.  Daniel, 

Job  Grandin,  s.  Daniel  &  Sarah, 

Daniel    Grandin,    s.    Daniel    & 
Sarah, 

John  Grandin,  s.  Daniel  «S:  Sarah, 

Hellana  Hankinson,  w.  Thomas, 

Jonathan  Holmes, 

Rebekah  Holmes,  w.  Jonathan, 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Oct.  26,  1757, 
March  17,  1777, 
May,  1709, 


June  14,  1705. 
58  yrs.  16  da. 
tombstone  is  a  double 
one  for  himself  &  wife, 
and  is  broken  off. 


Dec.      25,  1697,  42  years. 

Aug.   7,  1730,  ^j  years. 

Aug.  10,  1737,  41  years. 

Feb.   14,  1824,  90  yrs.  4  mos.  29  da. 

Aug.  17,  1802,  31  yrs.  2  mos.  16  da. 


Dec.  18,  1770,  22  yrs.  10  mos.  24  da. 

Oct.  7,  1736,  73  years. 

no  dates  given  on  tombstone. 

Nov.  19,  1804,  40  yrs.  11  mos.  6  da. 

Aug.  5,  1747.  77  yrs.  3  mos. 

Apr.  7,  1736,  in  his  12th  year. 

Nov.  10,  1795,  86  3-rs.  9  mos.  9  da. 

Aug.  8,  1809,  97  yrs.  11  mos.  12  da. 

Feb.  20,  1768,  30  yrs.  9  mos.  18  da. 

Sep.  26,  1766,  12  yrs.  8  mos.  7  da. 

March  21,  1759,  7  yrs.  i  mo.  21  da. 

Aug.  10,  1753,  14  yrs.  4  mos.  16  da. 

Apr.  6,  1739,  3  yrs.  7  mos.  24  da. 

Nov.  8,  1796,  Age  not  given. 

Oct.  19,  1791,  42  yrs.  I  mo.  14  da. 

Nov.  I,  1790,  67  yrs.  6  mos.  20  da. 

Feb.  I,  1761,  39  3'rs.  2  mos.  20  da. 

Aug.  3,  1774,  21  5'rs.  6  mos.  20  da. 


2  yrs.  3  mos. 
II  mos. 


Feb.  19.  1748,  41  yrs.  9  mos.  13  da. 
Dec.  26,1766,  about  85  yrs.  &  6  mos. 
Nov.     10,  1761,      70  yrs.    9  mos. 


258 


HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Joseph    Holmes,    s.    Jonathan    «S: 

Rebeckah, 
Samuel  Holmes, 
Molly  Holmes,  w.  Samuel, 
Elisha  Holmes, 
Adrian  Hun, 

Phebe  Hun,  <1.  Adrian  &  Phebe, 
Sarah  Jolle\-.  d.  \Vm.  (S:  Hannah, 
Thomos  Killpatrick, 
David  Lyell,  (his  tombstone  has 

a  Latin  inscription,  and  also  an 

engraved  coat-of-arms), 
Alice  Lo3'd,  w.  Timoth}',  (She  was 

born  in  North  America), 
Margret  McCormick,  \v.  Jeremiah, 
William  Nichols,  (for  many  yrs.  a 

physician  in  Monmouth  Co.) 

Sarah  Nichols,  w.  Dr.  \Vm., 

John  Reed, 

Sarah  Reed,  \v.  John  iS:  d.  John  & 
Anne  Wetherill, 

William  Reed,  s.  John  &  Sarah, 

Elizabeth  Reed,  d.  John  &  vSarah, 

John  Reed, 

Anne  Reed,  \v.  John  Reed  of  Mon- 
mouth Co., 

James  Reed,  s.  John  &  Anna, 

Moyka  Reed,  w.  James  &  d.  Aaron 
&  Catharine  Longstreet, 

Sarah  Reid,  youngest  d.  Coll.  John, 

Capt.  Samuel  Reid, 

John  Reid,  (He  came  from  Scot- 
land his  native  country,  with 
his  wife  Margaret  iS:  three 
daughters,  to  New  Jersey,  Dec. 
19,   1683, 

Margaret  Reid,  vv.  John, 

John  Rockhed, 

son  of  Thomas  Rockhed,  of  Wh 
Tweed,  in  North  Britain. 

Michael  Savage,  .'-.  Robt.  t\: 
Hannah, 


Mar. 

23. 

173H, 

16  yrs.  3  mos.  27  da 

Nov. 

29. 

1769, 

43  3'rs.  I  rao.  2^  da 

Apr. 

23, 

1773. 

46  (?)  years. 

Feb. 

13. 

1792, 

22  yrs.  II  mos.  26  da 

Jan. 

15. 

I73«, 

28  yrs.  7  mos. 

May 

10, 

1739. 

9  mos.  17  da. 

Feb. 

10, 

1806, 

in  her  26th.  year. 

Jan. 

3'. 

i75S> 

56  years. 

Jan. 

28, 

1725. 

55  years. 

Jan. 

29- 

1761, 

about  7S  3'ears. 

Oct. 

24, 

1760, 

50  years. 

Apr, 


9. 


743,     born   in  Dublin,   Ire- 
land Oct.  23,  1685. 


Apr. 

6, 

1755. 

70  yrs.  2  mos. 

4  da 

July 

5. 

1819, 

96  yrs.  3  mos. 

May 

30, 

17S5- 

57  years. 

July 

31. 

1802, 

33  3'rs.  2  mos. 

17  da 

Feb. 

6, 

1796, 

35  yrs.  5  mos. 

4  da 

June 

10, 

1770, 

93  yrs.  I  mo. 

7  da 

June 

4. 

1777- 

92  yrs.  9  mos. 

Dec. 

29, 

1809, 

81  years. 

Aug. 

II, 

1757- 

22  yrs.  2  mos. 

26  da 

Apr. 

24, 

1753- 

1 1  yrs. 

Dec. 

23  > 

1802, 

65  yrs.  9  mos. 

11  da 

Nov.     16,  1723, 

May       I,  1728, 

Sep.      12,  1737, 

itsomhill,  in  the 


67  years. 
84  years. 

56  years  :        (Second 
shire  of  Herwick,  upon 


March  21,  1748,       2  yrs.     7  mos. 


APPENDIX. 


259 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Sep. 
Oct. 


10, 

8, 


Anna  Smith,  w.  David, 
Susannah  Smith,  d.  John  & 

Hester, 
Hugh  Taj'lor,  (born  at  Coates.  in 

the   Count \'  of  York,  in  Great 

Brittain, 
Latitia  Taylor,  w.  Hugh  &  d. 

Richard  &  Sarah  Franses, 
Hugh  Taylor,  s.  Hugh  &  Letitia, 
Joseph    Throckmorton,  s.  Joseph 

&  Alice, 
Job  Throckmorton,  s.  Joseph  & 

Alice, 
Mary  Throckmorton,  w.  Job, 
James  Throckmorton,  s.  Job  & 

Mary, 
Rebekah  Tice,  vv.  Gilbert, 
Elizabeth  Thomas,  w.  Enoch 

David  &  d.  James  &  Jannet 

Abraham, 
Thomas  Warne,  died  with  the 

dead  paulse}', 

Plimouth  in  Devenshire  in  Great  Brittain. 

And  in  the  31st  3'ear  of  his  age  came  over  a 
Deborah  Warne,  w.  Thomas,  March  15, 

Joshua  Warne,  Aug.      5, 

Sarah  Warne,  d.  Joshua  &  Eliza- 
beth, Oct.      II, 
John  Williams,  s.  George,  Jan.        9, 


Feb.     20,  1773,     24  yrs.    4  mos.    9  da. 
Nov.     14,  1759,     19  yrs.    6  mos.  14  da. 

Aug.    19,  1750,     in  his  65th  3-ear. 


1801,     55  3TS.    8  mos.  10  da. 
1763,     24  days. 


Apr.       8,  1752,     26  yrs.    3  mos.  20  da. 


1765,  44  yrs.  I  mo.  23  da. 

1790,  66  j-rs.  10  mos.  28  da. 

i749>  5  yrs.  2  mos.  19  da. 

1757.  ^3  yi's.  3  mos.  20  da. 


1762,  34  yrs.  12  da. 

1722,     70  3-ears.  Born    in 

Lived  some  time  in  Ireland. 
Propriater  in  East  Jarse3\ 

1 73 1,     27  years. 

1758,  51  3'rs.    7  mos.  13  da. 

1742,       5  3-rs.  II  mos.    6  da. 

1759,  About  20  3'ears. 

(Headstone  broken. 


Feb. 

2, 

Apr, 

19. 

May 

28, 

June 

24, 

Jan. 

16, 

May 

15. 

26o 


HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


LIST  OF  BURIALS  IN  OLD  vSCOTS  CEMETERY. 

[This  list  was  made 'from  inscrij)tions  on  the  head-stones  by  F.  R.  Syni- 
mes.  There  is  a  large  number  of  j^raves  in  Old  Scots  yard  without  anv 
inscribed  stones,  but  only  those  with  inscriptions  are  here  recorded.  This 
cemetery  is  located  about  one  mile  south  of  Wickatunk  depot,  Central 
R.  R.  of  N.  J.,  or  about  five  miles  north  of  Old  Tennent  church.] 

In  these  Burial  records  w.^wife,  wd.:=widovv,  s.  :=son,  d.^^daughter, 
and  a  woman's  family  name  in  brackets  means  her  maiden  name. 


NAMES. 

Hanah  Amy,  w.  John, 
John  Boice, 
Jane  Boice,  w.  John, 
Rev.  John   Boyd, 


Richard  Clark, 

Archibald  Craig,  Esqr., 
Mary  Craig,  w.  Archibald, 
Samuel  Craige,  s.  Archibald  & 

Mary, 
William  Craig,  s.  Archibald, 
William  Craig,  s.  vSamuel, 
William  Crawford, 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


March  28,  1762, 
Feb.  14,  1S05, 
INI  arch  8,  1S49, 
Aug.    30,  1708, 


May     16,  1733, 

March    6,  1751, 
Nov.       I,  1732, 


about  33  years. 

46  yrs.     8  mos.    6  da. 

91  yrs. 

in  his  29th  year. 
First  pastor  of  Old 
Scots  Church. 

born  in  Scotland  Feb. 
10,  1663. 

73  years. 

69  years. 


Samuel  Crawford, 
Jonathan  Forman,  Esqr., 
Margaret  Forman,  w.  Jonathan, 


Nov.     17,  1746,     38  j-rs.    6  mos.  14  da. 
Aug.      8,  1726,     in  his  2nd.  year. 
Aug.    28,  1743,     in  his  3rd.  year. 
Mar.     22,  1760,     in  his  55th  year:    late 
High     Sheriff     of 
Middlesex  Count}'. 
8,  1748,     35  yrs.    3  mos. 
28,    1762,     74  years. 
21,  1765,     72  years. 


July 
Dec. 
Dec. 

William  l-'orman,  s.  Jonathan  &  Margaret,  in  his  7th  year,  born  Feb.  20 
1729. 

Jonathan  I-'orman,  s.  Jonathan  cv 
Margret, 

Euphamea  Freeiser, 

John  Henderson,  Ksqr., 

Ann  Henderson,  w.  John, 

Michael  Henderson, 

Jane  Henderson,  w.  Michael, 

Anne  Henderson, 

Jane  Henderson, 

Stevens  Nichl.  Henderson,  grand- 
son of  Michael, 


May     20,  1 738, 

March    i ,  1748, 

Jan. 

Oct. 

Aug. 

Oct. 

June 


>.  1771. 

2:-,.  1722, 

lo,  1722. 

18,  1748, 


Jan.     4,  i74«-9. 

Nov.    2-j,  1737,     9  mos 


in  his  37th  year. 
21  3-rs.    5  mos.    6  da. 
in  his  74th.  year, 
in  her  65th.  3'ear. 


Dec.  27,  1734. 
Oct.  8,  1730. 


APPENDIX. 


261 


NAMES. 

John  O'Harrah, 

Margaret  O'Harrah,  d.  John  & 

Sarah, 
Catharine  Patten,  \v.  John, 
Daniel  Peacock, 
Ann  Peacock,  vv.  Daniel, 
David  Pease, 
Abraham  Probasco, 
Nelly  Probaso,  w.  Abraham, 
Jacob  Ouackenbush, 
Experience  Ouakenbush,  \v. 

Jacob, 
Elisabeth  Reder,  w.  Jeremiah, 
William  Red  ford, 


INIargret  Redford,  w.  William, 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Rev.  John  Tennent, 


Elinor  uan    Dorn,    w.    Abraham, 

and    daughter   of  Jonathan    & 

Margret  Forman, 
Cathrine  van  der  hiden,  w.  John, 

and    daughter   of  Anthony    & 

Elizabeth  ward, 
Anthon}'  Ward, 

Walter  Wall, 

Anna  Wall,  w.  Walter, 

Richard  Duell, 

William  Hawkins, 

Phebe  (Snyder)  Hawkins,  w.  Wm., 

Margaret  Probasco, 

Sarah  Probasco, 

Jane  Peacock, 

John  Peacock, 

Alche  Taytor,  w.  Wm. 

David  J.  Honce,  s.  James, 

William  Snyder, 

Elizabeth  Snyder,  w.  Wm., 


Sep.      16,  1760,     34  yrs.  ir  mos.  28  da. 


5  yrs.    4  mos.  15  da. 
52  yrs. 

in  his  6ist  3'ear. 
in  her  55th  year, 
in  his  59th.  year. 
69  3'rs.     7  mos. 
T2,  yrs.    3  mos.  2t,  da. 
84  5ears. 

93  years. 

aged  about  79  years. 

aged  84  years:  came 
from  north  Brit- 
tain,  1682. 

aged  84  years:  came 
from  north  Brit- 
tain,  1682. 

born  Nov.  12,  1707  : 
third  pastor  of  Old 
Scots  church. 


Sep. 

3> 

1760, 

Feb. 

9. 

1774, 

May 

3' 

1823, 

April 

19. 

1825, 

Oct. 

15. 

1758. 

Nov. 

30. 

1806, 

Sep. 

9. 

1806, 

Dec. 

29. 

1828, 

Dec. 

27. 

1830, 

June, 

1735. 

March 

I, 

1726, 

April   17,  1729, 


April    23,  1732, 


May 

22, 

'^72)2) 

Jan. 

10, 

^7\7^ 

Dec. 

6, 

1746, 

Feb. 

2, 

1738, 

Jan. 

19. 

1758, 

Dec. 

10, 

183 1, 

May 

20, 

1867, 

July 

28, 

1865, 

June 

27, 

1844, 

Aug. 

4. 

1828, 

Nov. 

24, 

1823 

INIarch 

131. 

1827, 

Jan. 

6, 

1862, 

Jan. 

12, 

1845, 

March  15, 

183 1, 

June 

s, 

1840, 

in  her  21st  year. 


aged  T^-ii  3'ears. 
aged  76  5'ears  :     born 

in  Great  Britain, 
aged  47  years, 
in  her  63rd  j^ear. 
Feb.  II,  1788. 
70  yrs.  II  mos.  21  da. 
64  yrs.  II  mos.  14  da. 
']']  yrs.     I  mo.       i  da. 
63  3'rs.    5  mos.  22  da. 
in  her  29th.  year, 
in  his  28th.  year. 
68  yrs.    3  mos.  20  da. 

6  3'rs.  10  mos.    2  da. 
68  3'rs.  6  da. 
73  yrs.    7  mos.  15  da. 


262 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMKS. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Peter  H.  Smith, 

Mar}'  Smith,  w.  Peter  H., 

Corneliu.s  Pease, 

Elizabeth  Pease,  w.  Cornelius, 

Jonathan  C.  Pease, 

Mary  Crooks, 

Samuel  Morgan, 

Catharine    (Crucks)    Morgan,    \v. 

Samuel, 
Jere.  Van  Dusen, 
Gilbert  Irvin, 

Charles  Edgar  Reid,  s.  John  M., 
Abraham  D.  Hubs, 
James  Hubs, 
Mary  Hubs, 
Susan  Caroline  Andrews,  w. 

Conover, 
Robert  Van  Dusen, 
Hannah  Van  Deursen,  w.  Robert, 
Margaret  Van  Dusen-,  d.  Robert, 
Cornelius  Van  Dusen, 
Rebecca  (Riddle)  Van  Dusen,  w. 

Abraham  D., 
Peter  S.  Andrews,  s.  Conover, 
]\Iary  vSnyder,  w.  Hendrick, 
John  Ouackenbush, 
jNIary  Quakenbush.  w.  John, 
John  Quackenbush,  s.  John, 
John  D.  P.  Applegate,  s.  Abijah, 
Isaiah  Smith, 
Jane  vSmith, 
John  V,  vSmith, 
Abijah  Applegate, 
Henry  Smyth, 

Sarah  Ann  Smyth,  w.  Henry, 
ISIartha  Smith,  w.  Henry  B., 
Sarah  (Quackenbush)  Boyce,  w. 

Richard, 
Theodore  P'onnton  Bovce,  s. 

IClias  C, 
John  M.  Boice, 
Joseph  Boice,  s.  John  M. 
Anne  Boice,  d.  Matthias, 


Sep.      25,  1876,  aged  S5  years. 

June     27,  1879,  in  her  83rd  year. 

Jan.      28,  181 1,  in  his  76th  year. 

P^eb.     26,  1803,  in  her  65th  year. 

March  12,  1840,  66  3'rs.    3  mos.  17  da. 

Nov.     10,  1844,  75  3'ears. 

July        9,  1862,  58  yrs.  ri  mos.  24  da. 

Nov.       6,  1865,  57  yrs.    6  mos.  26  da. 

Co.  D.  14th  N.  J.  Inf. 

Co.  A.  14th  N.J.  Inf. 

Dec.     30,  1856,  I  yr.      7  mos    19  da. 

Aug.    II,  1866,  19  yrs.     r  mo. 

June      6,  1866,  72  years. 

June       I,  1870,  Aug.  29,  1814. 


April 

16, 

1863, 

36  yrs. 

3  mos. 

21  da. 

March  30, 

1862, 

81  yrs. 

6  mos. 

5  da 

Oct. 

7> 

18.53, 

62  3'rs. 

5  mos. 

20  da, 

Feb. 

18, 

1869, 

56  yrs. 

2  mos. 

12  da, 

June 

26, 

1841. 

10  yrs. 

6  mos. 

20  da. 

June 

15. 

1858, 

25  yrs. 

10  mos. 

19  da. 

June 

12, 

1866, 

I  yr. 

I  mo. 

Jan. 

27. 

1826, 

2-]  yrs. 

10  mos. 

9  da, 

Jan. 

15. 

1836, 

69  yrs. 

2  mos. 

7  da, 

Feb. 

I, 

1865, 

92  yrs. 

10  mos. 

2  da. 

Sep. 

19. 

1823, 

20  yrs. 

8  mos. 

8  da. 

April 

24, 

1866, 

3  yrs. 

4  mos. 

21  da. 

1839. 

born  i! 

5oo. 

1895. 

born  i< 

303. 

1856, 

born  i! 

^34- 

J  864, 

born  i! 

^39- 

Dec. 

5. 

J  859. 

54  yrs. 

9  mos. 

15  da. 

Feb. 

18, 

f855. 

46  yrs. 

2  mos. 

3  da. 

April 

19. 

1845, 

in  her 

64th  3'ear. 

Oct. 

29, 

1852, 

72  yrs. 

4  mos. 

20  da. 

June 

16, 

1855. 

2  mos. 

10  da. 

April 

2, 

1872, 

66  yrs. 

8  mos. 

29  da. 

March 

22, 

1838, 

8  mos. 

28  da. 

Aug. 

5. 

1812. 

I  yr.  I 

mo.  15  d 

a. 

APPENDIX. 


263 


NAMES. 

Matthias,  Boice, 

Jane  Maria  Smith,  w.  George  \V 

Margaret  Hulseart,  d.  \Vm. 

William  Hulsart, 

Eliza  Jane  Hulseart,  d.  Wni. 

Mathias  Hulseart,  s.  Wm. 

Elizabeth  A.  B.  Smith,  d. 

George  W., 
Cornelius  Boyce, 
Elizabeth  Smyth,  d.  John, 
Charles  Hengst, 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


July 

14, 

1858, 

76  yrs.    6  mos.  16  da, 

May 

1, 

1872. 

born  May  13,  1797. 

Feb. 

16, 

1827, 

4  yrs.    9  mos. 

Jan. 

^1^ 

1826, 

35  yrs.    9  mos.  28  da 

June 

22, 

1820, 

5  mos.  2}i  da. 

May 

2. 

1826, 

I  yr.  I  mo.  6  da. 

June       3,  1847,  5  yrs.  5  mos.  16  da. 

1843,  born  March  19,  1795. 

March  21,  1827,  2  yrs.  11  mos.  21  da. 

May       5,  1876,  in  his  27th  jear. 


IJST  OF  BURIALS  IN  OLD  TENNENT  CEMETERY. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  burials  made  in  Old  Tennent  yard  up  to  1852. 
It  is  taken  from  the  catalogue  made  by  Abraham  Ammerman  in  his  sur- 
vey of  the  old  portion  of  the  cemetery  1852,  when  he  was  obviously  as- 
sisted by  Hugh  McChesney  the  sexton. 

This  record,  in  the  main,  gives  the  names  of  burials  according  to  their 
location  in  the  yard.  A  few  of  the  names  have  been  added  bv  sextons 
subsequent  to  1867. 

w.^wife.  wd.=:widow.  s.^son.  d.=daughter.  A  name  enclosed 
in  (  j=maiden  name. 

Beginning  at  the  old  West  gate  by  the  North  gate  post,  cataloguing  the 
graves  from  South  to  North,  and  the  ranges  of  graves  from  West  to  East. 


NAMES. 

Eliza  Perrine,  w.  Robt.  I. 

Joseph  W.  Conover 

David  D.  Gordon 

George  Mount's  Child 

Obadiah  Yetman. 

James  H.  Rogers,  s.  Wm.  H.  «& 

Cornelia. 
Alexander  Rogers,  s.  Wm.  H.  & 

Cornelia. 
Isaac  Muckelwaine,  s.  Jacob  & 

Elizabeth. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


April 

2,  1849. 

May 

2,  1849. 

62  yrs.     9  mos. 

Jan. 

31,  1850. 

49  yrs.  3  mos.  21  da3's. 

April 

25,  185 1. 

I  yr. 

May 

I,  1847- 

7  yrs.     8  mos. 

Dec. 

21.  1849 

Feb. 

II,  1850. 

II  mos. 

264 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TKNNENT. 

NAMES.  DATK  OF  DKATH. 

Dec.      21,  1S50. 


AGE. 


Ssdney  Winant's  Child, 
Sydney  Winant's  Child. 
John  G.  Davison's  Son. 
Majr.  John  L.  Anderson, 
Mary  Anderson,  \v.  John  L. 
Richard  Jackson  Hendrickson,  s 

Barz.  &  Hliz. 
W.  S.  Hendrickson,  s.  Barzillai 

&  Eliz. 
John  Bernard  Hendrickson,  s. 

Bar.  &  Eliz. 
Barzillai  Hendrickson, 
Martha  Yetman,  vv.  Tnnis. 
Daughter  of  Tunis  Yetman, 
Helen  A.  Abrams,  w.  Charles. 
Three  graves  of  Children  of  \Vni. 

G.  Denise. 
John  Maclllvaine. 
Hendrick  Snyder. 
John  Snj'der,  s.  Hendrick  tS:  Ann. 
Jane  Snyder,  d.  Hendrick  &  Ann. 
EHas  T.  Conover,  s.  David  C.  cs: 

Lois 
Catherine  Ann  Conover,  d  David 

C.  &  Lois 
Mary  Stoddard  Nevins,  d.  Jas.  vS. 

&  Hannah 
John  S  Abrams,  s.  Simon  &Lydia 
John  T.  Parker,  s.  Edmund 
Sarah  }'..  Parker,  d.  Edmund  iS: 

Sarah  C. 
Sarah  Ann  Johnson,  d,  John  W. 

i.\:  Hannah 
Montravill  W  Mount,  s.  David 

and  Mary 
Jane  Magee,  d.  James  J.  R.  <S: 

Sarah  Jane, 
Margaret  Magee,  d.  James  J.  R. 

&  Sarah  J. 
William  Abrahams, 
Infant  of  Robinson  Fisher. 
Josephine  F'isher,  d.  Robinson. 
Peter  Mount 


Jan.        9,  1S52.  86  j-rs. 

Jan.        14,  1840  23  yrs.  10  mos.  15  da. 

Sep.        8,  1833.  4  yrs.     3  mos. 

Jan.        6,  1840.  14  yrs. 

March   9,  1850.  66  j-rs.  20  da. 

Before         1868. 

Before        1868. 

March   3,  1848.  In  53rd  yr. 


April  26,  1848.  51  yrs.    6  mos. 

Nov.  12,  1846.  12  yrs.     5  mos. 

Dec.  13,  1846.  6  3-rs.     i  mo.     17  da. 

Jan.  29,  1847.  16  j-rs.     7  mos.    3  da. 

Aug.  25,  1S37  I  yr.      6  mos.  10  da. 

Jul}'  I,  1840.  1  yr.       8  mos. 

P"eb.  8,  1839.  I  3''-      9  i"os.  29  da. 

Aug.  20,  1851.  17  5'rs.    8  mos. 

Jan.  I,  1847.  5  mos.  23  da. 

Feb.  26,  1847  I  3-r.  25  da. 

Jan.  23,  1847  2  3rs.    4  mos.  13  da. 

Ma\-  10,  1846  6  mos.  18  da. 

Ma\-  28,  1846  3  3-rs.  18  da. 

Dec.  27,  1847  4^  y^'^-    7  »ios.     7  da. 

Dec.  7,  1843  63  yrs.    8  mos.  10  da. 


APPENDIX. 


265 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


A  grave  here,  unknown. 

Rebecca  Walton 

Helena  Walton,  d.  Klisha  &  Mary 

A  grave  here,  unknown. 

Eleanor  Rue,  w.  Wm.  M. 

Margaret  Rue,  d.  Wni.  'SI. 

Ann  Lloyd. 

Child  of  Robert  Benison 

Child  of  Robert  Benson 

Mary  Craig,  w.  Charles 

Lewis  Craig,  s.  Charles 

Ursulah  Craig,  d.  Charles 

Infant  of  Charles  Craig 

Margaret  Gordon,  d.  Wni.  C.  & 

Catherine 
Mary  Ann  Quackenbush,  w. 

Isaac  W. 
Isaac  W.  Quackenbush, 
A  grave  here,  unknown. 
John  Quackenbush,  s. 

Allen  &  Margt. 
Peter  A.  Quackenbush, 
William  Quackenbush, 
William  Quackenbush,  s  Wm  «Sc 

Elizabeth, 
Infant  Son  of  Jacob  W.  &  Margt. 

Quackenbush, 
William  Herbert, 

Seabrook, 
Nancy  Smith,  w.  John  G. 
Tracey's  Child. 
George  Smith,  s.  John  G.  & 

Nancy, 
Rebecca  C.  Smith,  d.  John  & 

Nancy, 
John  Reid  Smith,  s.  John  l\: 

Nancy, 
John  T.  Smith, 

Elizabeth  S.  Smith,  w.  Thomas, 
Three  graves  here,  all  unknown. 
Three  graves  of  Children  here,  all 
Two  graves  here,  both  unknown. 
Child  of  Daniel  Hagaman. 


Aug.     20,  1835 
Jan.       25,  183S 

Aug.     20,  1834 
July       iS,  1839 

Jan.        17,  1851 

Before        1868. 

Dec.       10,  1836 

1832 

1834 
1S36. 


March  17,  1832       7  yrs.    9  mos.  17  da 


60  yrs.    6  mos.  19  da. 
47  3TS.    3  mos.    8  da. 

In  30th  3'r. 
1 1  3-rs. 

3  mos. 

In  37th  yr. 


April     26,  1840 
June     28,  1S38, 


Jan.  19,  1828, 
Sep.  6,  1840, 
Sep.     24,  1850, 


31  yrs.    6  mos.  11  da. 
34  5'rs.    9  mos.  10  da. 


2^  yrs.  II  mos.  \  i  da. 
45  yrs.  2  mos.  5  da. 
74  3'rs.    4  mos. 


July     17,  1835,     21  3'rs.     7  mos.    8  da. 


July       5,  1847, 
Oct.        3,  1834, 


9  hours. 

59  3'rs.    5  mos.  29  da. 


May       I,  1S51,     67  3'rs.  2  mos. 


INIav     28,  1828, 

Ma3'     22.  1844, 

Dec.  23,  1844, 
April  30,  1846, 
July      23,  i8_i2, 

unknown. 


14  3'rs.     I  mo       5  da. 


24  yis. 

In  67th  3r. 

2;^  \TS.     I  mo.     2T,  da. 


266 


HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMKS. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Two  g^raves  here,  both  unknown. 
Fonr  Children  of  Daniel  Ilaii^'aman 
Henr^-  Covert. 

Two  Children  of  Henrj'  Covert. 
Angeline  Rue,  d.  Jacob  S.  &  Alice, 
Edmund  Rue,  s.  Jacob  S.  &  Alice, 
Ellen  C.  Herbert,  d.  Albert  F.  & 

j\Iary  A. 
Jane  Eliza  Herbert,  d.  Albert  F. 

&  :\Iary  A. 
Errick  Magee, 
Robert  Perrine, 

Three  Children  of  Daniel  Rrower. 
Two  graves  here,  both  unknown. 
William  I  Barkalow, 
Capt.  Joseph  Brewer. 
David  C.  Errickson,  s.  Daniel 

&  Hannah, 
D.  C.  E. 

Daniel  Errickson, 
Four  graves  here,  of  Anthony  B. 

Irwin's  family. 
Ann  R.  Irwin,  w.  William, 
Wm.  B.  Irwin,  a  native  of  Ireland, 
Phebe  Fornian,  w.  Ezekiel. 
Ezekiel  P'orman. 
Ann  vS.  Morris,  d.  Lemuel  S.  & 

Sarah, 
John  C.  Herbert,  s.  Jame  (i.  cs: 

Charlotte, 
Charlotte  Herbert,  w.  James  G. 
James  G.  Herbert, 
Wm.  C.  Ely, S.Joseph  (SiCatherine, 
Catherine  L.  FAy,  d.  Jos.  and 

Catherine, 
Catherine  E.  Conover,  d.  Peter  S. 

&  Rebecca  M. 
William  I  Conover, 
John  \V.  Conover, 
Child  of  Dr.  Arthur  V.  Conover, 
Abigail  McChesney,  w.  Hugh, 
Joseph  Alex.  McChesney,  s.  Hugh, 
Gertrude  McChesney,  d.  Hugh, 


Feb. 

20, 

1843. 

2  yrs.  6  mos. 

8  da, 

April 

16, 

18^0, 

2  yrs.  5  mos. 

22  da 

Aug. 

4. 

iS.si, 

Feb.  18,  1847. 

July 
Aug. 

19. 
I, 

I85I, 

Jan.  28,  [849. 
56  yrs.  6  da. 

Sep. 

18, 

1824, 

60  yrs.  4  mos. 

21  da, 

Oct.      10, 
Jan.  30th, 


Dec. 
Dec. 


1839. 


1S34, 

1835- 

1S43 


1849, 

185^- 


19  yrs.    5  mos.  24  da. 
64  yrs.  10  mos.  13  da. 


66  yrs.    5  mos.  17  da. 
71  yrs.    9  mos.    6  da. 


J"Lv 

26, 

1826, 

8  week 

:s 

I  da. 

Oct. 

4, 

i«3'. 

17  yrs. 

6 

mos. 

Jan. 

.^o- 

1829, 

38  yrs. 

9 

mos. 

24  da, 

Jan. 

12, 

1830, 

43  yrs. 

4 

mos. 

18  da. 

Dec. 

■4- 

i<^43. 

!  yr. 

3 

mos. 

18  da. 

Feb. 

25. 

1 850, 

2yr. 

2 

mos. 

22  da. 

May 

30. 

1848, 

10  yrs. 

8 

mos. 

18  da. 

Sep. 

10, 

1852, 

74  yrs. 

3 

mos. 

7  da, 

Aug. 

26, 

1829, 

25  yrs. 

7 

mos. 

24  da. 

Before 

1852. 

Aug. 

16, 

1849, 

72  yrs. 

9 

mos. 

12  da. 

Jan. 

14, 

1S30, 

10  yrs. 

3 

mos. 

2 J  da. 

Sep. 

27. 

18 1 8, 

2  yrs. 

6 

mos. 

12  da. 

APPENDIX. 


267 


NAMEvS. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Susan  Smith,  w.  Saml.  &  d.  Hugh 

McChesney, 
Children  of  J.  H.  Boice, 
A  grave  here,  unknown. 
Peter  Casler, 
Sarah  Eleanor  Croxsen,  d.  James 

&  Phebe, 
Charles  C.  Croxsen,  s.  James  & 

Phebe, 
John  Errickson. 
James  Errickson. 
Lois  Errickson,  d.  John 
Henry  Freeman. 
Joseph  Howell  Sutphin, 
Robert  Conover, 

Mary  Matilda  Laird,  w.  James  H. 
George  W.  Perrine, 
Joseph  William  Sutphin  s. 

George  W. 
Joseph  Sutphin, 
Rhoda  Sutphin,  w.  Joseph, 
Joseph  C.  Sutphin, 
Rachel  C.  Sutphin,  d.  Jos.  H.  & 

Harriet, 
\Vm.  Edgar  Sutphin,  s.  Jos.  H. 

&  Harriet, 
Garret  B.  Conover, 
Lydia  Conover,  relictof  Garret  B. 
Catherine  Conover,  d.  Garret  B. 
John  C.  VanCleaf, 
Catherine  Ann  VanCleaf,  d.  John 

&  Alice, 
Mary  Chalista  VanCleaf,  d.  John 

Si  Alice, 
Two  graves  here,  unknown. 
Richard  Sutphin, 
Elizabeth  Sutphin,  w.  Richard, 
Eleanor,  Sutphin,  d.  Richard, 
Wm.  Alexander  Forman,  s.  Thos. 

&  Jane, 
Child  of  Thomas  Forman. 
Margaret  Forman.  d.  Robt.  & 

Marv  C. 


Oct.   24,  1845,  46  yrs.  I  mo.  25  da. 
Before  Apr.  1868. 

Nov.   2,  1815,  In  51st  3'r. 

Aug.  13,  1834,  5  mos.  27  da. 

Feb.    5,  1839  3  mos. 

March  19,  1833,  24  3'rs.  8  mos.  2  da. 


Sep.   5,  1823,  26  yrs.  8  da. 

April   I,  1826,  In  45th  jr. 

Feb.  24,  1852,  18  yrs.  6  mos.  24  da. 

March  13,  1849,  23  yrs.    5  mos.  22  da. 

June    30,  1852,  4  mos. 

Jan       27,  1824,  69  yrs.     8  mos. 

March  29,  1850,  87  yrs.    6  mos. 

Aug.    28,  1847.  19  yrs.    6  mos.     5  da. 

Jan.      17,  1827,  I  yr.      3  da. 


Feb. 

21, 

i^^35. 

3  yrs- 

6  mos. 

5  da. 

Dec. 

18, 

1824, 

63  yrs. 

II  mos. 

18  da, 

Feb. 

IS- 

1840, 

78  yrs. 

I  mo. 

29  da. 

Nov. 

IS. 

1830, 

40  yrs. 

26  da. 

Nov. 

7. 

1839, 

45  yrs- 

8  da. 

Nov. 

23- 

1832, 

3  mos 

.  17  da. 

Sep. 

H, 

1837. 

3  yrs. 

1 1  mos. 

2  da. 

Jan. 

'3. 

1842, 

56  yrs. 

4  mos. 

10  da. 

Dec. 

24, 

1836, 

46  yrs. 

April 

7. 

1836, 

6  3'rs. 

March 

6, 

1845- 

I  yr.  1 

[8  da. 

Before 

1853. 

March  14,  1852,       2  yrs.     2  mos.  19  da. 


268 


HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNKNT. 


xAMi-;s. 


DATK  Ol'   DEATH. 


AGE. 


William  Cheesenian, 

I'-ijj^ht  jj^raves  here,  all  unknown. 

yiary  V.  Dicker,   \v.  Richard, 

Two  grave.s  here,  both  unknown. 

Peler  Errick.son,  .s.  I'eter>.\;  Mary, 

Six  grave.s  here,  all  uiiknown. 

William  R.  White, 

Two  Children  of  W'm.  R.  White. 

Child  of  Thoma.s  \'an.\nimon. 

Two  Children  of  Jame.s  .Ahram.s. 

Phebe  Rue,  w  Jo.seph, 

Joseph  Rue, 

William  Preston,  s.  Joseph  & 

Elizabeth, 
William  B.  Conover, 
Elizabeth  Preston,  d.  Joseph  i.\: 

Elizabeth, 
Benjamin  G.  Conover, 
Ann  Craig,  w.  John. 
John  Craig, 

Mary  Craig,  d.  John  <S:  Ann, 
Jonathan  Craig,  s.  John  &  Ann, 
James  Conover,  s.  (iarret  B.  tS: 

Teresa, 
Sydnev  Conover,  s.  Ciarret  B.  & 

Teresa. 
A  grave  here,  unknown. 
Col.  David  Rhea, 
Aaron  Davis, 
Jane  Davis, 
Catherine  Davis, 
Phebe  Davis, 
Son  of  James  Van  Note, 
A  grave  here,  unknown. 
Mr.  John  Errickson  the  aged. 
Lydia  K.  Van  Note,  d.  James  & 

Susannah, 
Susannah  \'an  Note,  w.  James. 
(ieo.  Suydam,  (S:  Maria  hisdaugh 
Rebecca  Suydam,  w.  (ieorge. 
Jacob  Suydam, 
Dinah  Dey, 
Henrv  'I'.  Smith, 


July 

6, 

is:,4. 

S2  yrs.    9  nios. 

12  da, 

Oct. 

2, 

1831, 

26  yrs.    6  mos. 

vSep. 

lO, 

I'Vv. 

7  mos. 

Oct 

23. 

IS40, 

63  yrs. 

Feb. 

23. 

1846, 

64  yrs.  10  da. 

Oct. 

26, 

1826, 

56  yrs.     7  mos. 

7  da 

Sep. 

I, 

1S41, 

10  mos.     I  da. 

Feb. 

22, 

1839. 

21  yrs.    6  mos. 

27  da. 

Jan. 

13. 

tS37. 

24  da. 

May 

22 

1834, 

46  yrs.  10  mos. 

13  (^a.. 

March 

III, 

1824, 

In  86th  yr. 

July 

1  I, 

1824, 

In  87th  yr. 

Sep. 

9. 

1839. 

65  yrs. 

April 

10, 

1840, 

73  yrs. 

July      14,   1839,      I  \-r.  I  mo. 


June     14, 

1821, 

In  8ist  3-r. 

Jan.      26, 

1803, 

In  8oth  3'r. 

Jan.      31, 

1815, 

In  77th  yr. 

Feb.       5, 

1813. 

In  54th  yr. 

March   9, 

1950. 

88  NTS.     2  mos. 

9  da 

Jan. 

1.=^. 

1S27, 

20  yrs.    8  mos. 

28  da, 

ter. 

Nov. 

19. 

1804, 

53  yrs.     7  mos. 

April 

2, 

1827, 

48  yrs.  10  mos. 

24  da. 

Aril 

23. 

1826, 

37  yrs.    3  mos. 

13  da. 

APPENDIX. 


269 


NAMES. 

Margaret  Ann  Dey,  d.  Benj.  iSc 

Ann, 
John  B.  Dey,  s.  Benjamin  «S:  Ann, 
John,  infant  son  Benj.  &  Ann. 
James  Alexander  Dey,  s.  Benj.  & 

Ann, 
Catherine  E.  Dey,  d.  Benj.  &  Ann, 
Two  children  of  June  Reid,  Jr. 
A  grave  here  unknown. 
Richard  Laird,  Sr. 
Ann  Taylor,  d.  Wm.  &  Ann. 
Catherine  Adelia  Conover,  d. 

Wm.  C.  &  Margt. 
Rebecca  Taylor,  d.  John  &  Ida, 
Cornelius  A.  Conover 
Catherine  D.  Conover,  w.  Cor- 
nelius A. 
James  I.  Clayton, 
John  Henry  Clayton,  s.  James  I. 

&  Alice,' 
Sarah  Catherine  Clayton,  d.  Jas. 

I.  and  Alice, 
Ann  Zelet}'  Clayton,  d.  Jas  I.  & 

Alice, 
Rebecca  Cla\-ton,  d.  Jas.  I.  & 

Alice, 
Ann  Maria  Ellis,  d.  Peter  F.  tS: 

Rebecca  Conover, 
David  Conover,  s.  John  C. 
Three  graves  here,  all  unknown. 
David  I.  Bowne, 
Abby  Bowne,  w.  David  I. 
John  D.  Bowne. 

James  Bowne,  s.  David  &  Abigail, 
Thomas  Bowne, 
Sarah  Bowne,  w.  Thomas, 
Matthew  Perrine, 
Hannah  Perrine,   w.  Matthew, 
Caroline  Ely,  w.  Wm.  I. 
John  Ely,  s.  Wm.  I. 
Charles  Ely,  s.  Wm.  I. 
Charles  Ely,  s.  Wm.  I. 
Thomas  T.  Ely,  s.  Wm.  I. 


D.\TE  OF  UKATH. 


AGE. 


Oct. 

12,  1S24, 

;,  yrs. 

7  mos. 

Oct. 

17.  ^^24, 

[  yr. 

I  mo. 

17  da 

May 

30,   1S36, 

2  yrs. 

19  da. 

May 

29,  1S47, 

18  yrs. 

Nov.     12,  1831,     31  yrs.     i  mo.      3  da. 


Julv  2,  1848, 

Aug.  5,  1825, 

Aug.  1.5,  1827, 

Jan.  19,  1S45, 

Aug.  4,  1842, 

Sep.  7,  1834, 

Feb.  10,  1842, 

Feb.  17,  1842, 

Feb.  14,  1842, 

Oct.  7,  1837, 

Aug.  8,  i8s2, 


Before 

1 868, 

Jan. 

9 

1847. 

Sep. 

23. 

1823 

Feb. 

14. 

1834, 

Sep. 

21, 

1834- 

Sep. 

28, 

1S24, 

Aug. 

-3< 

1849, 

July 

-2, 

1849, 

July 

24- 

1S42, 

Sep. 

25. 

1836, 

Dec. 

2 

1827, 

April  22,  1823, 


14  3-rs.  21  da. 
4  3'rs.  3  mos.  15  da. 
74  yrs.  5  mos.  27  da. 

70  yrs.  28  da. 

34  yrs.  9  mos.  ri  da. 

1 1  mos.  12  da. 

3  yrs.  3  nuis.  24  da. 

3  3-rs.  4  mos. 

6  yrs.  I  mo.  15  da. 

I  yr.  10  mos.  14  da. 
3  mos. 


23  3TS.  10  da. 

35  yrs.  26  da. 

31  yrs.  2  mos.  15  da. 

57  3'rs.  10  mos.  22  da. 

78  3-rs.  9  mos. 

48  3'rs.  3  da. 

14  da. 

4  3'rs.  5  mos.  14  da. 

3  3'rs.  13  da. 

I  mo.  14  da. 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Martha  Coiiover,  \v.  F"onnaii. 

John  Sinclair's  child. 

A  grave  here,  unknown. 

Aaron  Davis. 

A  grave  here,  unknown. 

Charles  II.  Chuniar,  s  Henry  B. 

cS:  !Mary. 
Three  children  of  Wni.  H()wne(Jndi 
John  Vandenbergli. 
Maria  B.  Vandenberg,  w.  John, 
Hannah  Dey,  Widow. 
John  B.  Dey, 
Charles  H.  Ai)plegate,  s.  James 

&  Deney, 
Infant  daughter  of  James  iS: 

Dene\'  Applegate. 
Hannah  Maria  Dey,  d.  James  & 

Deney  Applegate, 
Frances  Eleanor  Tyson,  d.  \Vm. 

S.  &  Elen.  P. 
Cornelius  D.  Conover, 
Old  Mr.  Chambers. 
()]<1  Mrs.  Chambers. 
A  grave  here,  unknown. 
Elizabeth  Hulick,  w.  Corns. 
Ann  Bower,  w.John, 
Mrs.  :\Iatthew  Rue. 
Catherine  Hartshorne,  w.  Richard, 
Col.  John  Clayton, 
vSarah  Clayton,  w.  Col.  John, 
John  I.  Clayton, 
Catherine  Probasco,  w.  Henry 
Matilda  Clayton,  d.  Col.  John 

(.S:  Sarah, 
\'irginia  Clayton,  d.  Elias  C.  & 

Louisa  M. 
Elizabeth  F.  Clayton,  d.  Elias  C. 

&  Louisa  M. 
Maj.  John   Perrine, 
Catherine  Perrine,  w.  Maj.  John, 
Ann  Perrine,  w.  Maj.  John, 
Synimes  H.  Perrine,  s.  Maj.  John 

c\:  Catherine, 


Nov.     27,  1846,     69  yrs.    9  mos.     2  da. 


April    12,  1831, 

:e). 

Aug.  31,  1S44, 
Oct.  TO,  KS27, 
March  24,  1836, 


I  3T.     IT  mos.  24  da. 

41  3-rs.     2  mos.  14  da. 
52  5'rs.    3  mos.  28  da. 
4  mos.  24  da. 


Apr.     25,  1840,       3  3'rs.     i  mo.     13  da. 


July       2,  184!, 
June     18,  T849, 


Oct.  15,  1810, 

Sep.  18,  1823, 

Feb.  18,  1840, 

Oct.  t6,  T848, 

Dec.  II,  1840, 

Nov.  4,  T840, 

June  17,  1827, 

July  20,  1819, 

Dec.  21,  1838, 

Jan.  13,  1839, 

Nov.  17,  184S, 

July  23,  1843, 

Dec.  28,  1822, 


7  mos.  28  da. 
In  40th  yr. 


^y  3'rs.  7  mos.  to  da. 
In  78th  yr. 

90  3'rs. 

84  3'rs.  7  mos.  6  da. 

79  yrs.  1 1  mos. 

49  3'rs.  24  da. 

In  3qth  3'r. 

In  23rd  yr. 

2  3'rs. 

3  yrs.  8  mos.  20  da. 
86  yrs.  7  mos.  17  da. 
39  3'rs.  7  mos.  6  da. 
61  3'rs.  4  mos.  16  da. 


Oct.   9,  1839,   2  yrs.  5  mos.  9  da. 


APPENDIX. 


271 


NAMES. 

Mary  R.,  \v.  John  I.  Ely,  eS:  d. 

Maj.  John  tsc  Ann  Perrine, 
Hannah  Ely,  w.  John   I. 
Catherine  Sophia  Ely,  d.  John  I. 

&  Mary, 
Child  of  James  S.  Johnson, 
Sarah  Ann  Johnson,  w.  James  S. 
Samuel  Leonard. 
A  grave  here,  unknown. 
Richard  Magee, 
Joseph  H.  Rue, 
Nathaniel  S.  Rue, 
Elizabeth  Rue,  consort  of  N.  S. 
Augustus  V.  Rue, 
William  Rue,  s.  N.  S. 
Naomi  Rue,  d.  N.  S. 
Child  of  Nathaniel  S.  Rue. 
Grand-child  of  Nathaniel  S.  Rue. 
Cornelia  (Rue)    Secor,  w.  Oliver, 

&d.  N.  S.  Rue, 
Two  Children  of  Elias  Dey. 
Margaret  Dubois,  w.  Francis, 
James  E.  Dubois,  s.  Francis  & 

^largaret, 
John  M.  Conover, 
Abraham  Tyson, 
Catherine  Tyson. 
William  Holloway. 
John  Vanderveer, 
Anna  V'anderveer. 
Sarah  Holloway,  vv.  John, 
Charles  E.  Hartshorne,  s.  Wm.  & 

Ann, 
Child  of  Wm.  &  Ann  Hartshorne. 
Sarah  Buckelew,  vv.  Lewis, 
Samuel  Twybill, 
Vanbrunt  Wynant. 
Wife  of  Vanbrunt  Wynant. 
Catherine  Anderson,  w.  Austin, 
Capt.  James  Anderson, 
Helena  Anderson,  w.  Capt. 

James, 
Eleanor  Thompson,  w.  Thomas  Jr. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Apr.  20,  1823,  T,T,  j-rs.  I  mo.  29  da. 

Jan.  I,  1833,  T,T,  yrs.  10  mos.  18  da. 

June  15,  1S30,  8  yrs.  7  mos.  10  da. 

Dec.  3,  1847,  32  yrs.  8  mos.  22  da. 


July  29,  1S51,  73  3TS.  4  mos.  23  da. 

Nov.  30,  1805,  6  yrs.  7  mos.  10  da. 

Feb.  17,  1852,  70  5'rs.  3  mos.  4  da. 

Nov.  18,  1846,  57  yrs.  i  mo.   9  da. 

Oct.  3,  1842,  24  3TS.  2  mos. 

Jan.  12,  1811,  In  3rd  yr. 

Nov.  ^,  In  loth  da. 


Nov.  18,  1852,  29  yrs.  9  mos.  2  da. 

Sep.  4,  1842,  80  3^rs.  i  mo.  zy  da. 

Mar.  15,  1834,  46  yrs.  10  luos.  15  da. 

Sep.  13,  1828,  70  yrs.  7  mos. 

Nov.  30,  1841,  64  yrs.  3  mos.  10  da. 

Jan.  3,  1844,  80  3'rs.  9  mos.  2  da. 

Dec.  13,  1834,  20  yrs.  5  mos.  24  da. 

Jan.  20,  1825,  3  yrs.  6  mos.  21  da. 

May  5,  1836,  29  3^rs.  5  mos.  11  da. 

Sep.  13,  1799,  In  19th  yr. 


March  20,  1841,  40  j^rs,  13  da. 

1825,  In  75th  yr. 

Oct.  21,1817,  58  yrs.  6  mos. 

May  21,  1825,  55  yrs.  3  mos.  14  da. 


272 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMKS. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Austin  Anderson, 
Thomas  Haley. 
Margaret  Haley,  w.  Thomas. 
James  C.  Hayward,  s.  Jas.  & 

Susanna, 
John  R.  Havward,  s.  Jas.  & 

Susanna, 
Four  graves,  all  unknown. 
Elizabeth  Walton,  w.  James, 
Alexander  Lowe, 
Ann  Lowe,  w.  Alexander, 
Sarah  Hulse,  d.  Wm.  &  Sarah, 
William  Hulse, 
Charles  H.  Chumar,  s.  Henry  B. 

&  Mary, 
Charles  A.  Sickles,  s.  John  R.  & 

Amelia  A. 
Hannah  Crawford,  w.  William, 
William  Craig, 
Eleanor  Craig,  w.  Wm. 
William  Lowe,  s.  Alexander  & 

Ann 
Samuel  Craig, 
Elizabeth,  Craig, 
Garret  Denise, 
Richard  Barklow, 
Aaron  Mc  Clees, 
Alexander  Mc  Clees,  s.  Aaron 

&  Jane, 
INIatilda  Headden,  d.  John  & 

Hannah, 
Miss  Lucy  Walker, 
Ursilla  Walker, 
Forman  Walker. 

Elizabeth  Baker,  d.  Jacob  <S:  Phebe, 
Phebe  Baker,  w.  Jacob, 
Old  Mrs.  Clinton. 
A  grave,  unknown. 
William  C.  Craig,  s.  David  & 

Eleanor, 
Julia  Ann  Craig,  d.  David  & 

Eleanor, 
Ann  Craig,  w.  James, 


April    iS,  1S43,     4S  yrs.     3  mos.  24  da. 


Feb.  17,  1S46, 

Feb.  15,  US43, 

June  19,  1830, 

Jan.  6,  1836, 

Mar.  20,  1S34, 

June  20,  1820, 

Jan.  20,  1813, 


10  yrs.  3  mos.  19  da. 

I  yr. 

23  yrs.  6  mos  25  da. 

94  yrs.  TO  mos.  12  da. 

75  3'rs.  I  mo.  5  da. 

8  yrs.  1 1  mos.  1 1  da. 

43  yrs.  9  mos.  12  da. 


April  I,  1831,   I  yr.  11  mos.  24  da. 


March 

10, 

1850, 

4  mos.  I  da. 

Jan. 

21, 

1755. 

51  yrs. 

Oct. 

18, 

1806, 

In  79th  yr. 

Mar. 

U. 

1807, 

In  74th  yr. 

Sep. 

10, 

1799. 

7  yrs.  8  mos.  10  da, 

Feb. 

6, 

1815, 

In  57th  yr. 

n  yrs. 

Jan. 

24, 

1813, 

In  41st  yr. 

May 

ID, 

1828, 

47  yrs. 

IMarch 

.  10, 

1819, 

29  5'rs.  10  da. 

Sep.  14,  1817, 

May.   3,  1840, 

May  25,  1833, 

]\Iar.  20,  1825, 

Aug.  23,  1813, 

April  6,  1818, 


I  yr.  14  da. 

2^  yrs. 
In  73rd  yr. 
In  75th  yr. 

I  3'r.   3  mos. 
34  yrs.  I  mo.  17  da. 


Oct.   14,  1808,   I  yr.  II  mos.  3  da. 


April  9,  1806, 
Aug.  26,  1795, 


I  yr.  18  da. 
30  yrs.  5  mos.  3  da. 


APPENDIX. 


273 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


James  Craig, 

Son  of  Tunis  Williamson. 

Enoch  Dey.  s.  Thomas  &  Ann 

Eliza, 
Joanna  Laird  Solomon,  d.  Gilbert 

W.  &  Caroline, 
Eliza  Jane  Solomon,  d.  Gilbert 

W.  &  Caroline. 
Two  graves  here,  both  unknown. 
Two  graves,  both  unknown. 
Peter  Bowne, 
Ann  Bowne,  w.  Peter, 
Matthias  Rue, 
Edward  Ingleton, 
Matthew  Rue,  s.  Matthias  & 

Ellen, 
Matthew  Rue, 
Parker  R.  Hendrickson,  s  Enoch 

C.  &  Achsa  E. 
Child  of  John  Cla3'ton. 
Joseph  Parker,  s.  Joseph  &  Sarah, 
Charles  Clayton,  s.  John  I.  & 

Annar, 
Annar,  w.  John  I.  Clayton,  «&  d. 

Thos.  Parker, 
Joel  Parker,  s.  Thomas  &  Sarah, 
Thomas  Parker, 
Sarah  Parker,  w.  Thomas, 
David  Conover, 
Esther  Conover,  w.  David, 
Child  of  Wyckoff  Conover. 
A  grave  here,  unknown. 
Mrs.  Freeman. 
William  Taylor, 
Clayton  Taylor. 
Child  of  Aaron  Reid, 
A  grave,  unknown. 
Charles  Errickson, 
Two  children  of  CharlesErrickson. 
Sarah  Jane  Errickson,  d.  Charles, 
Michael  Errickson, 
Three  children  of  Simeon  Freeman 
Wife  of  Simeon  Freeman. 


July  31,  1S06,  38  yrs.  6  mos.  7  da. 

Sep.  28,  1849,  II  yrs.  6  mos. 

June  I,  1852,  I  yr.  i  mo.  21  da. 

Feb.  22,  1849,  5  da. 

Oct.  3,  1835,  63  3'rs.  3  mos.  6  da. 

Jan.  9,  1809,  In  33rd  yr. 

Feb.  13,  1844,  38  yrs.  4  mos.  9  da. 

Sep.  5,  180.S,  In  72nd  yr. 

April  27,  1840,  6  yrs.  8  mos.  27  da. 

Dec.  21,  1831,  In  53rd  yr. 

Aug.  2,  1838,  I  yr.   I  mo.  28  da. 

Aug.  23,  1826,  2  yrs.  4  mos.  3  da. 

Oct.  13,  1817,  6  mos.  28  da. 

Oct.  9,  1817,  23  yrs.  5  mos.  19  da. 

Oct.  7,  1817,  20  yrs.  6  mos.  23  da. 

July  31,  1832,  84  yrs.  10  mos.  10  da. 

March  20,  1829,  71  yrs.  5  mos.  17  da. 

Sep.  20,  1822,  62  yrs. 

July  I,  1829,  61  yrs. 
Removed  to  Freehold. 

Sep.  2,  1852,  87  yrs. 

July  I,  1852,  2  yrs.  8  mos. 

Sep.  4,  1837,  42  yrs.  9  mos.  2^,  da. 

April  13,  1831,  7  yrs.  10  mos.  18  da. 

Nov.  2,  1815,  60  5'rs.  6  mos.  i  da. 


274 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Three  graves  here,  all  unknown. 

Levi  Solomon, 

Eliza  R.  Solomon,  \v.  Levi, 

Three  graves  here,  all  unknown. 

First  wife  of  Levi  Solomon. 

Sarah  \'anhorn 

Joseph  H.  Bowne,  s.  Jas.  I.  & 

Mary, 
Hannah  Bowne,  w.  Joseph, 
Jo.sepli  Bowne, 
Lydia  Bowne,  d  Joseph  & 

Hannah, 
Child  of  David  Bowne. 
Lydia  Bowne,  w.  James, 
A  grave  here,  unknown. 
Phebe  Rue,  w.  Matthias, 
Matthias  Rue, 
Samuel  Rue, 
A  grave  here,  unknown. 
Joshua  Rue,  s.  Samuel, 
Elizabeth  M.  Rue,  d.  Joseph  & 

Margaret, 
A  grave  here,  unknown. 
Ann  DeBow,  Widow. 
Elizabeth  DeBow. 
Catherine  Ann  DeBow,  w.  Dr. 

Wm.  L. 
William  DeBow,  s.  Dr.  Wm.  L. 
Joseph  Wilson,  Sr. 
Joseph  Clark,  Jr. 
Two  Children  of  Joseph  Clark,  Jr. 
Two  graves,  unknown. 
John  Voorheese. 
Eleanor  Voorheese, 
Ezkiel  Davison,  Esqr. 
David  Craig, 
Jo.seph  Craig, 
Hannah  Craig,  w.  David, 
Seven  graves  here,  most  of  them  1 
Sarah  Reid,  w.  James  I. 
Urias  Reid,  s.  James  I.  &  vSarah  R. 
Symnies  Reid,  s.  James  I.  & 

Sarah  R. 


Nov.      3.  1S4S,      In  S2nd  yr. 
Ma}-      12,  1H50,     In  60th  yr. 


Aug.    26,  1816,  39  yrs.    9  mos.  1.4  da. 

Aug.    30,  1848,  21  yrs.  7  mos. 

May       I,  1823,  In  84th  yr. 

Oct.       8,  I  Si  2,  In  78th  year. 

April     14,  1799  17  yrs.     i  mo.     15  da 

March  11,  1810,  In  31  si  3T. 

June    28,  1834,  81  yrs.  10  mos.    4  da. 

June     22,  1820,  68  yrs.     i  mo.     26  da. 

Oct.      14,  1808,  28  yrs.    3  mos.    4  da. 

Sep.      21,  1808,  6  3rs.     i  mo.     10  da 

Jan.        3,  182 1,  6  mos.  ir  da. 


Oct. 

Aug. 

May 

Nov. 

Sep. 


28,  1810, 

T,  1818, 

2,  1821, 

30,  1 814, 

15,  1802, 


76  yrs.  ro  mos.  24  da. 

54  yrs.    8  mos. 

66  j'rs.    6  mos. 

T,T,  yrs.     I  mo.    26  da. 

In  40th  yr. 


)eing  graves  of  the  Egbert  family. 
Apr.       9,  1839,     53  yrs.  17  da. 
Sej).      25,  1830,     23  yrs. 

Dec,       8,  1824,       3  mos.    2  da. 


APPENDIX. 


275 


NAMES. 

John  Reid,  s.  James  I.  &  Sarah  R. 

Mary  Newell,  w.  Wm. 

Amanda  Newell,  d.  Wm.  &  Mary, 

William  Newell, 

Thomas  Newell, 

Hugh  Newell,  of  Ireland, 

Elizabeth  Newell,  wd.  Hugh, 

John  Newell, 

Susanna  Newell,  wd.  John. 

Elizabeth  A.  Butcher,  w.  Josh.  M. 

John  Newell,  s.  Hugh  &  Lydia, 

Child  of  Hugh  Newell. 

Mary  Eliza  Laird,  d.  Wm.  & 

Sarah, 
Joseph  Butcher. 
Child  of  Peter  Barry, 
Col  Henry  Monckton,  British 

officer. 
Nine  graves,  all  unknown. 
William  Edwards,  s.  Sam.  & 

Mary, 
Harriet  Edwards,  d.  Sam.  & 

Mary, 
Thomas  Edwards, 
Elizabeth  Edwards,  w.  Thomas, 
Six  graves  here,  all  unknown. 
William  D.  Newell,  s.  James  H. 

&  Eliza  D. 
John  T.  Laird,  s.  Saml.  & 

Eleanor, 
Malvina  Laird,  d.  Samuel  & 

Eleanor, 
Eleanor  Laird,  consort  of  Samuel, 
Madora  Abrahams,  d.  Chas.  & 

Mary, 
Rev.  Wm.  Tennent,  Jr.,  buried 

under  the  church. 
Child  of  Crawford  Gordon. 
David  W.  Gordon. 
A  grave  here,  unknown. 
William  Conover,  s.  Wm.  P.  & 

Altia, 
Four  graves,  all  unknown. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Sep.  2,  1816, 

April  15,  1S36, 

May  4,  1824, 

Nov.  12,  1823, 

April  7,  1821, 

Sep.  28,  1816, 

July  24,  1824, 

Mar.  28,  1817, 

May  30,  1824, 

Jan.  I,  1821, 


Aug.  I,  1830, 
Sep.  18,  1850, 
June    28,  1778. 


I  5'r.   2  mos.  12  da. 

52  5'rs.  I  mo.  11  da. 

I  yr.   3  mos.  21  da. 

44  yrs.  II  mos.  5  da. 

50  yrs.  7  mos.  22  da. 

72  yrs.  5  mos.  6  da. 

85  yrs.  8  mos.  23  da. 
48  yrs.  22  da. 

20  yrs.  2  mos.  10  da. 
I  yr.  5  da. 


24  yrs.  4  mos.  5  da. 


Oct.  26,  1823,  5  mos.  20  da. 


Aug.  3,  1839, 
Sep.  5,  1816, 
April  15,  1824, 


April  22,  1822, 

Feb.  21,  1846, 

Feb.  29,  1848, 
June   I,  1848, 

March  8,  1777, 


I  yr.  2  mos.  10  da. 
81  yrs.  5  mos.  26  da. 
79  yrs. 


I  yr.  4  mos. 

24  yrs.  2  mos.  25  da. 

17  yrs.  6  da. 
S3  yrs.  15  da. 

3  mos.  3  da. 

71  yrs.  10  mos.  5  da. 


April  26,  1813,  In  36th  yr. 


276 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TKNNENT. 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Sep. 
Nov. 


Nancy  vSiiiith,  d.  Thomas  &;  vSarah, 
Hannah  Smith,  d.  Thomas  (S: 

Sarah. 
Sarah  Smith,  \v.  Thomas, 
Thomas  Smith, 
Joseph  G.  Smith,  s.  John  T.  cS: 

Nanc3', 
Deborah  Clayton,  vv.  Joel  T. 
William  H.  Clayton,  s.  Joel  T. 

&  Catherine, 
Joel  T.  Clayton. 
Catherine  Clayton,  w.  Joel  T. 
Catherine  McChesney,  \v.  Robert, 
Grand  daughter  of  Robert  McChesney. 
Robert  McChesney. 
Mrs.  Thompson. 
Miss  Mary  Lewis. 
Nathan  Lewis. 
Isabel  Lewis. 
James  McChesney. 
Catherine  McChesney. 
Polly  Longstreet. 
David  Longstreet. 
A  grave  here,  unknown. 
Two  Children  of  John  H.  Dey. 
George  W.  Longstreet,  s.  John  H. 

&  Elizabeth, 
Infant  daughter  of  John  H.  & 

Elizabeth  B.  Longstreet. 
Child  of  Thomas  VanAmmon. 
Mary  Ellen  Laird,  d.  Alex  & 

Henrietta, 
James  Augustus  Laird,  s.  Alex. 

&  Henrietta, 
Jonathan  Forman, 
A  grave  here,  unknown. 
Catherine  Vanderveer,  d.  Ruleph 

cS:  Eleanor, 
Ruleph  Vanderveer, 
Eleanor  Coward,  consort  of 

Enoch, 
Charles  E  Hendrickson,  s.  Jacob 

&  Sarah, 


Sep.       S.  1S09,     34  yrs.    9  mos.  10  da. 


Aug. 

12. 

1803, 

38  yrs.  8  mos. 

27  da. 

Nov. 

15. 

iSoi, 

57  3'rs.  2  mos. 

27  da, 

Oct. 

17- 

1799. 

56  yrs.  4  mos. 

25  da. 

Oct. 

28, 

1824, 

I  3'r.  10  mos. 

10  da. 

Aug. 

20, 

1849, 

In  55th  yr. 

Dec.     25,  1836,     24  yrs.    4  mos.  23  da. 


1833. 
1815. 


Aug.    24, 
no  dates 

Sep.     20, 


1848, 
given 


Sep. 

26, 

1H52, 

Mar. 

20, 

1784, 

Nov. 

20, 

1 80S, 

Sep. 

18, 

1 801, 

Feb. 

5- 

1830, 

Nov. 

29. 

1830, 

45  ys-    5  mos.  12  da. 
66  yrs. 


5  yrs.     7  mos.  23  da. 


1852,       4  yrs.    8  mos.  16  da. 


2  yrs.    5  mos.  15  da. 
t;]  yrs.    2  mos.  19  da. 


14  yrs.  6  mos.  2r  da, 

36  yrs.  4  mos.  24  da. 

61  yrs.  2  mos.  16  da. 

10  yrs.  I  mo.     16  da. 


APPENDIX. 


277 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Edward  V.  Cowart,  s.  linoch, 
David  E.  Laird,  s.  Danl.  H.  & 

Mary, 
Ann  Laird,  d.  Daniel  H.  &  Mar}-, 
Charles  Bowne,  s.  of  Enoch  L. 

Cowart, 
Mary  Voorhees,  d.  Stephen, 
Henry  P.  s.  of  Enoch  L.  Cowart, 
Eleanor  Voorhees,  d.  Stephen, 
A  grave  here,  unknown. 
Daniel  Herbert,  s.  Danl.  «!s:  Ann  D. 
Daniel  Herbert, 

Ann  Dorothy  Herbert,  w.  Daniel, 
William  Herbert. 
Child  of  Herbert  Perrine. 
Henry  L  Perrine, 
John  McChesney, 
Elizabeth  McChesnej-,  w.  John, 
Elizabeth  English, 
Garret  Form  an. 
IMoses  S.  McChesney. 
William  Boice, 

Three  children  of  Joseph  Sheppard. 
Martha  Davison,  d.  John  &  Sarah, 
Helena  Vanderveer,  w.  Tunis, 
William  Fornian, 
Francinkey  Forman, 
Caty  Forman,  d.  Wm.  & 

Francinkey, 
Lydia  Rankin,  w.  George, 
John  S.  Rankin,  s.  George  &.  L. 
Eliza  Laird,  d.  Moses  &  Caty, 
William  M.  Laird. 
Catherine  Laird,  w.  Moses, 
Moses  Laird, 
George  Rankin, 
A  grave,  unknown. 
William  Johnson, 
Mary  Johnson, 
James  ]\L  Johnson, 
Ephraim  Johnson. 
Mary  Ann  Johnson, 
Rebecca  Forman,  w.  Peter, 


Aug. 

29, 

1837, 

5  mos 

.  18  da. 

Dec. 

5. 

1840, 

ID  mos 

.  14  da. 

Oct. 

3, 

1838. 

I  mo. 

3  da. 

Feb. 

14. 

■839. 

4  mos 

.  18  da. 

Sep. 

14, 

1819, 

2  yrs. 

4  mos. 

29  da. 

Mar. 

15. 

1842, 

I  yr. 

7  mos. 

18  da. 

Sep. 

5. 

1819, 

10  mos 

.  II  da. 

Oct. 

29, 

1804, 

35  yrs. 

9  mos. 

Aug 

28, 

1803, 

60  yrs. 

10  mos. 

Sep. 

25. 

1805, 

55  yrJ=. 

10  mos. 

J"iy 

15. 

1827, 

52  yrs. 

5  mos. 

About  65  yrs. 

About 

70  yrs. 

About  80  yrs. 

Nov. 

16, 

1830, 

44  yrs. 

10  da. 

Aug. 

6, 

185 1, 

4  mos. 

23  da. 

Aug. 

23. 

1784, 

25  yrs. 

25  da. 

Jan. 

31. 

1823, 

71  yrs. 

5  mos. 

5  da. 

June 

19. 

1815, 

56  yrs. 

4  mos. 

5  da. 

Oct. 

28, 

1788, 

I  yr. 

8  mos. 

14  da. 

Jan. 

24, 

1841, 

64  yrs. 

7  mos. 

12  da, 

May 

5, 

1837, 

26  yrs. 

5  mos. 

Aug. 

31. 

1794, 

21  yrs. 

7  mos. 

2  da, 

Nov. 

12, 

1829, 

93  yrs. 

10  mos. 

12  da. 

1798, 

In  62nd  yr. 

April 

II, 

1850, 

68  yrs. 

July 

25- 

1813, 

63  yrs. 

10  mos. 

8  da. 

Dec. 

II, 

1814, 

68  yrs. 

May 

23  < 

1814, 

38  yrs. 

4  mos. 

7  da. 

Jan. 

15, 

1841, 

38  yrs. 

12  da. 

March  15, 

1817, 

32  yrs. 

9  mos. 

27  da. 

278 


HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Peter  Form  an, 

Phebe  Form  an, 

Loui.sa  McChe.sney,  d.  John  C. 

&  Mary, 
John  C.   McChesne\', 
Wife  of  John  C.  McChe.sney, 
Catherine  A.  Davison,  d.  Daniel, 
Catherine  W^'ckofif,  d.  Jacob  & 

Sarah, 
Sarah  Wyckoff,  d.  Jacob  &  Sarah, 
INIary  WyckofF,  d.  Jacob  &  Sarah, 
Rhoda  WyckofF,  d.  Jacob  &  Sarah, 
Ann  Wilson  Wyckoff,  5th  d. 

Jacob  (S:  Sarah, 
Sarah  Wilson,  d.  Peter  &  Ann, 
Sarah  Wyckoff,  w.  Jacob, 
Jacob  Wyckoff, 
Col.  William  WyckofF, 
Hannah  S.  Wyckoff,  relict  of 

Col.  Wra. 
Lydia  S.  Wyckoff,  d.  Col.  Wm. 
Margaret  Wyckoff, 
Eleanor  Wyckoff. 
Sarah  Mclntire. 
Mrs.  Gaston,  Widow. 
Jane  Anderson,  vv.  Lewis, 
Benjamin  Griggs, 
Child  of  John  Griggs. 
Two  Sons  of  Benjamin  Griggs. 
Widow  Dey. 

Catherine  Mount,  w.  Taylor, 
John  P.  Miller,  s.  Joseph  H. 
Taylor  Mount  ]\Iiller,  s.  Joseph  H. 
Addison  S.  Davison,  s.  George. 
Child  of  S.  Stillwell. 
A  grave,  unknown 
William  Tone, 
Naomi  Toan,  w.  William, 
Child  of  John  F'mmons. 
Robert  R.  Emmons. 
Mrs.  Bowman, 
John  Bowman. 
William  Hays, 


March    9,  1839,     57  3'rs.     7  mos.  11  da. 
Dec.     27,  :S4S,     75  yrs.    4  mos.  25  da. 


Aug.  1 8,  1845, 
Aug.  3,  1847, 
Before  1868, 
April    26,  1844, 


3  yrs.  1 1  mos.  1 1  da. 
52  yrs.  II  mos.  26  da. 

4  yrs.  I  mo.   5  da. 


Dec.  21,  1782,  25  yrs. 

June  2,  1782,  17  yrs. 

Ma}'  17,  1781,  22  3'rs. 

April  12,  1783,  22  3'rs. 


27  yrs. 

Aug. 

31. 

1784, 

21  da. 

Aug. 

25, 

1796, 

64  yrs. 

Mar. 

5- 

1812, 

In  82nd  yr, 

May 

8, 

1824, 

■In  71st  yr. 

Dec.   9,  1834,  In  72nd  yr. 
May   II,  1 801,   2  yrs.  8  mos. 
Feb.  26,  181 1,  In  70th  yr. 


Jan.    7,  1808,  49  jTS.  26  da. 

Feb.  26,  1847,  72  yrs-  5  nios.  i  da. 


Feb.  25,  1 85 1, 

Sep.   31,  1841,   2  yrs.  9  mos. 

Oct.   10,  1840,   6  mos.  6  da. 


May  13,  1 81 5,  59  3-rs.  8  mos.  24  da. 
Oct.   I,  1803,  In  46th  yr. 


April  24,  1852,  80  yr.s. 

July  24,  1851,  55  yrs.  8  mos.  8  da. 


APPENDIX. 


279 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Ann  Hays,  w.  William, 
Daniel  Hays,  s.  William, 
James  E.  Hays,  s.  Wm. 
Eleanor  S.  Hays,  d.  Wm. 
Jane  Hays,  d.  Wm. 
Rhoda  Ann  H.  Hays,  d.  Wm.  I. 

&  Ann, 
John  Hays, 

Elizabeth  Hays,  w.  John, 
Mount  Hays,  s.  Benj.  &  Mary, 
Catherine  Hays,  d.  Benj.  &  ]Mar3^ 
Samuel  Preston. 
William  Antonides, 
Child  of  Daniel  Applegate. 
Two  children  of  Henry  Greenwood. 
Eleanor  Hankinson, 
Elizabeth  Herbert,  w.  James,  Esq. 
James  Herbert,  Esq. 
Three  graves  here,  all  unknown. 
Matthew  Perrine, 
Catherine  Perrine,  w.  Matt. 
Peter  Perrine,  s.  Matt. 
Two  Children  of  John  English. 
Son  of  Addice  Reid. 
Child  of  Addice  Reid. 
Wife  of  Addice  Reid. 
Mary  Walton. 
Addice  Reid. 

Two  graves,  both  unknown. 
A  grave,  unknown. 
John  Sutfin, 
Wife  of  John  Sutfin. 
Lydia  Sutfin, 

Two  graves,  both  unknown. 
Nancy  Dunham  Hankinson, 

d.  James  &  Sarah, 
Sarah  Hankinson,  w.  James, 
James  Hankinson, 
Peter  Hankinson, 
Kenneth  Hankinson, 
John  Rue,  s.  John  &  Mary, 
Abigail  Rue,  d.  John  &  Sarah, 
Matthew  Rue,  s.  John  &  Mary, 


Oct. 

12, 

1847, 

39  yrs.  1 1  mos. 

17  da, 

Aug. 

14, 

1H47. 

9  da. 

Feb. 

20, 

1842, 

4  da. 

Oct. 

2, 

1835. 

3  yrs.  9  mos. 

Aug. 

13. 

1829, 

5  mos. 

June 

30, 

1S52, 

19  yrs.  4  mos. 

;8da, 

Mar. 

7. 

1822, 

67  yrs.  3  mos. 

10  da. 

Feb. 

4, 

1845, 

80  yrs.  10  mos. 

4  da. 

July 

I, 

1S35. 

2  yrs.  10  mos. 

27  da, 

Nov. 

25 

.  1S39 

2  yrs.  10  mos. 

5  da 

Jan.   3,  1840,  35  yrs.  3  mos.  16  da. 


July  19,  1802, 
Oct.  30,  18 13, 
Nov.   7,  1814, 

1809, 
Oct.  8,  1805, 
Oct.   10,  1S05, 


July,  27,  1823, 
Nov.  28,  1815, 


Sep.  5,  1791, 

Mar.  24,  1808. 

Nov.  15,  1813, 

March  31,  1827, 

Oct.  24,  1820, 

Oct.  4,  1816, 

Sep.  20,  1807, 


64  yrs.  4  mos.  7  da. 
72  yrs.  9  mos.  9  da. 
69  yrs.  1 1  mos.  13  da. 

In  39th  yr. 

29  yrs.  6  mos.  20  da. 
I  yr.   2  mos.  23  da. 


In  68th  yr. 

56  yrs.  10  mos.  18  da. 

I  mo.  25  da. 

50  yrs.  10  mos. 

55  3'rs.  8  mos.  17  da 

34  yrs.  9  mos.  19  da. 
8  da. 

16  yrs.  6  mos.  27  da. 


27,  1796- 

In  84th  yr. 

II,  1794, 

In  73rd  yr. 

5.  1777. 

In  24th  yr. 

280  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

NAMES.  DATE  OF  DEATH.  AGE. 

Si.x  graves  of  the  Hankinson 

family. 
Daniel  Stephenson,  IMaj-     14,  1829,     35  yrs.    8  mos.    9  da. 

A  grave,  unknown. 

Catherine  Burk,  \v.  Rd.  March         r868. 

John  I.  Emmons. 
Isaac  Emmons. 

I\Irs.  Emmons.  Before         1869. 

Abm.  Emmons. 
Child  of  Robert  Ivninions. 

John  Anderson,  July       4,  1843,     88  yrs.    4  mos.  16  da. 

Martha  Anderson,  vv.  John,  Nov.       3,  1840,     In  goth  yr. 

Michael  Holmes. 

A  grave,  nearly  midvva}-  of  Church  on  East  side,  unknown. 
A  grave,  unknown,  on  East  end  of  Church. 
Derrick  Sutfin,  June 

Mary  Sutfin,  w.  Derrick,  Sep. 

Phebe  Sutfin,  d.  Derrick  &  Mary,     Aug. 
A  grave  here,  unknown. 

Sally  Sutfin,  d.  Joseph  &  Rhoda.     Juh'     22,  1802,     13  yrs.     7  mos. 
A  grave,  unknown. 
Mary  Walton,  w.  Elisha, 
Elisha  Walton, 
Peter  Walton. 

Two  graves  here,  unknown. 
I.  R.  a  child. 

Matilda  Craig,  d.  \Vm.  (S:  Mary,       Oct.      12,  1814,       i  yr.      3  mos.  12  da. 
M.  P    a  child. 
A  grave  here,  unknown. 
Thomas  Walton. 
A  grave,  unknown. 
Two  children  of  Robert  Tilton. 
A  grave  here,  unknown. 
Matthias  Marlatt. 
Child  of  Edward  Paxton. 
Lavina  Yetman, 
Rebecca  Van  Pelt, 
Maria  Van  Pelt, 
Child  of  John  Walling. 
A  grave,  unknown. 


Feb. 

25. 

1S25, 

75  yrs. 

II  mos.  10  da. 

Jan. 

18, 

1813. 

66  yrs. 

4  mos.  25  da, 

Nov. 

12, 

1S50, 

23  yrs. 

Nov. 

12, 

1850, 

31  yrs 

Nov. 

20, 

1 850, 

9  yrs. 

APPENDIX. 


281 


Beginning  at  the  old  West  gate  by  the  South  gate  post,  cataloguing  the 
graves  from  North  to  South,  and  the  ranges  of  graves  from  West  to  East. 


NAMES. 
A  grave  here,  unknown. 
Margaret  Am  merman,  wd.  John, 
William  Brower,  s.  Daniel. 
Child  of  Isaac  Ker. 
Sarah  Herbert,  w.  James,  Rsq. 
James  Herbert,  Esq. 
Charles  Herbert,  s.  Daniel, 
Henry  Herbert,  s.  Daniel, 
Caroline  A.  Hope,  d.  Cornelius 

&  Euphemia, 
J.  Hope,  d.  C.  &  E. 
Stephen  \'oorheese, 
Lydia  Voorheese,  d.  Peter  &  Abi. 
Charles  H.  Forman,  s.  Garret  & 

Abby, 
Joseph  Leander  Jewell. 
Margaret  Gordon,  w.  David  I. 
Margaret  Polhemus,  w.  Dr.  Danl. 
Henry  D.  Polhemus,  s.  Dr.  Danl. 
Augusta  Polhemus,  d.  Dr.  Danl. 
John  Augustine  Polhemus,  s.  Dr. 

Danl. 
David  Polhemus. 
Hannah  Conover,  consort  of 

Richard, 
Richard  Conover. 
Maria  Conk. 

Ann  Craig,  w.  Robert  E. 
Sarah  Perrine,  d.  Joseph  I. 
Joseph  I.  Perrine, 
Sarah  E.  Herbert,  d.  Wm. 
Edwin  Virginius  Lloyd,  s.  Henr}' 

&  Margaret, 
Ida  Lloyd,  d.  Henry  &  jNIargaret, 
Mary  (Trusler)  Lloyd,  w.  John  Jr. 
Child  of  Spaftbrd  Bowne. 
John  Edwin  Lloyd,  s.  John  Jr.  (S: 

Mary  Trusler, 
Ann  Eliza  Laird,  d  Daniel  H. 
Rebecca  Laird. 
David  E.  Laird, 


DATE  OF  DEATH.  AGE. 

F'eb.      16,  1852,     67  yrs.  10  mos.    6  da. 


Jan.  10,  i<S46, 

May,  3,  184S, 

Dec  27,  185 1, 

Jan.  10,  1S52, 


63  yrs.  2  mos.  17  da. 
74  yrs.  6  mos.  21  da. 
I  yr.  I  mo. 
5  3Ts.  19  da. 


June  30,  1844,   I  yr.  8  mos.  23  da. 


June  22,  1 84 1, 
Oct.  26,  1S44, 


55  yrs.  3  mos.  20  da. 
4  yrs.  5  mos. 


Sep.   13,  1862,  7  mos.  17  da. 


July  30,  1840, 

Feb.  16,  1842, 

Dec.  18,  1839, 

Feb.  29,  1840, 

]\Iarch  2,  1842, 


T,6  yrs.  10  mos.  27  da. 
In  30th  yr. 
2  mos.  23  da. 
2  3'rs.  9  mos.  19  da. 

9  mos. 


Sep.   6,  1840,  66  3-rs.  6  mos. 


July  9,  1836,  35  yrs.  7  mos.  27  da. 

Oct.  15,  1850,  9  yrs.  3  mos.  27  da. 

Ma}-  9,  1841,  In  47th  yr. 

Nov.  13,  1835,  6  yrs.  2  mos.  20  da. 

Feb.  7,  1841,  Aug.  24,  1839. 

Dec.  3,  1845,  Nov.  9,  1845. 

Feb.  19,  1861,  Aug.  II,  1767. 


Dec.   12,  1S67,  born  Nov.  15,  1801. 
Oct.  31,  1844,   3  yrs.  I  mo.   3  da. 

Feb.   10,  1S41,  73  yrs.  9  mos.  26  da. 


282 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TKNNENT. 


NAMES. 


datp:  of  dkatii. 


ACxE. 


William  H.  Laird, 

Elizabeth  Laird,  d.  David, 

Henry  Stout,  s.  John  B. 

Elizabeth  Matchet,  \v.  Chas.  G. 

Anna  C.  Reid,  d.  Jo.s.  t\:  Margaret, 

Samuel  Reid, 

Edward  Haviland,  s.  Amos, 

Almira  Haviland,  d.  Amo.s, 

James  Craig  Haviland,  s.  Amos, 

Sarah  Louisa  Haviland,  d.  Amos, 

Ann  Haviland,  \v.  Stephen, 

Jane  Gordon,  \v.  James, 

James  Gordon. 

James  H.  Clayton. 

Hannah  Clayton,  \v.  James  H. 

Joseph  Rue. 

Frances  Rue   twin  of  James  & 

Louisa, 
Augusta  Rue,  twin  of  James  <S: 

Louisa, 
Hannah  Matilda  Rue,  d.  James  & 

Louisa, 
Two  children  of  Lewis  Rue. 
Joseph  Robinson. 
John  Reid, 

IMargaret  Reid,  w.  John, 
Joseph  Reid,  s.  John, 
Child  of  John  Reid. 
Lydia  H.  Gordon,  d.  John  E.  & 

Lj'dia, 
John  E.  Gordon, 
Ambrose  Gordon,  s.  John  E. 
James  Yetman. 
John  Yetman. 
Wife  of  John  Yetman. 
Two  graves  here,  both  unknown. 
Esek  Yetman. 
Child  of  Esek  Yetman. 
Isabel  IMcDermot. 
William  McDermot. 
Loftus  McDermot. 
Eleanor  Leflerson,  d.  Wni.  & 

fvleanor. 


Oct. 

23- 

1841, 

36  yrs. 

I  mo. 

22  da, 

July 

18, 

184,'^, 

1 1  mos. 

.  10  da. 

July 

6, 

1844, 

4  yrs. 

6  mos. 

7  da 

March 

'  17. 

'851, 

72  yrs. 

S  mos. 

6  da, 

Nov. 

•5. 

1833, 

37  yi-s. 

May 

4. 

1833, 

In  70th 

yr. 

Sep. 

I, 

J839- 

3  mos. 

1 1  da. 

Sep. 

20, 

1838, 

4  mos. 

8  da. 

Aug. 

19- 

1835- 

I  mo. 

15  da. 

Sep. 

2r, 

1834, 

4  mos. 

12  da. 

Feb. 

10, 

1826, 

69  3rs. 

10  mos. 

15  da, 

Jan. 

12, 

1 83 1 , 

5i  yrs. 

10  mos. 

Dec.  31,  1 84 1, 
Jan.  2,  1842, 
Oct.      17,  1845, 


May  2,  1843, 
May  26,  1834, 
Oct.      10,  1828, 


Oct.  31,  1840, 
Feb.  I,  1850, 
April   27,  1850, 


S  da. 
7  da. 
3  3rs.    6  mos.     i  da. 


88  yrs.  7  mos. 
In  83rd  yr. 
41  yrs.  10  da. 


9  yrs.  1 1  mos.  16  da. 
58  yrs.  4  mos.  5  da. 
23  yrs.     7  mos.  J 6  da. 


Sep.      14,  1842,     1 1  mos.  4  da. 


APPENDIX. 


283 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Lydia  Jane  Lefferson,  d.  Wm.  & 

Eleanor, 
Child  of  Henry  Robinson. 
Jane  Cook,  w.  Thomas, 
Thomas  Cook, 

Son  &  daughter  of  James  Robinson 
James  Robinson. 
John  Robinson. 
James  Perrine,  s.  Joseph  & 

Elizabeth, 
Joseph  Perrine, 
Peter  Perrine, 

Catherine  Perrine,  relict  of  Peter, 
Margaret  Mires,  d.  Natl.  &  Rachel, 
Mary  Perrine,  wd.  John, 
Catherine  Gaston,  vv.  William, 
Child  of  Jacob  Suydam. 
Mary  Ann  P.  Suydam,  w.  Jacob, 
Catharine  J.  Wilson,  w.  Robert, 
Rachel  Hampton, 
William  Hampton, 
Lydia  Hampton,  w.  Maj.  Wm. 
Jacob  Davison. 

Lydia  Davison,  relict  of  Jacob, 
Lydia  Combs,  relict  of  Joseph, 
Joseph  Combs, 
Re.  B.  Combs. 
Dr.  David  Combs, 
E.  Combs, 
T.  Combs, 
Dr.  James  English, 
Hannah  English,  w.  Dr.  James, 
Dr.  James  English,  Jr. 
Caroline  E.  D.  English,  d.  Dr. 

James, 
Catherine  E.  Aicanavello,  w. 

Charles, 
A  grave,  unknown. 
Lydia  Gulick,  w.  John, 
Martha  Gulick. 
Ira  C.  Gulick,  s.  John, 
Rachel  Covenhoven,  w.  Lewis 
Lewis  Covenhoven, 


Nov. 

13. 

1846, 

7  ys. 

2  mos.  7  da, 

Feb. 

4. 

1842, 

47  yrs. 

3  mos.  17  da, 

Oct. 

23, 

1810, 

24  yrs. 

7  mos.  14  da. 

March    2,  1825,  6  yrs.  i  mo. 

Aug.       I,  1821,  46  yrs.    9  mos.    3  da. 

Sep.       8,  1S48,  78  yrs.    6  mos.    3  da, 

April     2,  1849,  64  yrs.    9  mos.  24  da. 

Feb.     27,  1845,  22  yrs.    6  mos.    6  da. 

April   8,  1824,  87  yrs.  30  da. 

Aug.  22,  1843,  65  yrs.  5  mos.  9  da. 

Mar.  28,  1845,  35  yrs.  8  da. 

April  24,  1852,  In  56th  yr. 

Feb.   12,  1848,  54  yrs.  6  mos.  2t,  da. 

May  10,  1841,  jT,  yrs.  8  mos.  5  da. 

July   13,  1827,  68  yrs. 

Oct.   14,  1836,  74  yrs.  9  mos.  16  da. 

Sep.  25,  1836,  79  yrs.  7  mos.  19  da. 

June  30,  1S34,  92  yrs  7  mos.  6  da. 

Jan.   II,  1795,  21  3'rs.  8  mos. 
1777. 

1777- 

Dec.  30,  1S16,  59  yrs.  6  mos.  15  da. 

May  II,  1842,  77  yrs.  13  da. 

INIay   7,  1834,  41  yrs.  8  mos.  17  da. 

July  22,  1834,  II  mos.  9  da. 

Sep,  15,  1844,  19  yrs.  2  mos. 

May   3,  1835,  I"  68th  yr. 

Aug.  23,  1835,  In  25th  yr. 

April  5,  1813,  In  53rd  yr. 

May  27,  1843,  90  yrs.  8  mos.  26  da. 


284 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DKATII. 


ACE. 


Mar3-  .M.  ritlenger,  d.  Jar. 

A  grave,  unknown. 

Benjamin  Le\vi.s. 

Matthia.s  Pease, 

Mary  Clayton,  w.  Thomas, 

Thomas  Clayton. 

Taylor  Clayton, 

I'riscilla  Hays. 

Child  of  Disborough  Dey. 

Mary  (iordon,  w.  Hzekiel, 

Ezekiel  (iordon, 

Ezekiel  (iordon,  s.  Lewis, 

A  grave  here,  unknown. 

Genl.  Lewis  (iordon, 

Two  children  of  Ren  Campbell. 

William  Campbell. 

Margaret  C.  Campbell,  w.  \Vm. 

Thomas  Campbell,  s.  \\"m. 

John  Campbell,  s.  John  c\:  Rachel, 

Rachel  Combs, 

Campbell  Comljs, 

Esther  Combs, 

Solomon  Combs, 

Martha  Combs,  w.  Thomas, 

Thomas  Combs, 

(ienl.  Rei.  Baird, 

John  K.  Baird,  s.  Rei, 

Jacob  Baird,  s.  Rei, 

Rebecca  Baird,  w.  David, 

Capt.  David  Baird, 

Lydia  Baird,  w.  Capt.  David, 

Marj-  Baird,  w.  Capt.  David, 

David  Baird, 

Sarah  Baird,  w.  David, 

Pliebe  Baird.  w.  John, 

John  Baird, 

Ann  Conover,  w.  Theodorus. 

Hannah  Jewell. 

William  Rue. 

Joseph  Clayton. 

Wife  of  Joseph  Clayton. 

Three  children  of  Joseph  Clayton. 

Three  children  ofjonathan  Clayton. 


Oct.      24,  1S46,       7  yrs.    2  nios. 


July 

27. 

1842 

May 

12, 

1838. 

INIarch 

4. 

1^43' 

May 

28, 

1816, 

Nov. 

2, 

1 840, 

J"lv 

7> 

I  S3  2, 

Feb. 

7- 

J  832, 

Sep. 

3. 

i8co. 

66  yrs.  6  mos.    5  da. 

49  yrs.  4  mos.  25  da. 

78  yrs.  8  da. 

49  3'rs.  I  mo.    22  da. 

43  yrs.  I  mos.  17  da. 


75  yrs.    8  mos.  10  da. 
75  }'rs.    6  mos.    4  da. 
6  yrs.    5  mos. 


July 


1 84 1 , 


"S   V!S. 


6  da. 


May 

15. 

'838. 

67  yrs. 

6 

mos. 

15  da 

Nov. 

8, 

1829, 

39  ys. 

9 

mos. 

25  da, 

March 

1  30, 

1783. 

32  yrs. 

7  wc-ek.*^ 

Aug. 

lO, 

1777. 

In  1 6th 

yr 

July 

6, 

177S. 

In  22nd 

yr. 

March 

20, 

1796. 

In  33rd 

y 

Aug. 

21, 

1805, 

In  39th 

yi 

Aug. 

28, 

1 80 1, 

In  72iid 

yr. 

Dec. 

22, 

1819, 

87  yrs. 

1 

mo. 

20  da. 

Sep. 

7' 

1S35. 

37  yrs. 

3 

mos. 

22  da. 

July 

23. 

1S35. 

2  yrs. 

II 

mos. 

24  da, 

June 

14. 

1826, 

2  yrs. 

1 1 

mos. 

18  da, 

Jan. 

6, 

177S, 

22  3-rs. 

Dec. 

2,S, 

1S39. 

85  yrs. 

,S 

mos. 

9  da, 

Feb. 

15. 

1791, 

36  yrs. 

June 

22, 

1840, 

68  yrs. 

10 

mos. 

20  da, 

June 

20, 

180  [, 

90  yrs. 

8 

mos. 

May 

[, 

r8io. 

95  yrs. 

i.S 

da. 

June 

3' 

1817, 

68  yrs. 

I 

mo. 

20  da. 

Oct. 

26, 

1S34. 

84  yrs. 

APPENDIX. 


285 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


A  grave  here,  unknown. 

William  H.  Jewell,  s.  Wui.  H. 

Rebecca  Jewell,  w.  Win.  H. 

Child  of  Joel  Clayton. 

Margaiet  Gordon,  w.  Jona- 
than R. 

Jonathan  Rhea  Gordon, 

Elizabeth  Schanck,  w.  Rulef  P. 

Rulep  P.  Schanck 

Mary  Schanck,  w.  Rulef  R. 

Esther  Schanck,  w.  Rulef  R. 

Jane  Craig,  w.  John, 

John  Craig, 

Archibald  Craig, 

Samuel  Craig, 

A  grave,  unknown. 

Rachel  Craig,  w.  Wm  I. 

William  I.  Craig, 

John  Combs,  s.  Jos.  &  Matilda, 

Ann  Amelia  Combs,  d.  Jos.  & 
Matilda, 

Elizabeth  Combs,  d.  Aaron  R. 

John  Vanderveer  Combs,  s. 
Aaron  R. 

Elijah  Combs,  s.  Aaron  R. 

Hannah  (V.  D.)  Combs,  w. 
Aaron  R. 

Rebecca  Combs,  relict  of  Elijah, 

Elijah  Combs, 

Rebecca  C.  Combs,  d.  Elijah, 

Rachel  Combs,  d.  Elijah, 

A  grave,  unknown. 

John  Gordon, 

Eleanor  Gordon,  w.  John, 

Susan  Conover.  w.  Theodorus. 

^Mother  of  Theodorus  Conover. 

Brother  of  Theodorus  Conover. 

A  grave,  unknown. 

John  Rue. 

Elizabeth  Rue,  w.  John. 

Jonathan  Clayton, 

Mary  Clayton,  w.  Jonathan, 

Two  graves,  both  unknown. 


Feb. 

26, 

1 85  2, 

6  mos.  10  da. 

Aug. 

25. 

1851, 

23  yrs.  9  mos. 

24  da 

Feb. 

28, 

1792, 

In  56th  yr. 

Aug. 

I, 

1800, 

In  83rd  yr. 

Aug. 

1,5. 

1837, 

■]2)  yrs.  8  mos. 

7  da 

Nov. 

26, 

1814, 

65  yrs.  10  mos. 

29  da 

April 

12, 

1817, 

26  yrs.  6  mos. 

10  da 

June 

25- 

1824, 

90  yrs.  I  mo. 

21  da 

Sep. 

25. 

1783. 

In  73rd  yr. 

Aug. 

I, 

1777. 

In  24th  yr. 

July 

6, 

^111^ 

In  26th  yr. 

]\Iarch  29, 

1830, 

59  yrs.  3  mos. 

21  da 

Jan. 

29. 

1831, 

67  yrs.  4  da. 

Dec. 

28, 

1842, 

2  yrs.  II  mos. 

12  da 

Nov. 

9. 

1842, 

5  yrs.  4  mos. 

12  da 

Feb. 

23. 

1840, 

I  yr.  17  da. 

Aug. 

7. 

1837. 

2  yrs.  4  mos. 

2  da 

Oct. 

17. 

1842, 

II  yrs.  6  mos. 

19  da 

Feb. 

26, 

1868, 

Born  Oct.  21,  i 

803. 

Aug. 

15- 

1842, 

In  62nd  yr. 

Oct. 

24. 

1830, 

In  56th  yr. 

Aug. 

30, 

1S04, 

2  yrs.  II  mos. 

2  da 

Nov. 

20, 

1 82 1, 

5  yrs.  II  mos. 

23  da 

Dec. 

7. 

1816, 

42  yrs.  9  mos. 

7  da 

Sep. 

•9. 

1845. 

72  yrs.  9  mos. 

6  da 

Dec.     27,  1822,     70  yrs.  28  da. 
Aug.      8,  1817. 


286 


HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


na:mes. 


DATK  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Sarah  L.  Conover,  d.  'I'hoinas  B. 

&  Sarah  A. 
Sarah  Dick. 

William  H.  Schanck,  s.  John, 
Catherine  H.  vSchanck,  d.  John, 
Adelia  Schanck,  d.  Kulef  R. 
Sydney  Conover, 
Sarah  V.  Schanck,  d.  John, 
Rulef  Conover,  s.  Sydney, 
Elizabeth  H.  Schanck,  \v.  John, 
A  grave,  unknown. 
Mary  Schanck,  d.   Rulef  R. 
William  S.  Conover,  s.  Sydney, 
Ann  C.  Schanck,  d.  Rulef.  R. 
Child  of  Rulef  R.  Schanck. 
Catherine  I\I.  Dey,  \v.  Jame.s, 
Mary  Dey,  vv.  John  E.sq. 
John  De}-,  Esq. 
John  Dey,  .s.  John  &  Marj-, 
Achsa  Dey,  w.  James, 
Elizabeth  Dey,  w.  David  B. 
John  Johnston, 
Betsey  S.  Johnston,  d    John, 
Marv  John.ston,  w.  John, 
Peter  Johnston, 
Lydia  Johnston,  \v.  Peter, 
Joseph  Ker,  son  of  Peter  Johnston, 
Joseph  Johnston, 
ICbenezer  Johnston, 
Lewis  Perrine, 
Mary  Perrine,  w.  Lewis, 
Henry  Perrine,  s.  Henr}, 
Abigail  Perrine, 

Smalley. 

Smalley. 

John  Nisbet. 

Andrew  M.  Duncan,  s.  John  T. 

Mary  Walton. 

John  Vanderipe, 

A  grave,  unknown. 

Matthias  :\Iount, 

David  Reid, 

Aaron  Reid,  s.  Aaron, 


May 

29, 

1850, 

May 

3. 

1763. 

Nov. 

12, 

1846, 

Aug. 

29. 

1845- 

Jan. 

5. 

1816, 

Aug. 

8, 

184 1. 

April 

30. 

1840, 

Aug. 

17. 

1828, 

Nov. 

15. 

183 1. 

Oct. 

I, 

1824, 

May 

3. 

1850, 

May 

20, 

1826, 

April 

18, 

1848, 

April 

17. 

1836, 

April 

26, 

1829, 

June 

13. 

1799. 

Feb. 

7' 

1816, 

April 

28, 

1828, 

July 

1 1, 

1838, 

March    8, 

1827, 

July 

I, 

1842, 

Sep. 

4. 

1844, 

June 

16. 

1826, 

July 

8, 

1819, 

Feb. 

T791- 

Oct. 

^S, 

'839. 

July 

2:-,< 

1804, 

Mar. 

25- 

1804, 

F>b. 

20, 

1774- 

Oct. 

22 

1803, 

June  27,  185 1, 

Feb.  17,  1813, 

Nov.  22,  1822, 

June  3,  1826, 

Sep.  23.  1795, 


May  3,  1849. 
63  yrs. 

1  yr.  7  mos.  i  da. 

2  yrs.  4  mos.  6  da. 
2  mos.  4  da. 

37  yrs.  10  mos.  15  da. 

5  mos.  16  da. 

I  yr.  10  mos.  21  da. 
In  26th  vr. 


6  mos. 

I  da. 

21  yrs. 

4  mos.  3  da. 

3  mos 

21  da. 

54  yrs. 

4  mos. 

5  da 

88  yrs. 

6  mos. 

17  da 

87  yrs. 

4  mos. 

18  yrs. 

1 1  mos. 

13  da 

19  yrs. 

34  yrs. 

2  mos. 

26  da 

53  yrs. 

9  mos. 

14  da 

2  yrs. 

I  mo. 

24  da 

53  yrs. 

3  mos. 

16  da 

In  94th 

yr. 

69  yrs. 

9  mos. 

25  da 

32  yrs. 

6  mos. 

20  da 

21  yrs. 

10  mos. 

44  yrs. 

2  mos. 

19  da 

In  46th 

yr. 

In  45th 

yr. 

5  mos. 

In  68th 

vr. 

16  3-rs.  8  mos.  13  da. 

29  yrs.  9  mos.  14  da. 

74  3'rs.  24  da. 
In  39th  yr. 
I  yr.  II  mos.  3  da. 


APPENDIX. 


>87 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Rebecca  Reid,  \v.  Aaron, 

Elizabeth  Reid,  vv.  Aaron, 

Aaron  Reid, 

Alice  Wikoff.  vv.  Jacob, 

Jacob  Wikoif, 

Jacob  Wikoff,  s.  Jacob, 

Jacob  Wikoff,  s.  Henry  G. 

John  W.  Wikoff,  s.  Henry  G. 

Hannah  E.  Reid,  d.  David, 

Hannah  H.  Vanschoick,  vv. 

David, 
David  Vanschoick, 
Samuel  Vanschoick. 
Joseph  Vanschoick,  s.  David, 
Catherine  Perrine,  w.  John, 
David  Vanschoick,  s.  David, 
Josiah  Vanschoick, 
Hannah  Vanschoick,  d.  Josiah, 
David  Vanschoick,  s.  Josiah, 
Jacob  Pittenger, 
Charlotte  Pittenger,  vv.  Jacob, 
Lawrence  Pittenger,  s.  John, 
John  Pittenger, 
Euphemia  Pittenger. 
James  Hagarman. 
Daniel  Hagarman. 
Child  of  Daniel  Hagarman. 
Barrent  Hagarman. 
Two  children  of  John  Anderson. 
James  Anderson. 
Wife  of  James  Anderson. 
Jane  Covenhoven,  w. John  P. 
John  P.  Covenhoven, 
Leah  Teneyck, 
William  Teneyck, 
Sarah  Thompson,  vv.  Joseph, 
Joseph  Thompson, 
Child  of  Pearson  Thomp.son. 
Eleanor  Thompson,  w.  Pearson, 
Elizabeth  Huggen,  d.  Wni.  & 

Mary, 
Sarah  Huggen,  w.  Wm. 
Daughter  of  Wm.  Huggen. 


June  8,  1796, 

May  10,  1826, 

Oct.  6,  1839, 
March  9,  1837, 

Sep.  2T„  1827, 

July  25,  1825, 

Aug.  27,  1838, 

Sep.  17,  1838, 

Aug.  19,  1849, 


In  38th  yr. 

In  71st  yr. 

83  yrs.    8  nios.  10  da. 

64  yrs.     2  mos.  26  da. 

63  yrs.    5  mos.  23  da. 

18  yrs.    7  mos.    6  da. 

8  mos.  14  da 

3  yrs.    3  mos.  24  da. 
16  yrs.    9  mos.    9  da. 


Aug.    23,  1832,     59  3'rs.    6  mos.  19  da 
May     31,  1831,     67  v'rs.  11  da. 


14  yrs.    5  mos.  13  da. 
S3  yrs.    5  mos.  15  da 

8  raos.  25  da. 
32  yrs.    3  mos. 

8  yrs.  14  da. 

2  yrs.  13  da. 
71  yrs.     I  mo.     10  da 
84  yrs.    9  mos.    9  da. 
21  yrs.    6  mos.    6  da. 


Oct. 

20, 

1809, 

April 

28, 

1792, 

Jan. 

I, 

1832, 

Aug. 

18, 

1832, 

May 

17. 

1842, 

April 

29. 

1832, 

Jan. 

6, 

1828, 

June 

9. 

1844, 

June 

4, 

1833, 

Dec. 

4. 

1842, 

54  3'rs.    6  mos.  16  da. 


Aug. 

i-l. 

1798, 

49  yrs. 

6  mos. 

21  da. 

Dec. 

24, 

1811, 

71  yrs. 

10  mos. 

18  da 

Dec. 

19- 

1832, 

45  yrs. 

June 

6, 

1837. 

54  yrs. 

May 

13. 

1826, 

81  yrs. 

4  mos. 

22  da 

Aug. 

5. 

1S08, 

64  yrs. 

7  mos. 

25  da 

May     24,  1842,     46  yrs.  10  mos.  21  da. 

Sep.     14,  1763,       5  yrs.    3  mos.  20  da. 
Dec.       3,  1753,     47  yrs. 


288 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Five  graves,  all  unknown. 
Nancy  H.  Woodhull,  w.  Henry  H. 
Nancy  H.  Woodhull,  d.  Henry  H. 
Henry  H.  Woodhull,  \v.  Wm.  Esq. 
Wni.  Henry  Woodhull,  s. 

Jeremiah, 
Martha  Vanschoick,  \v.  Benjamin, 
Also  a  Daughter. 
Jacob  Cole, 
William  Cole, 

Two  graves,  both  unknown. 
Mary  Vancleve,  w.  Wm. 
James  Nisbet. 
Lydia  Nisbet,  w.  James, 
John  Loyd,  Esq 
Sarah  Mattison,  tombstone  broken 

by  Battle  of  Monmouth, 
James  Mattison,  s.  Aaron  & 

Elizabeth, 
John  Mattison,  s.  Aaron, 
Aaron  ISIattison, 
Elizabeth  Mattison,  w.  Aaron, 
Hugh  ^Ic  Ferran, 
A  grave,  unknown. 

Thompson. 

His  Wife. 

Esther  Craig,  w.  ]Maj  James, 

Maj.  James  Craig, 

Charles  Coven hoven,  s.  Joseph, 

Mary  Catherine  Perrine.  d.  Wm.  R. 

Nine  graves,  all  unknown. 

Daughter  of  Benjamin  Vancleve. 

Benjamin  Van  Cleve. 

Mary  Van  Cleve,  w.  Benjamin, 

John  Combs. 

Mary  Hendrick.son,  w.  Conradt, 

Two  graves,  both  unknown. 

E.  English. 

D.  English. 

Alee  Smith,  w.  Legget, 

Gertrude  Davis. 

Catherine  Davis,  w.  Cap.  Wm. 

Capt.  William  Davis. 


May 

7' 

1807, 

25  yrs. 

Sep   2. 

)i 

5  nios. 

Feb. 

14. 

icSiS, 

34  yrs. 

March 

12, 

i«'3, 

In  12th  yr. 

June 

4. 

1791. 

20  yrs.    2  mos. 

20 

da 

May 

.s. 

1804, 

60  yrs. 

Feb, 

4. 

1809, 

In  8ist  yr. 

July 

12, 

1842, 

62  yrs.  10  mos. 

Aug. 

29- 

1839. 

26  yrs.  10  mos. 

29 

da. 

Oct. 

14, 

1784. 

61  yrs.    3  mos. 

21 

da, 

April 

23. 

1774. 

48  yrs.    3  mos. 

21 

da. 

Oct. 

15. 

1745. 

In  loth  yr. 

Oct. 

27^ 

1744. 

In  23rd  yr. 

April 

26, 

1762, 

In  82nd  yr. 

Feb. 

3. 

1773. 

In  91st  yr. 

March 

^    7. 

1769, 

About  80  yrs. 

April  10,  1838, 

Sep.  28,  1839, 

Jan.  6,  1838, 

June  16,  1845, 


July      27,  1836, 
Feb.       6,  1838, 


In  79th  yr. 
In  «6th  yr. 
22  yrs.    8  mos.  16  da. 
I  yr.     12  da. 


89  yrs.    4  mos.  30  da. 

90  yrs.     I  mo.     11  da. 


Oct.      26,  1762,     26  yrs.    3  da. 


Jan.      14,  1759,     In  39th  yr. 


APPENDIX. 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Abigail  Vanhorn,  w.  Joseph, 

John  Covenhoven, 

Mary  Covenhoven,  w.  John, 

John  Covenhoven, 

William  Conover. 

A  grave,  unknown. 

Matthias  Huntsinger. 


April 

II, 

1813. 

40  yrs.    7  da 

Oct. 

3, 

1804, 

In  29th  yr. 

Nov. 

14. 

1826, 

In  86th  yr. 

Nov. 

3, 

1824, 

In  79th  yr. 

Two  children  of  Joseph  Vanhorn. 

John  Trout, 

Mar. 

26, 

1768, 

In  68th  yr. 

Phebe  White,  w.  Hartshorne, 

Jan. 

2 

1775- 

39  yrs.     I  mo.     18  da. 

Hartshorne  White, 

April 

12, 

1774. 

2,7  yrs.    2  mo.     14  da. 

Mary  Megalyard, 

Jan. 

15- 

1827, 

about  70  yrs. 

Elizabeth  McGaliard, 

Aug. 

14. 

1797- 

76  yrs.     5  mos.    7  da. 

Robert  Mc  Galiard, 

March  31, 

1782, 

67  yrs. 

Mary  Mc  Chesney,  w.  John, 

May 

20, 

■791. 

56  yrs. 

John  Mc  Chesney, 

March  10, 

1775- 

45  yrs. 

Mary  Jane  Conover,  d.  Joseph  C. 

July 

25. 

i«45- 

5  da. 

John  Prest, 

Aug. 

12, 

1773. 

2  yrs.    6  mos. 

Ruth  Prest, 

June 

24. 

1770, 

1  3'r.    7  mos. 

Thomas  West, 

July 

12, 

^^33^ 

Born  Mar.  8,  1749. 

Ann  West,  w.  Thomas, 

April 

19, 

1803, 

Born  Sep.  29,  1754. 

Zilpha  West,  d  Thomas, 

July 

IS- 

1797- 

Born  July  15,  1779. 

Helena  Conover,  w.  Danl.  West. 

July 

IS. 

1828. 

Born  Mar.  30,  1797. 

Tunis  C.  West, 

Oct. 

27- 

1821, 

Born  Apr.  25,  1818. 

Thomas  West, 

Sep. 

I, 

1824, 

Born  Jan.  14,  1820. 

Elizabeth  West, 

Oct. 

7- 

1826, 

Born  Mar.  24,  1822. 

The  seven  above-named  people  are  buried  about  50 

feet  from  the  middle 

door  of  the  church  on  the  West  side  of  the 

walk  going  Southward. 

Charles  Lucas. 

William  I.  Thompson, 

Mar. 

25. 

1843. 

64  yrs  6  da. 

Margaret  Thompson,  w.  Wra.  I. 

July 

5- 

1856, 

81  3'rs.    3  mos.  11  da. 

Michael  Johnston, 

Sep. 

9. 

1785, 

65  yrs.    9  mos. 

Euphemia  Johnston,  w.  Mich. 

May 

8, 

1770, 

40  yrs.    5  mos.    4  da. 

Jane  Johnston,  d.  Peter, 

July 

4, 

1846, 

53  yr.^.     7  nios.    4  da. 

Rebecca  DeBow,  w    Van  hook, 

June 

19. 

1 76 1, 

26  yrs.    5  mos.    3  da. 

Frederick  DeBow, 

Dec. 

19. 

1757- 

71  yrs.    3  mos. 

Michael  Sweetman, 

Aug. 

28, 

1766, 

67  yrs. 

Mary  Sweetman,  w.  Michael, 

Aug. 

14- 

1771. 

66  yrs. 

Jane  Brannan,  w.  Andrew, 

Sep. 

I, 

1757- 

24  yrs.    4  mos.  29  da. 

Jane  Brannan,  d.  Andrew, 

Sep. 

6, 

1766, 

9  yrs. 

James  Anderson,  Esq. 

Sep. 

15. 

1766, 

In  27th  3'r. 

Two  graves,  both  unknown. 


290 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


John  Roofers, 

Elizabeth  Sutphiii,  relict  of  David. 

Sanmel  Rogers. 

Mary  Reisers,  \v.  Samuel. 

P'our  graves,  all  unknown. 

Moses  Sprouk*. 

Mar}'  Sproule,  w.  Moses. 

Rev.  Robert  Roy,  pastor, 

Sarah  M.  Fornian,  \v.  Wm.  G. 

Joseph  Fornian, 

Elizabeth  Fornian,  \v.  Jos. 

Robert  Cumniing, 

Gilbert  Tennent, 

Catherine  Tennent,  d.  William, 

Theodorus  Conover, 

Mar}-  Covenhoven,  w.  Wm.  P. 

Wm.  P.  Covenhoven, 

Altia  Conover,  w.  Wm.  P 

William  P.  Conover, 

Eight  graves,  all  nnknown. 

William  Laird. 

James  N.  Laird,  s.  Wm. 

Two  graves,  nnknown. 

Eleanor  Forman,  d.  Tunis, 

Eleanor  C.  Forman,  vv.  Tunis, 

Tunis  Forman, 

William  McKnight, 

.A  grave,  unknown. 

Jane  Craig,  relict  of  John, 

John  Craig, 

Charity  Robinson,  w.  James, 

James  Robinson, 

David  English,  Jr., 

Three  graves,  all  unknown. 

Son  of  Robert  English, 

Robert  ICnglish, 

A  grave,  unknown. 

Elizabeth  .\nderson, 

John  .Anderson, 

Sarah  Anderson,  w.  John 

Kinneth  Anderson. 

Ruth  .Anderson,  vv.  Kinneth. 

Nancv  ScucUk-r, 


July      16,  1814,     In  70th  j-r. 


Before  1853. 

Before  1853. 

March  15,  1832, 

In  40th  yr. 

Jan.       18,  1799, 

26  yrs. 

July      14,  J  775, 

71  yrs. 

Oct.      15,  1774, 

64  yrs. 

April    15,  1769, 

In  68th  yr. 

March  6,  1770, 

27  yrs.  II  mos 

Aug.    31,  1747, 

4  yrs. 

Dec.     10,  1825, 

In  92nd  }'r. 

Jan.      30,  1777, 

In  70th  yr. 

May      3,  1777, 

In  74th  yr. 

Mar.      4,  1813, 

In  69th  yr. 

Feb.      13,  1823, 

In  79th  yr. 

Aug.  19,  1823, 

Feb.  12,  1835, 

June  13,  1837, 

Oct.  21,  1761, 

June  5,  1807, 

July  II,  1821, 

April  23,  1762. 

Jan.  22,  1773, 

Sep.  13,  1762, 

Fel).  25,  1764, 

Apr.  2^,  1768, 

June  14,  1804, 

July  19,  1793, 

Aug.  10,  1787, 


6  j-rs.  10  mos. 

56  yrs.  II  mos. 
75  yrs.  II  mos. 
About  45  yrs. 

73  yrs.  4  mos. 
88  yrs. 

57  yrs.  2  mos. 
yT,  yrs.  4  mos. 
In  36th  yr. 


6  da. 


May       2,  1814,       3  yrs.    6  mos.    4  da. 


8  da 


I  da. 


12  hours. 

39  yrs.    6  mos.  17  da. 

In  67th  jear. 
In  90th  3'ear. 
82  3-rs. 


Mar.     20,  1801,       5  yrs.    6  mos. 


APPENDIX. 


291 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Nathaniel  Scndder, 

Joseph  Scudder. 

Joseph  Scudder,  s.  Joseph, 

Louisa  Scudder,  d.  Joseph, 

Nathaniel  Scudder, 

Isabella  Scudder,  w.  Nathaniel, 

Kenneth  Anderson, 

Elizabeth  Walker,  d.  George, 

George  Walker, 

Priscilla  Walker,  w.  George, 

Lydia  Walker, 

Josiah  Vanschoick. 

Wife  of  Josiah  Vanschoick. 

Five  children  of  Josiah  Vanschoick. 

Joseph  Reid, 

Sarah  L.  Appleton,  w.  Abijah, 

Abijah  Appleton, 

Child  of  James  Appleton. 

Ann  (Wikoff)  Woodhull,  w.  Dr. 

John  T. 
Rev.  John  Woodhull,  D.  D., 
Sarah  Woodhull,  w.  Rev.  John, 
William  H.  Woodhull,  s.  Rev.  J. 
William  W.  Woodhull,  s.  Dr. 

John  T. 
John  Woodhull,  s.  Dr.  John  T. 
Joseph  Morford, 
Sarah  Woodhull,  d.  J.  T. 
Thomas  M.  Forman,  s.  John  B. 
Hope  B.  Forman,  w.  John  B. 
Daniel  Forman,  s.  David, 
Anna  Forman,  w.  David, 
David  Forman,  Esqr. 
Jonathan  Forman,  Esqr. 
Hope  Forman,  w.  Jonathan, 
Mary  Ann  Forman,  d.  Jonathan, 
Dr.  David  Forman,  s.  Jonathan, 
Elijah  M.  English,  s.  Geo.  H. 
James  R.  English, 
Eunice  Smock,  w.  Barnes  H. 
Henr}'  Robinson,  s.  James, 
David  English,  s.  David, 
Jane  English,  d.  David, 


Feb.  19,  1797,   2  yrs.  8  mos. 


Oct.  I,  1826, 

Sep.  28,  1S26, 

Oct.  16,  1781, 

Dec.  24,  1782, 
March  18,  1806, 

June  3,  1767, 

Jan.  2,  1791, 

Jan.  26,  1813, 

Feb.  19,  1833, 


In  26th  yr. 
In  30th  yr. 
48  yrs. 
45  yrs. 
In  96th  yr. 
9  mos. 
In  67th  yr. 
In  84th  yr. 
In  69th  yr. 


Sep. 

21, 

1826, 

In  59th  yr. 

Dec. 

I, 

1820, 

28  yrs.  22  da. 

Nov. 

7. 

1821, 

26  }'rs.  10  mos. 

7  da, 

Feb. 

3' 

1852, 

July  5,  1793. 

Nov. 

22, 

1824, 

So  yrs. 

Oct. 

12, 

1827, 

77  yrs. 

Sep. 

6, 

1798, 

In  2oth  yr. 

June 

16, 

1813. 

6  mos.  6  da. 

Sep. 

13. 

1822, 

3  yrs.  6  mos. 

Aug. 

20, 

1760, 

27  yrs. 

Jan. 

16, 

183 1, 

9  mos. 

Dec. 

5. 

18 1 6, 

2  yrs.  8  mos. 

April 

15- 

1823, 

36  yrs. 

Sep. 

8, 

1772, 

3  yrs.  4  mos. 

18  da. 

Sep. 

9. 

1798, 

In  63rd  yr. 
78  yrs.  6  mos. 

Jan. 

29. 

1803, 

In  45th  yr. 

May 

II, 

1806, 

In  47th  yr. 

Feb. 

4. 

1 8 10, 

In  26th  yr. 

Dec. 

26, 

1826, 

34  yrs. 

July 

18, 

1848, 

I  yr.  II  mos. 

I  da. 

May 

14. 

1815- 

52  3^rs.  2  mos. 

21  da. 

Sep. 

22,^ 

1830,, 

85  yrs.  1 1  mos. 

16  da. 

April 

3i 

1768, 

26  yrs.  9  mos. 

27  da. 

Feb. 

15- 

1782, 

23  yrs.  5  mos. 

IMay 

26, 

1791. 

35  yrs.  7  mos. 

292 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMKS. 


DATE  OK  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Charlotte  Campbell,  \v.  Dr. 

Geo.  \V. 
Daniel  Craig,  .s.  John, 
John  Craig,  Jr. 
Peter  Fornian,  .s.  Peter, 
Margaret  Forman.  d.  Peter, 
Eleanor  Forman,  \v.  Peter, 
Peter  Forman,  Esqr. 
Eleanor  Conover,  \v.  Wm.  B. 
William  B.  Conover, 
Wikoft"  Conover, 
Capt.  Benjamin  W.  Conover, 
Garret  Conover,  s.  Peter  F. 
Daniel  D.  Conover, 
William  W.  Cornell, 
Child  of  Wm.  W.  Cornell. 
Widow  Tice. 

Jane  Henderson,  vv.  Capt.  John, 
Capt.  John  Henderson, 
William  Henderson, 
Daniel  Williams, 
Jane  Williams,  w.  Daniel, 
Peter  Gordon, 
Eliza  A.  Bruen,  w.  Cyrus. 
Henry  Bruen,  s.  Cyrus, 
Jane  Bruen,  d.  Cyrus, 
Dr.  Thomas  Henderson, 
Rachel  Henderson,  w.  Dr.  Thos. 
Jane  Henderson,  d.  Thomas, 
Anna  Henderson,  d.  Thomas, 
Samuel  Ker,  s.  Samuel, 
Elizabeth  Ker,  d.  Samuel, 
Sarah  Forman,  vv.  Dr.  Samuel, 
Dr.  Samuel  Forman, 
Ann  Forman,  w.  Dr.  Samuel, 
Samuel  Rogers  Forman,  s.  Dr. 

Samuel, 
A  grave,  unknown. 
Ann  Randolph,  w.  Joseph  F. 
Dr.  David  Forman,  s.  Dr.  Samuel, 
Sarah  Ann  Randolph,  d.  Jos.  F. 
Robert  Francis  Randolph,  s. 

Jos.  F. 


July  4,  1794,  24  yrs.  11  mos.  2.S  da. 

Nov.  2,  1805,  31  yrs.    6  mos. 

Aug.  7,  1838,  66  yrs.    9  mos.  13  da. 

Sep.  8,  1771,  15  yrs. 

July  8,  1767,  24  yrs.     i  mo.       2  da. 

Nov.  6,  1 77 1,  51  yrs.     i  mo.     13  da. 

Sep.  8,  1785,  66  yrs.    8  mos.  10  da. 

Aug.  20,  1823,  In  71st  yr. 

Aug.  15,  1S07,  55  yrs.     2  mos.  12  da. 

May  3,  1833,  49  yrs.    4  mos.  21  da. 

Nov.  27,  1840,  In  6rst  yr. 

Sep.  8,  1823,  17  yrs.     2  mos.    6  da. 

May  4,  1841,  41  yrs.  20  da. 

May  II,  1846  29  yrs.  16  da. 


Sep. 
Nov. 
Mar. 
Mar. 
Mar. 
April 

Feb. 

June 

Dec. 

Aug. 

Oct 

Feb. 

Nov. 

Dec. 

Aug. 

Dec. 


3.  ''"^23,  83  yrs. 

20,  1815,  74  yrs. 

21,  1808,  43  yrs. 
12,  183 1,  62  3'rs. 

26,  18J.8,  In  70th  yr. 

21,  1770,  66  yrs.  11  mos.  18  da. 


24. 
20, 

15, 
22 

23. 

15. 

8, 

.31. 
24. 
1 1 , 


April   27, 


1833,       9  mos. 

1830,  14  mos. 

1824,  81  yrs. 

1S40,  89  yrs. 

1804,  20  yrs. 

1843,  62  yrs. 

1763,  23  yrs. 

1755,  In  2ist  yr. 

1837,  In  72nd  3'r. 

1845,  In  82d  yr. 

1793,  In  26th  yr. 


Jan.  2-].  1793,  15  mos. 

June  5,  1836,  In  28th  yr. 

Feb.  23,  1826,  In  30th  yr. 

Oct.  2,  1833,  3  mos.  3  da. 

Sep.  17,  1833. 


APPENDIX. 


293 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Peter  F.  Conover,  s.  Wikoff, 

David  C.  Conover,  s.  Wikoff, 

Eleanor  Conover,  d.  Wikoff, 

Moreau  McClees,  s.  John  M. 

Eliza  V.  Conover,  d.  Jacob, 

Ellen  L.  Conover,  w.  Jacob, 

Jacob  Conover, 

Richard  Henry  Forman,  s.  J.  F. 

Maria  Smock  Forman,  d.  J.  F. 

Uriah  Forman.  s.  J.  F. 

Two  children  of  Enoch  Coward. 

Enoch  Coward,  Sen. 

Thomas  Coward. 

Henrietta  T.  Burtt,  d.  Jacob  O. 

&  Eliza  Ann, 
Evelina  Linn  ]\IcLean,  eldest  d. 

Rev.  D.  V.  &  Evelina, 
Laura  McLean,  second  d.  Rev. 

D.  V.  &  Evelina, 
Julia  McLean,  d.  Rev.  D.  V.  & 

Evelina, 
Euphemia  Worrell,  w.  Rev.  C.  W 
John  Calvin  Worrell, 
John  San  ford, 
Rebecca  San  ford,  w.  John, 
Marj'  Anna  Sanford,  d.  Danl.  L 

&  INIary  Ann, 
Henry  Herbert, 
Charles  H.  Herbert, 


Sep. 

I, 

1823, 

I  yr. 

I  mo. 

19  da. 

Aug. 

2.S. 

1S23, 

3  yrs. 

6  mos. 

18  da. 

Aug. 

28, 

828, 

5  yrs. 

9  mos. 

22  da. 

May 

5. 

1850, 

I  yr. 

4  mos. 

22,  da. 

Sep. 

29, 

1S37. 

2  mos. 

Sep. 

24. 

1846, 

29  yrs. 

9  mos. 

22  da. 

Dec. 

24. 

1846, 

31  yrs. 

8  mos 

Dec. 

28, 

1839. 

2  yrs. 

Jan. 

30, 

1S44, 

9  mos. 

Feb. 

18, 

1849, 

I  yr.  8 

mos. 

Sep. 
Jan. 
Dec. 


20,  1845, 
13,  1840, 
3I'  1S39, 


I  yr.   9  mos. 


I  da. 


8  3'rs.  II  mos.  15  da. 
mos.  18  da. 


4  yrs.  3 


Feb.  24,  1839, 
Jan.  II,  1S50, 
date  of  death  not  given, 
Jan.  14,  1852, 
May   8,  185 1, 


2  yrs. 
38  yrs. 

I  yr. 
Feb.  4, 


2  mos.  18  da. 

8  mos.  13  da. 

6  mos.  12  da. 
1774- 


Apr.  2,  1777. 


INIarch  10,  1852,  Aug.  28,  1850. 

Jan.   10,  1852,  5  yrs.  19  da. 

Dec.  27,  1851,  I  yr.  4  mos. 
The  following  is  the  list  of  burials  in  Old  Tennent  yard  between  1852 
and  1868.  There  is  no  burial  record  of  these  j-ears  in  possession  of  the 
church.  This  list  was  made  by  F.  R.  Symnies  from  the  head-stones;  and 
so  all  the  graves  without  head-stones  are  not  here  recorded,  because  it  is 
not  known  whose  they  are. 


NAMES. 

Catharine  Tyson, 
Nathaniel  S.  Rue, 
Mary  H.  Clayton,  d.  J.  T.  cS: 

Margaret, 
Sidney  R.  Conover,  s.  Garret  B. 

«&  Teresa, 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Jan.  14,  1852,  77  yrs.  4  mos.  23  da. 

Feb.  17,  1852,  70  yrs.  3  mos.  4  da, 

April  8,  1852,  I  yr.  10  da. 

April  12,  1852,  4  years. 


J  94 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMKS. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Kdward  Henr\'  Cowart,  s.  ]>)noch 

L.  &  Anna  JNI.. 
Rebecca  Laird,  \v.  David  E. 
Hannah  De3%  relict  of  John  B. 
Mary  Pellj'cej-  Reid,  d.  Aaron  II. 

&  Sarah  Ann, 
John  Emens, 
Martha  B.  Gulick, 
William  Cowenhoven, 
Ellen  Forman,  w.  Saml.  E.  &  d. 

Jonathan  T.  &  Matilda  Forman, 
Eleanor  McElwain,  w.  John, 
^Marietta  Van  Anian,  d.  Thomas 

&  Eleanor, 
Mary  (Quakenbush)  Wolley,  w. 

Benj.  &  d.  Allen  &  Margaret 

Qnakenbush, 
Elizabeth  R.  Sutphin,   vv.   David, 
Lewis  Buckelew,  s.  John  &  Eleanor 
Joseph  Van  Horn, 
Sarah  Elizabeth  Reid,  eldest  d. 

Wm.  H.  &  Sarah  T., 
Gertrude  Cowenhoven,  w.  Jos.  L. 
Mary  Eliza  Gulick,  d.  Thomas 

&  Rachel, 
Catharine  (Bowne)  Hankinson, 

w.  Kenneth, 
William  Gaston, 
Ellonnor  F.  Conover,  d.  Wycoff 

&  Ely, 
John  B.  Forman, 
James  Abrahams, 
John  Doniha, 
Catharine  V.  (Riggs)  Duncan, 

w.  John  T., 
Catharine  A.  Wilson,  d.  Rob.  K. 

&  Helena, 
Lois  French,  w.  Henry, 
Joseph  L.  Cowenhoven, 
James  I.  Bowne, 
Pierson  Thompson, 
Mary  (WiLson)  McChesney,  w. 

Wm.  M. 


May 

1, 

1 85  2, 

3  yrs. 

22  da. 

May 

s, 

i<S.S2, 

77  yrs. 

.  8  mos. 

May 

12, 

i«52, 

In  76th 

year. 

July 

I, 

1852, 

2  yrs. 

8  mos. 

26  da, 

July 

25- 

IS52, 

22  yrs. 

6  mos. 

17  da. 

July 

31. 

1852, 

51  yrs- 

Aug. 

12, 

1852, 

78  yrs. 

r  mo. 

20  da. 

Aug. 

13- 

1852. 

23  yrs. 

I  mo. 

16  da. 

Aug. 

20, 

1852, 

91  yrs. 

4  mos. 

21  da. 

Aug. 

30, 

1852, 

I  mo. 

27  da. 

Oct. 

29, 

1852, 

In  55tli 

year. 

Nov. 

7. 

1852, 

84  yrs. 

6  mos. 

21  da. 

Dec. 

10, 

1852, 

47  yrs. 

6  mos. 

4  da. 

1853, 

Born  1807. 

Jan. 

15. 

1853, 

II  yrs. 

3  mos. 

18  da. 

Jan. 

19. 

1853. 

75  yrs. 

6  mos. 

Feb. 

6, 

1853. 

17  yrs. 

21  da. 

Feb. 

8, 

1853- 

7i  yrs. 

7  mos. 

2T,  da. 

Feb. 

16, 

1853, 

76  yrs. 

II  mos. 

28  da. 

Mar. 

II. 

1853, 

26  yrs. 

1 1  da. 

Mar. 

23, 

1853. 

66  yrs. 

8  mos. 

16  da. 

Mar. 

25. 

1853. 

68  yrs. 

5  mos. 

2  da. 

Mar. 

27. 

1853, 

23  yrs. 

Mar.     29,  1853,     Born  Nov.  4,  1813. 


Mar.  28, 

1853- 

3  yrs.  6  mos. 

2-j  da. 

March  29, 

1853- 

78  yrs.  8  mos. 

April  3, 

1853. 

71  yrs.  2  mos. 

17  da' 

April  22, 

1853- 

77  yrs.  7  mos. 

2  da 

April  25, 

1853. 

52  yrs. 

April  29, 

1853, 

In  25th  year. 

APPENDIX. 


295 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Augustus  Rue  vSecor,  only  s. 

Oliver  &  Cornelia, 
Catherine  (Rue)  Martin,  w. 

Delaplane, 
Ann  Elizabeth  Secor,  d.  Oliver, 

&  Cornelia, 
Alexander  Conover, 
Elizabeth  A.  Newell,  d.  Hugh  & 

Lydia, 
Thomas  Tracy, 
Sidney  D.  Emmons, 
Eliza  D.  Newell,  w.  James  H., 
Charles  H.  WooUey,  s.  Alfred  & 

Eliza  Jane, 
Gilbert  T.  Combs,  s.  Gilbert  & 

Maria  S., 
Joshua  B.  Wikoff, 
Dennis  Tracy, 
Emmeline  McChesney,  w.  Geo. 

S.  W., 
Child  of  G.  S.  &  Em.  McChesney. 
Mary  Newell,  d.  Hugh  & 

Elizabeth, 
Rulef  P.  Schanck,  s.  Rulef  R.  & 

Esther, 
Elizabeth  Denise,  w.  Garret, 
Matilda  Quakenbush,  d.  Allen  P. 

&  Mary, 
Frederick  A.  Craig,  s.  David, 
Hannah  Vergenia  Reid,  d.  James 

&  Mary, 
John  L-  VanDerveer,  eldest  s. 

Ruleph  &  Eleanor. 
Henr}'  Denise, 
Oliver  Secor, 
Elizabeth  Sutphin,  d.  Wm.  B.  & 

Hannah, 
Elizabeth  Antonides,  d.  Wm.  & 

Gertrude, 
Benjamin  Laird, 
Eleanor  Casler,  w.  Peter, 
Ann  (Stevenson)  Hartshorne,  w. 

Richard  S. 


May 

13. 

1853. 

10  yrs. 

2  mos. 

7  da. 

June 

9. 

1853. 

In  3Sth 

year. 

June 

9- 

1S53. 

1 1  yrs. 

9  mos. 

4  da. 

June 

12, 

^K^3. 

34  yrs. 

7  mos. 

19  da. 

July 

5. 

1853. 

23  yrs. 

5  mos. 

13  da. 

July 

16, 

1853, 

75  yrs. 

Aug. 

24. 

1853. 

Mar.  23 

,  1828. 

Sep. 

25. 

1853, 

Feb.  8, 

1790. 

Jan. 

18, 

1854- 

2  mos 

7  da. 

Jan. 

24. 

1854, 

10  mos. 

Feb 

26, 

1854, 

42  yrs. 

7  mos. 

8  da. 

Feb. 

10, 

1854, 

March 

10,  1785. 

March  3, 

1854, 

34  yrs. 

22  da. 

March  29,  1S54,       73  yrs. 


April  8,  1854, 

April  10,  1854, 

May  I,  1854. 

May  4,  1854, 

May  7,  1854, 

May  19.  1854, 

May  21,  1854, 

June  26,  1854, 


June    30,  1854,       2  yrs.     7  mos.    4  da. 


8  da. 


18  yrs. 

10  mos. 

16  da 

85  yrs. 

22  yrs. 

3  mos. 

2  da 

4  yrs. 

II  mos. 

I  da 

66  yrs. 

6  mos. 

13  da 

24  yrs. 

II  mos. 

26  da 

41  yrs. 

10  mos. 

6  da, 

Aug. 

2,  1854, 

24  yrs. 

6  da. 

Aug. 

12,  1854, 

71  yrs. 

I  mo. 

Aug. 

15.  1854, 

88  yrs. 

5  mos 

Aug.    30,  1854,     In  74th  year. 


296 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMES. 

James  W.  Hay  ward,  ?.  Thotnas 

P.  &  Catherine, 
Mary  A.  Sickle.s.  d.  John  R.  & 

Amelia  A  . 
James  I.  Reid, 
John  Clayton,  s.  Ta}  lor  & 

Eleanor, 
James  I.  Smith, 

Rebecca  (Ely)  Rue,  \v.  Matthew, 
Alfred  Woolley, 
George  Woodhull  Combs,  s. 

Joseph  &  Matilda  W. 
Sarah  Ann  Walling,  d.  John  L. 

&  Eleanor  C, 
William  F.  Mount,  s.  Geo.  W.  & 

Hannah, 
Sarah  Seabrook,  w.  Stephen, 
Hendrick  Wesley  Quakenbush, 

s.  Jacob  W.  &  Margaret. 
Alexander  J.  Shotwell,  youngest 

s.  Edmund  &  Ann, 
Joseph  R.  W.  Walling,  s.  John  L. 

&  Eleanor  C, 
Amelia  H.  Bowne,  relict  of  Peter 

&  d.  John  &  Ann  Craig, 
Wilbur  Laird,  s.  Moses  I., 
William  R.  Perrine, 
Henry  L.  Shotwell,  2ds.  Edmund 

&  Ann, 
Rebecca  Ann  Quakenljush,  d. 

Allen  P.  &  Mary, 
Nancy  Reid,  w.  Joseph  I. 
Charles  G.  Matchet, 
Ann  Conover,  w.  John  M., 
Eleanor  Craig, 
Nancy  Smith,  \v.  John  T., 
John  W.  Abrahams, 
Ellie  Hartshorne,  d.   P'sek  cv: 

Ellen, 
M.  C.  child  of  Richard   (S:  Susan 

Conover, 
Jonathan  C.  \'an  Schoick,  s.  John 

C.  cS:  Eliza  A.. 


DATE  OF  DEATH 


AGE. 


Sep. 

4. 

'S54, 

20  days. 

Sep, 

5. 

1854, 

May  15,  1850. 

Oct. 

17. 

>S54, 

73  yrs.    9  mos. 

13  da. 

Oct. 

22, 

1H54, 

14  yrs.    9  mos. 

I  da 

Oct. 

31. 

>H54, 

43  yrs.    6  mos. 

28  da 

Nov. 

7' 

1854. 

73  3'rs.  10  mos. 

I  da 

Nov. 

10, 

1854, 

39  yrs.    8  mos. 

8  da 

Dec. 

31. 

1854. 

I  yr.      8  mos. 

8  da 

Feb 

6, 

1855. 

10  mos.  7  da. 

Feb 

9. 

1855. 

7  yrs.  6  mos. 

April 

1 1, 

iS.vS. 

96  yrs. 

May 

,s. 

185.S. 

5  mos. 

May 

16, 

1855. 

7  yrs.  6  mos. 

May 

30. 

1855. 

II  yrs.  7  mos.  ;; 

•da. 

June 

3. 

1855. 

n  y^'-  5  mos. 

17  da 

June 

30, 

1855. 

Sep.  25,  1853. 

July 

13. 

1855. 

In  37th  year. 

Aug. 

4. 

1855. 

16  yrs.  3  mos. 

Aug. 

14, 

1855. 

Aug. 

17. 

1855. 

In  73rd  yr. 

Aug. 

19. 

I8.S5, 

66  3'rs.  6  mos. 

Aug. 

24. 

'855. 

91  3-rs.  2  da. 

Aug. 

27. 

18.S5. 

73  yrs.  6  mos. 

Aug. 

28, 

1855. 

70  yrs.    7  mos. 

19  da 

Sep. 

20, 

i8,S5. 

51  yrs.     2  mos. 

vSep. 

28, 

1855. 

10  mos  20  da. 

Sep. 

30. 

i85,S. 

Infant. 

Oct. 

6, 

1855. 

5  weeks  3  da. 

APPENDIX. 


297 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


William  J.  McElwaine, 
Elizabeth  Hartshorne,  d.  Esek 

&  Ellen, 
Peter  Emmons, 
John  Perrine  English,  s.  John  & 

Mary, 
Jesse  Lee  McElvvaine,  s.  Wm.  J. 

&  Amanda  M.. 
Margaret  Qnackenbush,  vv.  Allen, 
John  Beekman  Cla\ton,  s.  Peter 

P.  &  Mary  E., 
Ann  E.  (Perrine)  Job,  w.  Archabald 

F.    &  d.   Majr.  John  &  Catha- 
rine Perrine, 
Charles  H.  Antonides, 
Alice  T.  Laird,  d.  Samuel  & 

Eleanor, 
William  T.  Sntphin, 
John  English, 

Elizabeth  Robinson,  vv.  James, 
W^illiam  R.  Wilson,  school- 
teacher, 
Sarah  Conover,  \v.  Garrit  H. 
Catherine  J.  Armstrong,  vv.  Rev. 

S3'lvester  &  d.  Aaron  Davis, 
William  C.  Perrine,  s.  David  C. 

&  Hannah  M., 
Margaret  Thompson,  w.  Wm.  I., 
Julia  W.  Combs,  d.  Ciilbert  & 

Maria  S., 
Charles  J.  Miller,  s.  James  H. 

&  Sarah, 
Mary  E.  Boyce,  d.  John  H.  & 

Caroline, 
Sarah  (Forman)  Hulse,  vv.  Wm., 
Emma  J.  Armstrong,  d.  Rev. 

Sylvester  &  Catharine  J., 
Phebe  Ann  Dey,  d.  Thomas  & 

Ann  Eliza, 
Charles  Shotwell,  eldest  s. 

Edmund  &  Ann, 
David  Craig  Conover, 
Ann  Bovvne,  w.  John  D., 


Oct.       8,  1855,     27  yrs.  17  da. 


Oct       15,  1855. 
Oct.     20,  1855, 


3  yrs.  17  da. 
In  54th  yr. 


Oct.      26.  iSss.     26  vrs.    8  uios.  18  da. 


Oct.      30,  1855, 
Nov.      9,  1855, 


June  25,  1853. 
In  83rd  yr. 


Nov.      2,  1855,       4  jrs.    9  mos.  22  da. 


Jan.        5,  1S56, 
Jan.      16,  1856, 

Jan.  27,  1856, 

Feb.  II,  1856, 

Feb.  16,  1S56, 

Feb.  21,  1856, 

March    9,  1856, 
March  15,  1856, 


25  yrs.  6  mos.  17  da. 

23  yrs.  I  mo.     12  da. 

36  yrs.  3  mos.  21  da. 

61  yrs.  5  mos   23  da. 

61  yrs.  5  mos.    8  da. 

83  vrs.  6  mos.     9  da. 

In  70th  year. 

71  yrs.  II  mos. 


April   23,  1856,     21  }TS.    5  mos.  15  da. 


May  6,  1856, 

July  5.  1856, 

June  I,  1856, 

Aug.  7,  1856, 

Aug.  15,  1856, 

Aug.  20,  1856, 

Oct.  I,  1856, 

Oct.  16,  1856, 

Nov.  10,  1856, 

Nov.  30,  1856, 

Dec.  13,  1856, 


I  yr.  20  da. 
81  VTS.  3  mos.  II  da. 

5  mos. 

II  mos.  13  da. 

Mar.  24.  1855. 
July  12.  1773. 

6  mos.  20  da. 

23  yrs.  I  mo. 

19  yrs.  4  mos. 

49  yrs.  6  mos.  28  da. 

70  v'rs.  5  mos. 


298 


HISTORY    OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


X  a:\ie.s. 


DATK  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Jan.  7, 

Jan.  20, 

Jan.  23, 

Feb.  2, 

INIar.  4, 


Cliild  of  Win.  J.  McIClwaine,  Before  1S57. 

William  S.  (juackenbush,  s. 

Jacob  W.  &  Margaret, 
Margaret  Perrine,  w.  Henr^-  I., 
Thomas  Walton, 
Peter  I.  Voorhee.s, 
Infant  son  of  Jacob  W".  & 

^Margaret  Quackenbiish, 
Sarah  Matilda  Conover,  d.  Jacob 

&  Ellen  L., 
L3"dia  Pease,  w.  Matthia.s, 
James  J.  Reid, 
John  S.  Rankin,  s.  George  & 

Lydia. 
^largaret  Reid,  w.  Joseph, 
John  Newell,  s.  Hngh  &  L3dia, 
Joseph  H.  Sutphin, 
Taylor  Mount, 
Francis  Herbert, 
James  E.  Miller,  s.  David  P.  & 

Mary  M., 
Eleanor  C.  W'alling,  w.  John  L., 
Ella  Brown,  d.  Whitehead  & 

Eleanor  A., 
David  Forraan,  s.  J.  F.  T.  &  F.  V. 
Hannah  Reata  Conover,  d. 

Richard  &  Susan, 
William  Stoney,  s.  James  &  Mary, 
Richard  T.  P'orman, 
Robert  Benson, 
Joanna  Y.  Conover,  wid. 

Cornelius  D., 
Francis  H.  Barricklo,  s.  Wm.  J. 

&  Catharine  S., 
Willie  Laird,  s.  James  H.  & 

Catharine  W., 
Mary  E.  Bowne,  d.  David, 
Freddy  Cowart,  s.  Enoch  L.  tSc 

Anna  M.,  Jan. 

Mary  E.  Maynard,  d.  James  G. 

&  Elizabeth  S.,  Jan. 

Mary  Magee,  w.  John,  Jan. 

Jane  Cowenhoven,  w.  William,         Jan. 


<S, 
8, 
16, 


857. 

857, 
857, 
857, 

857. 


3  yrs.    6  nios.  10  da. 

78  yrs.    3  mos.  17  da. 

73  yrs.  1 1  mos.  25  da. 

66  3-rs.    6  mos.  26  da. 

I  day. 


Mar. 

12, 

1857. 

15  yrs. 

9  mos. 

17  da 

April 

22 

1857. 

61  yrs. 

7  mos. 

13  da 

April 

4. 

1857, 

39  yi'S- 

7  mos. 

1 8  da 

May 

5. 

1857: 

26  yrs. 

5  mos. 

June 

21, 

1857, 

86  yrs. 

8  mos. 

27  da 

July 

9. 

1857, 

Sep.  6, 

1821. 

July 

16, 

■857, 

60  yrs. 

10  mos. 

18  da 

Aug. 

24, 

1857. 

83  yrs. 

7  mos. 

15  da 

Aug. 

25. 

1857. 

66  yrs. 

Aug. 

27- 

^^S7. 

22  yrs. 

6  mos. 

19  da 

Aug. 

31. 

■857- 

44  yrs. 

4  mos. 

12  da 

Sep. 

14, 

1857. 

6  mos. 

21  da. 

Sep. 

20, 

1857- 

28  yrs. 

9  mos. 

28  da 

Oct. 

23^ 

1857. 

3  yrs. 

3  mos. 

Oct. 

28, 

1857. 

Oct.  5, 

T833- 

Nov. 

I, 

1857. 

59  yrs. 

8  mos. 

Nov. 

8, 

^857. 

29  yrs. 

Nov. 

21, 

1857- 

.S7  yrs. 

Dec. 

4, 

1837, 

7  yrs. 

4  mos. 

25  da 

Dec. 

ro. 

1857. 

vSep.  18 

,  1856. 

Dec. 

29- 

1857- 

50  yrs. 

2  mos. 

17  da 

838,  J  yr.      2  mos.    4  da. 

858,  May  10,  1857. 

838,  69  yrs. 

858,  83  j'rs.    8  mos.  17  da. 


NAMES. 


APPENDIX. 

DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Harriet  L.  Miller,  d.  Joseph  H. 

&  Eleanor  S.,  Jan.      27,  1858,       i  yr.      2  mos. 

John  H.  Patton,  s.  Wm.  &  Rebecca,  Feb.  i,  1858,  i  yr.  6  mos. 
James  INIcNamee,  s.  Ferrell  & 

Ellen,  Feb.     15,  1858,       9  yrs.    5  mos. 

John  McNamee,  s.  Ferrell  &  Ellen,  Feb.  26,  1858,  7  yrs.  8  mos. 
Catharine  Drummond  Mount, 


299 


27  da. 

20  da. 

21  da. 
7  da. 


d.  John  R.  &  Susan  L-, 
William  A.  Conover,  s.  Thomas 

B.  &  Sarah  A., 
Lizzie  Kennard  Laird,  d.  John  S. 

&  Charlotte, 
Hattie  Tompkins  Laird,  d.  John 

S.  &  Charlotte, 
John  M.  Conover,  s,  Thomas  B. 

&  Sarah  A., 
Josephine  Walling,  d.  John  L.  & 

Eleanor  C, 
Theodore  Conover,  s.  Thomas  B. 

&  Sarah  A., 
Daniel  Polhemus,  M.  D. 


Feb.  24,  1858,       I  yr.      9  mos. 

Feb.  21,  1858,  March  8,  1851. 

Feb.  22,  1858,  Infant. 

Feb.  26,  1858,  Infant. 

Feb.  24,  iS.s8,  Nov.  19,  1853. 

Feb.  2j,  1858,       6  mos.     2  da. 

Feb.  28,  1858,  July  4,  1845. 

March    i,  1858,  51  3'rs.    5  mos. 


Sarah  A.  Hays,  d.  Wm.  I.  &  Ann,     March    4,  1858,     18  yrs.    3  mos. 
William  McNamee,  s.  Ferrell  & 


Ellen, 
Aaron  Combs  Perrine,  s.  J.  A. 

&  Rebecca  A  , 
Charles  E.  McNamee,  s.  Ferrell 

&  Ellen, 
Amanda  Rue  Mount,  d.  Joseph 

&  Elizabeth, 
Sarah  T.  Roy,  w.  Rev.  Robert, 
Mar}'  Murray,  d.  Alexander  & 

Margaret, 


March  18,  1858,       5  yrs.  11  mos. 

March  22,  1858,  June  4,  1852. 

March  25,  1858,       3  yrs.    4  mos. 

March  26,  1858,  21  yrs.     7  mos. 

April     I,  185S,  67  yrs.    6  mos. 


4  da. 

7  da. 

28  da. 

5  da. 


May       7,  1858,     25  3'rs.    9  mos.  13  da. 


Mary  Elizabeth  Forman,  w.  John,      May      19  1858,     Jan.  16,  1833 
Catharine  A.  Sickles,  d.  John  R. 

&  Amelia  A., 
Ann  Eliza  Macklewain,  d.  Jacob 

&  Margaret, 
Hubbard  F.  Newell,  s.  John  & 

Martha  A., 
Hannah  Headden  \v.  John, 
Ella  Maria  Perrine,  d.  Simon  V. 

&  Anna, 


June  17,  1858,  Nov.  19,  1857. 

July  18,  1858,  26  yrs.  5  mos. 

Aug.  I,  1858,   2  yrs.  4  mos. 

Aug.  24,  1858.  73  yrs. 


28  da. 

12  da. 


Sep.   3,  1858,   3  mos.  15  da. 


300 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


XAI\IKS. 

Lydia  Conover,  \v.  J<ilin  I. 
vSarah  Elizabeth  Conover,  d. 

Peter  C.  &  Rebecca, 
Rebecca  Ann  Cuzin.s,  \v.  Win.  \\'., 
William  L.  DeHovv.  M.  D. 
Kliza  II.  (Kllis)  \'andeiveer,  w. 

David  R. 
William  H.  William,s, 
William  Preston, 
William  Lee  Mcllvaine,  ,s.  Denice 

t\:  Margaret  A., 
Gertrude  (Antonide.s)  Sanford, 

relict  of  Gordon, 
Mar_v  (Johnston)  Scudder,  vv. 

Joseph, 
Jane  Ann  Clinton,  d.  I{llison  ¥,. 

(S:  Mary  Jane, 
Caroline  E.  Shaw,  w.  Amos, 
William  Elliott, 
Margaret  Ker,  w.  Joseph  E., 
Jacob  Baker, 
Peter  Errickson, 
Elizabeth  (vSmith)  Quakenbnsh, 

w.  W'ni. 
vSon  of  Richard  &  Susan  R. 

Conover, 
Lieut.  Col.  Daniel  E.  Laird,  s. 

David  cSc  Eliza, 
Samuel  Laird, 

Albert  Laird,  s. John  S.  tSc  Charlotte, 
Disbrow  M.  \V.  Dey, 
Rebecca  M.  Conover,  \v.  Peter  S. 
John  H.  Reid, 
Mamie  vSanford,  d.  Chas  H.  cS: 

Sarah  F., 

Arthur  (juackenbush,  s.  Jacob 

W.  &  Margaret, 
Jane  Conover,  w.  Wm.  I. 
Mary  Griggs,  vv.  Benjamin, 
Marj'  Catherine  Trotter,  d.  Alex. 

&  Anna. 
I<;iias  Quackenbush, 


DATK  OF  DKATII. 


agp:. 


Sep.  15,  1S58,  72  yrs.  6  mos. 

Sep.  16,  1S5S,  14  yrs.  J 1  mos.  iS  da. 

Oct.  19,  1S5S,  32  yrs.  S  mos.  15  da. 

Oct.  30,  1S58,  43  yrs.  T  r  mos. 

Oct.  30,  iSscS,  63  3'rs.  6  mos.  21  da. 

Nov.  5,  1858,  Nov.  3,  18 1 8. 

Nov.  13,  1858,  ^3  jTs.  3  mos.  24  da. 

Nov.  25,  1858,  2  mos.  25  da. 

Dec.  15,  1858,  57  yrs.  7  mos.  18  da. 

Dec.  21,  1858,  In  90th  year. 

Dec.  20,  1858,  I  yr.   2  mos.  23  da. 

Dec.  26,  1858,  In  58th  3'ear. 

Jan.  20,  1859,  45  yrs. 

Feb.  19,  1839,  7 J  yrs.  6  mos.  25  da. 

Feb.  24,  1859,  76  3-rs.  5  mos.  1  da. 

April  12,  1859,  80  yrs   i  mo.   7  da. 

May  24,  1859,  77  yrs.  6  mos. 

June  20,  1859,  Infant. 

Jul}-  5,  1859,  -3  }'''•''•  2  mos.  25  da. 

Jul}'  5,  1859,  72  3-rs.  4  mos.  27  da. 

Aug.  12,  1859,  In  youth. 

Aug.  T3,  1839,  ■i,;'^  yrs.  10  mos. 

Sep.  14,  1859,  51  3rs.  6  mos.  16  da. 

Sep.  23,  1839,  44  yrs. 

died  in  New  Orleans  Sep.  14,  1859,  an 
infant. 

Oct.  9,  1839, 

Oct.  12,  1859,  78  3-rs.  6  mos.  8  da. 

Oct.  18,  1859,  84  yrs.  10  mos. 

Dec.  16,  1839,  6  yrs.  4  mos.  14  da. 

Jan.  9,  i860,  39  yrs.  9  mos. 


APPENDIX. 


301 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Joannah  Matilda  Hough,  d.  Jamt.s 

H.  &  Mary  M., 
John  G.  Smith. 
George  Edgar  Reid,  s.  George  S. 

&  Elizabeth, 
Charles  A.  Mount,  s.  Wm.  R.  & 

Maria, 
John  R.  Duncan,  s.  John  T.  & 

Catharine  V., 
John  F.  Barricklo, 
Rachel  Gulic,  w.  Thomas, 
Lettisha  X.  Conover,  <i   Wm.  T. 

&  Hannah  E. 
Sarah  Frances  Soden,  d.  George 

&  Mary, 
William  H.  Herbert, 
James  Vannote, 
Charles  Hale}-, 
David  B.  Dey, 
Rulef  R.  Schanck, 
James  H.  Newell, 
Peter  S.  Conover, 
Isaiah  Disborough, 
Joseph  Gulick, 
James  Robinson, 
Mamie  Conover,  d.  Peter  H.  & 

Abbey  E., 
William  R.  Mount, 
Elizabeth  E.  Reid,  d.  Joseph  & 

Margaret, 
James  Reid, 
Charles  C.  McDowell,  s.  John  I. 

&  Emma  J., 
Joseph  I.  Rue, 
Alice  Ann  Conover,  d.  Richard 

&  Susan  R., 
John  Rhea  Perrine,  s.  David  C.  & 

Hannah  M., 
Ella  L.  Conover,  d.  David  C.  & 

Lois  E., 
Ruth  Hays, 
Phebe  E.  Laird,  d.  Alexander  & 

Hannah  E., 


Jan.  3,  1S60, 

Jan.  14,  i860, 

Feb.  3,  1S60, 

Feb.  20,  i860, 

March    5,  i860, 

Mar.  30,  i860, 

Apr.  4,  i860, 


2  3-rs.     3  mos.  29  da. 
83  yrs.    3  raos.  24  da. 

4  yrs.     7  mos.  19  da. 

Aug.  9,  1852. 

20  3'rs.    6  mos.  25  da. 
Apr.  14,  1790. 
March  10,  1808. 


Apr.     13,  i860,     April  11,  1849. 


Apr. 
May 
June 
June 
June 
June 
Sep. 
Sep. 
Oct. 
Oct. 
Nov. 

Jan. 
Feb. 


25,  i860, 
27,  i860, 

5,  i860, 

8,  i860, 

9,  i860, 

26,  i860, 

6,  i860, 
25,  1S60, 
21,  i860, 
30,  i860, 

14,  i860, 

15,  1861, 
4.  1861, 


Feb.  12,  1861, 

Feb,  15,  1861, 

Feb.  20,  1861, 

Feb.  25,  1861, 

Mar.  19.  1861, 

Mar.  23,  1861, 

Mar.  25,  1S61, 

Mar.  31,  1861, 


Dec.  16,  1858. 
June  ij,   1806. 
88  yrs.  6  mos.  19  da. 
67  yrs.  4  mos. 

71  yrs.  3  mos. 
June  20,  1784. 
March  13,  1788. 

49  yrs.  5  mos.  14  da. 
77  yrs.  2  mos.  9  da. 
.May  6,  1795. 
43  yrs.  2  mos.  7  da. 

9  mos.  10  da. 
Jan.  18,  1818. 

72  yrs.  3  mos.  17  da. 
48  yrs.  6  mos.  9  da. 

5  yrs.  10  mos.  21  da. 
Feb.  14,  1794. 

5  mos.  14  da. 

3  yrs.  10  mos. 

II  yrs.  10  mos.  21  da. 
70  yrs.  10  mos.  13  da. 


Apr.   5,  1861,   4  mos.  23  da. 


302 


HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMES. 


DAT1-:  OF  DI':ATH. 


AGE. 


Tunis  A.  Fonuan,  Apr. 

Caroline  Mount,  w.  (lilbert  W.,  Apr. 
Charles  H.  Conover,  s.  Klias  C. 

tS:  Jane  A.,  Apr. 
Benjamin  Hays,  May 
Experience  Magee,  \v.  Richard,  May 
Asher  Tunis,  June 
L5'dia  A.  Van  Nortwick,  d.  Christ- 
yon  &  Rebecca,  Aug. 
Ann  Hale}',  w.  Chas.  Aug. 
Peter  P.  Emenes,  s.Wni.  L.  «S:  Sarah,  Sep. 
Mary  (Conover)  Vanderveer,  w. 

David  I.  Oct. 

Joseph  E.  Ker,  Dec. 

Matthias  INIount,  Jan. 

Albert  F.  Herbert  Feb. 
Sarah  A.  (Van  Hise)  Hagaman, 

\v.  Danl.  F'el). 
William  Francis  Kenned}',  s. 

Francis  &  Mary,  Mar. 

Mary  (Voorhees)  White,  vv.  \Vm.  May 
Anna  Bowne  VanDerveer,  d. 

John  D.  May 
Hannah  Ann  Clayton,  d.  Wni.  & 

Harriet,  May 
James  Neilson  VanAnian,  s. 

Thomas  &  Eleanor,  June 
Wounded  at 

(ieorge  Henry  Noble,  Ji^^lv 

William  S.  Tyson,  July 
Julia  L.  (McDowell)  Thompson, 

w.  Dr.  John  C,  Aug. 

Allen  Quackenbush,  Aug. 

Thomas  B.  Conover,  Aug. 
Ira  Van  (iieson  Thompson,  s.  Dr. 

John  C.  &  Julia  L.,  Aug. 
Thomas  Duncan,  s.  John  T.  iS: 

Catharine,  Nov. 
Charles  H    Forman,  s.  (larret  tK: 

Abby,  Sep. 

William  H.  Duncan,  Nov. 

William  J.  Barricklo,  Jan. 

Ivleanor  Conover,  \v.  Benjamin  G.  Jan. 


i6,  1861,  May  10,  1829. 

23,  rS6i,  35  yrs.    2  mos.  11  da. 

26,  1S61,  3  yrs.    9  mos.  14  da. 

12,  1861,  80  yrs.  12  da. 

26,  1861,  79  yrs.     I  mo.     14  da. 
8,  1861,  58  yrs.    3  mos.    5  da. 

1,  1861,  5  JTS.  II  mos.  —  da. 

3,  1 86 1,  In  66th  year. 
18,  1861,  I  yr.   8  mos. 

22,  1861,  June  20,  1809. 

27,  1861,  81  yrs.  9  da. 

4,  1862,  35  yrs.  9  da. 

8,  1862,  Aug.  8.  1822. 

II,  1862,  50  yrs.  3  mos.  23  da. 

13,  1862,  2  yrs.  I  mo.  12  da. 

2,  1862,  74  yrs.  I  mo.  27  da. 

17,  1862,  5  weeks  2  da. 

20,  1862,  s  3'rs.  2  mos.  6  da. 

9,  1862,  20  yrs.  15  da. 
Battle  of  Fair  Oaks,  Va.,  June  i. 

18,  1862,  April  2,  1862. 

4,  1862,  47  yrs. 

I,  1862. 

6,  1862,  93  yrs.  8  mos.  5  da. 

5,  1862,  July  13,  1799. 

6,  1862,  June  19,  1859. 

10,  1862,  24  yrs.  10  mos.  20  da. 

13,  1862,  7  mos.  17  da. 

28,  1862.  26  yrs.  5  mos.  28  da. 
10,  1863,  In  41st  year; 

•5.  f'^^^S-  78  yrs.  11  mos.  i  da. 


APPENDIX. 


303 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Sarah  L.  M.  Van  Aman,  d. 
Thomas  &  Eleanor 

Adam  P.  Combs,  died  in  the  late  war, 

William  West, 

Daniel  Errickson,  s.  Daniel  & 

Hannah, 
Julia  E.  Cross, 
David  Church, 
John  Boyd, 
Albert  Pett}',  s.  Cornelius  & 

Anne  M., 
Harvey  Perrine,  s.  Abijah  & 

Rebecca  S., 
Elisha,  Laird, 
Thomas  Kennedy,  s.  Thomas 

&  Mary, 
Hannah  M.  Sickles,  d.  John  R. 

&  Amelia  A., 
Hannah  (Bowne)  Perrine,  w. 

Joseph  L 
Mary  Berckmans  Mount,  d.  Robert, 
Margaret  E-  VanSchoick,  d.  John 

C.  &  Eliza  A., 
Mary  Alice  VanSchoick,  d.  John 

C.  &  Eliza  A., 
William  H.  VanSchoick,  s.  John 

C.  &  Eliza  A., 
Susan  L. (Craig)  Mount,  w.  John  R. 
George  Soden,  s.  George  &  Mary, 
Hannah  (Conover)  Rue,  w. 

Joseph  I. 
Hannah  Laird,  w.  Benjamin, 
Robert  Wilson, 
Mary  Elizabeth  Scobey,  d. 

Holmes  &  Sarah  M., 
Mary  Jane  Reid,  d.  Aaron  L., 
Aaron  E.  Reid,  s.  Aaron  L.  & 

Elizabeth, 
Jane  Augusta  McDowell,  d.  John 

L  &  Emma  J., 
Infant  son  of  Jacob  W.  & 

Margaret  Quakenbush, 
Roland  E.  Dey, 


April 

5. 

1863, 

7  yrs- 

I  mo. 

29  da. 

Apr. 

18, 

1863, 

29  yrs. 

3  mos. 

24  da. 

Apr. 

28, 

1863, 

In  45th 

year. 

May 

27. 

1863, 

44  yrs. 

4  mos. 

27  da. 

May 

3i. 

1863, 

15  yrs. 

10  mos. 

25  da. 

1863, 

63  yrs. 

6  mos. 

16  da 

Aug. 

23- 

1863, 

In  75th 

3'ear. 

Aug. 

24, 

1863, 

I  yr. 

10  mos. 

4  da. 

Sep. 

3) 

1863, 

7  mon 

ths. 

Sep. 

12, 

1863, 

71  yrs. 

6  mos. 

18  da. 

Sep. 

15' 

1863, 

I  yr. 

ro  da. 

Sep. 

19, 

1863, 

Apr.  3, 

1856. 

Oct. 

2, 

1863, 

64  yrs. 

10  mos. 

2T,  da, 

Oct. 

1 4' 

1863, 

5  yrs. 

2  mos. 

12  da. 

Nov. 

I, 

1863, 

6  yrs. 

9  mos. 

2  da 

Nov. 

3' 

1863. 

13  yrs. 

5  mos. 

14  da. 

Nov. 

19, 

1863, 

10  yrs. 

9  mos. 

26  da. 

Nov. 

20, 

1863, 

44  yrs. 

I  mo. 

I  da. 

Nov. 

20, 

1S63, 

Aug.  10,  1861. 

Dec. 

8, 

1863, 

78  yrs. 

2  mos. 

20  da. 

Jan. 

3) 

1864, 

71  yrs. 

8  mos. 

Jan. 

8, 

1864, 

In  68th 

3'ear. 

Jan. 

16, 

1864, 

Oct.  27, 

,  1861. 

Jan. 

17, 

1864, 

2  yrs. 

8  da. 

Jan. 

22, 

1864, 

14  da. 

Feb. 

2, 

1864, 

16  yrs. 

2  mos. 

14  da 

Feb. 

14, 

1864, 

Feb. 

18, 

1864, 

23  yrs. 

9  mos. 

304 


HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Christopher  Kennedy, 

Alice  Conover,  \v.  JOvSeph, 

John  Davison, 

ISIary  Conover,  d.  Jonathan  S.  & 

Althia, 
JaneFornian  Solomon,  d.  Gilbert 

W.  &  Caroline, 
David  Legg^ett, 
Amos  Haviland, 
Ira  Laird  VanGieson,  s.  Ransford 

E.  &  Sarah  J,, 
Libbie  Carman,  d.  Alfred  «S: 

Sarah  C, 
Eliza  Jane  VVoolle}',  \v.  Alfred, 
John  D.  Bowne. 
Mary  C.  (Ma^ee)  Quackenbush, 

w.  James, 
Eliza  Jane  Gordon, 
Alice  (Conover)  Van  Cleaf,  \v. 

John  C. 
Matilda  (Woodhull)  Combs,  w.  Jos 
Sicha  Magee,  w.  Errick, 
Hannah  (Miller)  Reid,  w.  John  I. 
George  Quackenbush, 
Infant  daughter  of  James  G.  & 

Elizabeth  S.  Maynard, 
Cornelia  Rogers,  w.  Wm.  H. 
Charles  A.  Conover, 
Elizabeth  Robinson, 
Aaron  R.  Combs, 
Catharine  M.  (Polhemus)  Bowne. 

w.  Sam    C. 
Joseph  Conover  Craig,  s.  James 

B.  cS;  Sarah  E., 
Laura  Eugenia  Keeler,  d.  Jacob 

&  Emeline, 
Adam  P.  Hayward,  s.  Thomas  P. 

&  Catharine, 
John  Head  den, 
Lydia  Wooley,  d.  Alfred  &  Eliza 

Jane, 
Mar}'  Ellen  (Woolley)  Bergen  vv. 

Thomas  P. 


Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 


19,  1864, 
22,  1864, 
27,  1864, 


In  75th  year. 
52  yrs.  7  mos. 


16  da. 


Mar.   4,  1864,   4  yrs.  i  mo. 


INIar. 

23' 

1864, 

July  18,  1854. 

Mar. 

28, 

1S64, 

38  yrs. 

Mar. 

31, 

1864, 

67  yrs.  20  da. 

Apr. 

I, 

1864, 

Dec.  23,  1863. 

Apr. 

4, 

1864, 

10  yrs.  4  mos. 

20  da. 

Apr. 

8, 

1864, 

45  yrs.  9  mos. 

7  da. 

Apr. 

12, 

1864, 

79  yrs.  9  mos. 

May 

2, 

1864, 

22  yrs  II  mos. 

13  da. 

May 

8, 

1864, 

Feb.  3.  1839. 

May 

18, 

1864, 

Oct.  18,  1800. 

May 

24, 

1864, 

In  51st  yr. 

May 

22, 

1864, 

67  yrs.  6  mos. 

June 

26, 

1864, 

72  yrs.  4  mos. 

14  da. 

July 

5, 

1864, 

58  yrs. 

Aug. 

15, 

1864, 

July  18,  1864. 

Sep. 

II, 

1864, 

49  yrs.  8  mos. 

14  da. 

Oct. 

15, 

1864, 

In  40th  year. 

Jan. 

24, 

1865, 

June  25,  1809. 

Feb. 

2 

1865, 

Nov.  8,  1808. 

Feb. 

3, 

1865, 

32  yrs.  2  mos 

10  da. 

Feb. 

3, 

1865, 

June  21.  1864. 

Feb. 

14, 

1865, 

6  yrs.  9  mos. 

20  da. 

Mar. 

13, 

1865, 

9  mos.  6  da. 

Apr. 

28, 

1865, 

June  4,  1782. 

May 

14, 

1865, 

13  yrs.  11  mos. 

May 

29, 

1865, 

17  yrs.  I  mo. 

24  da. 

APPENDIX. 


305 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Emma  Conover, 

Ann  Bole, 

Angeline  Kipp,  w.  Chas.  E. 

Catharine  J.  Roberts,  d.  John  T. 

&  Amelia 
Matilda  Hayward,  d.  Thomas  P. 

&  Catharine, 
Lizzie  Onderdonk,  d.  John  B.  & 

Sarah  C, 
Emeline  Pease,  d.  Thomas  C.  & 

Gertrude  Jane, 
John  V.  Anderson, 
Henry  D.  Vanderveer,  s.  \Vm  C. 

&  Eliza  1)., 
Lizzie  B.  Mount,  d  Robert, 
Josephine  F.  Mount,  d.  Robert, 
Mary  L-  Wilson,  d.  Wm.  H.  &  Mary, 
Eleanor  P.  Tyson,  w.  Wm.  S. 
Jonathan  S.  Conover,  s.  vSidne}', 
Gilbert  W.  Perrine, 
William  Schanck  Mcllvvaine,  s. 

Elias  &  Rebecca, 
James  Quakenbush, 
Rosa  McGuire, 
Robert  Armstrong, 
James  Cla3-ton,  s.  Joseph  T.  & 

Lucy  Ann, 
Lizzie  P.  Hays,  w.  Wm.  L, 
Catharine  S.  (Golden)  Barricklo, 

w.  Wm.  J., 
Lydia  (Hampton)  Gordon,  w. 

John  E., 
Joseph  Mount, 
Howard  Onderdonk,  s.  John  B. 

&  Sarah  C, 
Mary  Ann  (Baker)  Rue  vv.  Lewis, 
Hugh  Newell, 

Phebe  W.  Haviland,  w.  Amos. 
Mary  Elizabeth  Naylor,  d.  James 

H.  &  Adelia, 
Hugh  ]McChesney, 
Nelson  Conover,  s.  Peter  F.  & 
Martha, 


June 

19, 

1865, 

May  15 

,  1821. 

July 

14, 

1865, 

62  yrs. 

July 

27, 

1865, 

26  yrs. 

I  mo. 

20  da. 

Aug. 

6, 

1865, 

13  yrs. 

20  da. 

Sep. 

7' 

1865, 

3  yrs. 

2  raos. 

Sep. 

8, 

1865. 

I  yr. 

II  nios. 

21  da. 

Sep. 

22, 

1865, 

7  yrs. 

6  mos. 

2  da. 

Sep. 

23, 

1865, 

66  3'rs. 

22  da. 

Oct. 

16, 

1865, 

I  yr. 

8  mos. 

Oct. 

28, 

1865, 

5  yrs. 

5  mos. 

17  da. 

Oct. 

29' 

1865, 

3  yrs. 

6  mos. 

26  da. 

Oct. 

29, 

1865, 

6  yrs. 

3  raos. 

Oct. 

29, 

1865, 

69  yrs. 

Nov. 

3' 

1865, 

34  yrs. 

6  mos. 

8  da. 

Nov. 

4, 

1865, 

33  yrs. 

8  mos. 

16  da. 

Nov. 

7) 

1865, 

I  yr. 

6  mos. 

9  da. 

Dec. 

14, 

i86s, 

37  yrs. 

8  raos. 

16  da. 

Dec. 

17. 

1865, 

50  yrs. 

1866, 

born  i! 

319. 

Feb. 

II, 

1866, 

39  yrs. 

2  raos. 

23  da. 

Feb. 

13. 

1866, 

23  yrs. 

5  raos. 

19  da. 

Feb.      17,  1866,     41  yrs. 


Mar. 

3' 

1866, 

67  yrs. 

10 

mos. 

14  da. 

Mar. 

14. 

]866, 

61  yrs. 

6 

mos. 

5  da. 

Mar. 

22, 

1866, 

5  raos. 

May 

15, 

1866, 

56  yrs. 

3 

mos. 

29  da. 

May 

27. 

1866, 

72  yrs. 

3 

mos. 

12  da, 

June 

22, 

1866, 

70  yrs. 

2 

mos. 

8  da, 

July 

.5- 

1866, 

I  yr. 

3 

mos. 

3  da, 

July 

17. 

1866, 

91  yrs. 

4 

mos. 

21  da. 

Sep. 

4, 

1866, 

25  yrs. 

5 

mos. 

9  da. 

3o6 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMES. 


DATK  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Lizzie  (Fisher)  Ketchaiu,  \v. 

Warren  P.. 
Pulina  De^-,  \v.  Jacob  S., 
Jacob  B.  Rue. 
William  T.  Boyd, 
Louisa  S.  Stout,  d.  Scudder  & 

Rebecca, 
Hannali  Herbert,  \v.  William, 
Duncan  INIacFarlane, 
John  Schanck, 
Benjamin  Dey,  Ksqr.. 
AVilliam  Augustus  Fisher,  s. 

David  &  F;iizabeth, 
Frank  L-  Paxton,  s.  Edward 

&  Ann, 
Charles  S.  DuBois, 

His  body  removed  Apr.  20,  i 
Lsaac  Aramerman, 
James  A.  Reid, 
Jane  Ann  Schanck,  \v.  John, 
Catherine  Elizabeth  Quakenbush, 

d.  Allen  P.  &  Mary, 
Mathew  R.  Gordon, 
William  B.  VanCleve, 
David  Augustus  Fisher,  s.  David 

R.  &  Phebe  Ann, 
Lauraetta  H.  Prest,  d.  John  V. 

<S:  Margaret  C, 
Margaret  Bo5'ce,  d.  John  IL  & 

Caroline, 
Charles  H.  Haley, 
Marion  Lincoln  Day,  s.  FMward 

c\:  Sarah  M., 
Charles  PL  Ludlow  Reid,  s. 

Simon  A.  &  Rebecca  M. 
Amos  Shaw, 
John  M.  Rue, 
Mary  Elizabeth  Reid,  d,  Wm.  V. 

^S:  Letitia  S., 
Claude  E.  Snell, 
Maria  Mount,  w.  Wm.  R., 
Willie  B.  Mount,  s.  Wm.  R.  eSc 

Maria. 


Sep. 

4. 

1866, 

Jan.  2, 

1847. 

Sep. 

13. 

1866. 

62  yrs. 

2  mos. 

6  da 

Oct. 

s. 

1866, 

30  yrs. 

8  mos. 

20  da 

Oct. 

21, 

1866, 

49  yr.s. 

3  mos. 

7  da 

Nov. 

12, 

1866. 

IS  Larch 

3.  '<'^45- 

Nov. 

14. 

1866, 

83  yrs. 

7  mos. 

1  da 

Dec. 

6, 

1866, 

83  yrs. 

4  mos. 

27  da 

Dec. 

26, 

1866, 

67  yrs. 

8  mos. 

26  da 

Jan. 

10, 

I. ^'67. 

71  yrs. 

8  da. 

Jan.  17 

Feb.  18 

Feb.  23 
897,  to  Dali 

Feb.  26 

Mar.  8 

April  27 

May  7 

May  13 

May  14 

June  4 

July  22 

Aug.  6 

Aug.  8 

Sep.  3 

Sep.  16 

Sep.  21 

Sep.  25 

Sep.  29 

Oct.  6 

Nov.  16 


1867,  Nov.  30,  1834. 

1867,  II  yrs.     5  mos. 

1867,  56  yrs.     I  rao. 

Cemeterj-,  Sing  Sing,  N.  Y. 

1867,  Jan.  19,  1808. 

1867,  Apr.  6,  1789. 

1^67,  55  }'rs.    7  mos.  29  da. 

1867, 

1867,  70  yrs.    3  mos. 

1867,  90  3'rs.  26  da. 

1867,  June  16,  1845. 

1867,  10  mos.  25  da. 

1867,  April  2,  1867. 

■'^67,  35  yrs.  9  mos. 

1867,   4  mos.  7  da. 

1867,  Feb.  23,  1844. 

1867,  72  yrs  1 1  da. 

1867,  July  14,  1822. 

1867.  Jan.  5,  1854. 

1867,  June  2,  1865. 

1867,  May  27,  1821. 


Dec.  27,  1S67,  Feb.  24,  1859. 


APPENDIX. 


307 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Jan. 

7- 

1 868, 

62  yrs. 

8  nios. 

22  da. 

Jan. 

14, 

1868, 

21  yrs. 

9  nios. 

10  da. 

Feb. 

4, 

1868, 

49  ys- 

Feb. 

f5. 

1868, 

Dec.  20 

,  1851. 

Feb. 

22, 

1868, 

3  yrs. 

4  mos. 

19  da. 

Feb. 

2^^ 

1868, 

56  yr.s. 

8  mos. 

17  da. 

Feb. 

26, 

1868, 

Oct.  21 

1803. 

March 

2, 

1868, 

7?>  yrs. 

10  mos. 

March 

2, 

1868, 

73  yrs. 

5  mos. 

6  da. 

March 

12, 

1868, 

55  yrs. 

Rebecca  Church,  w.  David, 
Gilbert  D.  Laird,  s.  David  &  Eliza, 
William  H.  Rogers, 
William  W.  Cozins,  s.  William 

W.  &  Rebecca  A., 
Denise  B.  Sutphin,  s.  Wm.  B.  & 

Hannah, 
Sarah  Jane  Magee,  w  James  J.  R. 
Hannah  A.  (Van  Derveer) 

Combs,  w.  Aaron  R., 
Ann  Conover, 

Abigail  Voorhees,  w.  Peter  I. 
David  Bowne,  eldest  s.  John  D. 
William  Edward  Woolley,  s. 

Alfred  &  Eliza  Jane, 
Infant  son  &  daughter  of  John  H.  &  Jane  Miller. 
Mother  of  Benjamin  Huntington,     Before        1868, 
Willie  Poole,  infant  s.  Wm.  J.  & 

Sarah  Removed  from   Keyport  yard  to  Old  Tennent. 

Willie.     [Buried  under  the  big  oak] 
Samuel  Errickson. 

The  following  list  is  made  up  from  the  records  of  burials  kept  b\-  the 
sextons  of  Old  Tennent  church-yard.  It  must  be  noted  that  the  first  date 
given  in  each  record  is  that  of  burial  not  of  death.  Notes  and  corrections 
have  been  added  b}*  F.  R.  Symmes  when  such  notes  could  be  obtained. 
The  record  kept  b}'  R.  Perrine  Craig  as  sexton  is  as  follows  : — 


March  16,  1868,     23  yrs.  11  mos.    4  da. 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  BURIAI^. 


AGE. 


John  Rogers, 

Willie  Armstrong, 

Rev.  Samuel  R.  Davis, 

Child  of  A.  &  R.  Perrine, 

John  Roberts, 

John  Dennise  Myers,  s.  Cla3'ton 

&  Elizabeth, 
Child  of  Thomas  VanPelt, 
Mrs.  Margaret  (Hope)  Lyons. 
Jacob  Macklewain, 
John  I.  Reid, 

J.  F.  Halsey  Engli.sh,  M.  D., 
Child  of  Amos  Elmer, 
Robert  Perrine, 


April 

9. 

1868, 

In  52nd  year. 

April 

16, 

1868, 

Born  1863. 

April 

24, 

1868, 

59  yrs. 

May 

4- 

1868, 

May 

5. 

1868, 

70  yrs.  28  da. 

May 

1868, 

8  mos. 

May 

18, 

1868. 

May 

18, 

1868, 

June 

, 

1868, 

60  yrs. 

June 

10, 

1868, 

78  3'rs.    5  mos. 

8  da 

June 

22, 

1868, 

July  9,  1826. 

June 

23, 

1868. 

July 

16, 

1868, 

78  yrs.    4  mos. 

10  da 

3o8 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMKS. 


DATE  OK  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


Child  of  A.  (S:  K.  Davison, 
John  W.  H.  Conover,  s.  John 

W.  H.  &  Hannah  M., 
Mrs.  Odell,  w.  Joseph  H., 

Samuel  H.  Stilhvell, 
Child  of  F.  I'otter, 
Lydia  E.  M.  Rue,  d.  Nathaniel 

S.  &  Elizabeth. 
John  D.ivison, 
Lydia  M.  Reid, 
Mrs.  J.  Rohbins, 
IMarji;-aret  (Low)  Barkalow.  w. 

Richard, 
Elizabeth  R.  (Combs)  Thompson, 

W.Joseph  C.  theM.  D., 
Samuel  McChesney, 
Child  of  Stephen  McChesney, 
William  Church, 
Nancy  Sutphin,  w.  Wm.  T., 
Wife  of  Steve  McChesney, 
Lydia  Rhodes  McChesnej',  w. 

Robert, 
Ann  FitsPatrick, 
Child  of  Peter  Hagerman, 
Child  of  George  E.  (rordon, 
Tunis  Yetman, 
David  R.  Vanderveer, 
Child  of  John  Stillwell, 
Mary  Bowne,  w.  James  I., 
Margaret  Conover,  w.  Benj.  W., 
Miss  Elizabeth  Lewis, 
Miss  Sarah  Wycoflf, 
Lenard  J.  Davison,  s.  Charles, 
Child  of  Job  Laird, 
James  Dey, 
Child  of  James  Martin, 
Child  of  Robert  Mc  P^lwaine, 
Nellie  Dey,  d.  Cornelius  P^  & 

Rebecca  L., 
KateE.Woolley,  d.  Wm.  c\:P:mi]y, 
Fannie  C.  Boyd,  wid.  John, 
Henry  Bedle,  s.  Francis  & 

Josephine, 


Aug.      5,  1868, 


86S, 
868. 
868. 
S68. 

868, 
86s>, 
868, 
S6S 

86S, 

868, 
868. 
868. 
868, 
868, 
868- 


Aug. 

17.  I 

Aug. 

19.  1' 

Aug. 

19.  ' 

Aug. 

24,  I. 

Aug. 

31.  If 

Sep. 

I,  If 

Sep. 

2,  I 

Sep. 

7-  I 

Sep. 

18,  I 

Sep. 

29,  I 

Oct. 

I,  I 

Oct. 

16,  I 

Oct. 

20,  I 

Dec. 

10,  I 

Dec. 

29,  I 

Dec. 

30,  i.^ 

Jan. 

4.  I 

Jan. 

6,  I 

Jan. 

12,  I 

Jan. 

15.  1 

Jan. 

19,  I 

Jan. 

29,  I 

Feb. 

5.  ' 

Feb. 

5.  I 

March  21,  i 

March  31,1 

April 

3.  1 

April 

8,  I 

April 

9.  If 

April 

27,  r 

May 

5.  ' 

May 

11,1 

May 

17.  I 

May 

20,  I 

4  mos.  19  da. 
67  yrs.  1 1  mos.    9  da. 


48  yrs.     I  mu.     13  da. 
52  3'rs.     5  mos. 
vSep.  28.   1827. 


78  yrs.  1 1  mos.  20  da. 
June  20,  1813. 


73  yrs.    4  mos.    5  da. 
69  yrs.     I  mo.      4  da. 


868,       Nov.  19,  1792. 

869. 

869. 

869. 

869, 

869, 

869. 

869, 

869, 

869, 

869. 

869. 

869. 

869, 

869. 

869. 


Co.  D.  14  N.  J.  Inf. 
76  yrs.  1 1  mos.    9  da. 

88  yrs.  lo  mos.     7  da. 
85  yrs.    3  mos.  26  da. 

89  3'rs,  I  1  mos.  15  da. 

Jan.  2T,,  1868. 

84  yrs.    4  mos.    9  da. 


July 


869,  May  10,  1869. 

869,  I  yr.      8  mos.    5  da. 

•^69,  75  yrs.    3  mos.    8  da. 

1869,  5  days. 


APPENDIX. 


309 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


Child  of  B.  Reid, 

Miss  Trac3', 

Child  of  Roy  Sodon, 

William  A.  Emmons,  s.  David, 

Arthur  D.  Perrine,  s.  David  C,  & 

Hannah  M., 
Child  of  Roy  Sodon, 
Daughter  of  Nelson  liarcalow, 
Frank  Church,  s.  William, 
Erastus  Reid, 

John  Tennent  Woodhull,  M.  D., 
Rev.  Daniel  Veech  i\Ic  Lean,  D.D., 

Child  of  J.  B.  Rogers, 
Child  of  George  Thompson, 
Child  of  Richard  Davis, 
John  Eddie  Field,  s.  John  & 

Sarah  A., 
Ada  A.  Hayward,  d  Francis  W. 

&  Mary  E., 
Mrs.  David  Craig, 
Catharine  Henr}'  Perrine,  d.  Maj. 

John  &  Catharine, 
Daniel  Prest, 
William  W.  Hayward,  s.  Francis 

W.  &  Mary  E., 
John  F.  Van  Schoick,  s.  David, 
Child  of  James  Browne, 
Elizabeth  Hendrickson,  w. 

Barzillai, 
Eleanor  Clayton,  w.  Taylor, 
John  A.  Rue, 
Mr.  Bailis, 

Lydia  (Griggs),  w.  Thomas 

Campbell  &  Wm.  Church, 
Adelia   Ann  Naylor,   w. 

James  H., 
William  Herbert  Butcher,  s. 

Saml.  F.  &  Sarah  E. 
Katy  B.  Herbert,  d.  Benjamin  & 

Elizabeth, 
Child  of  Charles  Sodon, 
Henrietta  Mount,  w.  Richard  A., 


July 

26, 

1869. 

Aug. 

3. 

1869. 

Aug. 

10, 

1869. 

Aug. 

12, 

1869. 

Aug.  2,  1869. 

Aug. 

14. 

1869, 

I  yr.   3  mos. 

16  da. 

Aug. 

20, 

1869. 

Sep. 

21, 

1869. 

Oct. 

14, 

1869, 

Nov.  14,  1868. 

Nov. 

4. 

1869, 

61  yrs.  I  mo. 

5  da. 

Nov. 

20, 

1869, 

Aug.  24,  1786. 

Nov. 

26, 

1869, 

born  in  Fayette 
Pa.  Nov.  24,  : 

;Co., 
[801. 

Dec. 

I, 

1869. 

Dec. 

17. 

1869. 

Dec. 

19. 

1869. 

Jan. 

8, 

1870, 

7  yrs.  15  da. 

Jan. 

, 

1870, 

May  24,  1865. 

Jan. 

15. 

1870. 

Jan. 

30. 

1870, 

April  30,  1837. 

Feb. 

9. 

1870, 

67  yrs.  4  raos. 

9  da. 

Feb. 

1870, 

March  17,  1863. 

Feb. 

20, 

1870, 

Feb.  I,  1870. 

Feb. 

^1^ 

1870, 

March  5, 

1S70. 

March  21, 

1870, 

64  yrs.  4  mos. 

II  da. 

April 

29. 

1870, 

45  yrs.  3  uios. 

4  da. 

May 

4, 

1870. 

June 

16, 

1870, 

69  yrs.  5  mos. 

9  da. 

June 

25. 

1870, 

29  yrs.  9  mos. 

19  da. 

July 

3' 

1870, 

Aug.  29,  1868. 

July 

8, 

1870, 

4  yrs.  9  mos. 

9  da. 

July 

13. 

1870. 

July 

20, 

1870, 

19  yrs. 

3IO 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  BURIAI. 


AGE. 


Gertrude  (Craig)  Mount,  \v. 

Robert  R., 
Charles  Abrams, 
Mrs.  George  Englisli, 
Child  of  Richard  Mount, 
Willioni  James  Da\',  s.  lidward 

&  Sarah  M., 
Jane  A.  L.  Conover,  w.  Elias  C, 
INIrs.  William  Woodhull, 
John  M.  Perrine,  ex-Sheriff  Mon. 

Co., 


Margaret  Mount,  w.  Peter, 
John  W.  Mount,  s.  David, 
Child  of  Joseph  Vanhise,  Jr., 
Mrs.  Mary  West, 
Child  of  John  Thompson, 
Jane  (Woollej')  Hawxhurst,  w. 

Charles, 
Matilda  Woodhull  Combs,  d. 

Joseph  &  Lydia  M., 
Wife  of  Jacob  Dock, 
Harvey  Laird,  s.  Wm.  H.  & 

Mary  E., 
Grand-child  of  William  Quigg, 
Elizabeth  (Conover)  Preston,  w. 

Joseph, 
Child  of  George  Davison, 
Child  of  Clayton, 

Mrs.  Rachel  Myers, 
Col.  John  I.  Conover, 
Child  of  John  H.  Boice, 
Nathaniel  Myers, 
Clark  Ogden  Burtt,  s.  Jacob 

O.  Jr.  &  C.  Louisa, 
Child  of  Capt.  Tyson,  of 

Baltimore, 
Daniel  Brower, 
Joseph  Denise, 
Rebecca  S.  (Rue)  Perrine,  w. 

Abijah, 
Catharine  Herbert,  w.  Ivlias, 


July 

21, 

1870, 

45  ys. 

July 

22, 

1870. 

July 

23. 

1870. 

Aug. 

I, 

1 870. 

Aug. 

3i 

1870, 

1  mo.  16  da. 

Aug. 

10, 

1870, 

34  yrs.  9  mos. 

21  da. 

Aug. 

12, 

1870. 

Sep. 

«, 

1870, 

Apr.  19,  1802. 

First 

burial  in  new  part 

of  cemetery. 

Sep. 

9. 

1870, 

85  yrs.  6  mos. 

10  da. 

Sep. 

10, 

1870, 

22  yrs. 

Sep. 

24, 

1870. 

Oct. 

19. 

1870, 

In  85th  year. 

Oct. 

20, 

1870. 

Nov. 

18, 

1870, 

Oct.  \z^   J«i2. 

Dec. 

14- 

1870, 

I  yx.      2  mos. 

17  da. 

Dec. 

18, 

1870. 

Jan. 

10, 

1871, 

6  weeks. 

Jan. 

28, 

1871. 

Feb. 

^1^ 

1 87 1, 

57  yrs.  7  mos. 

15  da. 

Mar. 

20, 

1871. 

April 

3i 

1871. 

April 

20, 

1871. 

June 

13, 

1871, 

86  yrs.  9  mos. 

23  da. 

June 

U, 

187 1. 

July 

3i 

187 1. 

July 

- 

1H71. 

Dec.  9,  1870. 

July 

6, 

1871. 

July 

12, 

1871, 

March  18,  1795 

July 

13, 

1871, 

28  yrs.  1 1  mos. 

20  da. 

July 

29, 

1S71, 

June  6,  1843. 

July 

29. 

187 1, 

July  7,  181 7. 

APPENDIX. 


311 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


William  Curtis, 

Hannah  Ouackenbnsh,  vv.  George, 

Child  of  Charles  Sodon, 

Prosper  Bercknians  Rue, 

Eleanor  (DeNise)  Herbert,  w.  Isaac, 

Caroline  (Quackenbush)  B03  ce, 

w.  John  H., 
Margaret  Dey  (Herbert)  Lloyd, 

w.  Henry  T., 
David  C.  Mount, 
Child  of  John  Qauckenbush, 
Abram  Hadley,  law3-er, 
Peter  P.  Clayton, 
Child  of  Simon  Perrine, 
Robert  W.  Dey, 
John  B.  Johnson, 
Charlotte vStillwell,  w.  Samuel  H., 
Mrs.  Martin  Bond, 
Child  of  Henry  Vanhise, 
Joseph  Vanhise,  vSr., 
Eliza  M.  Ker,  w.  Isaac, 
Simeon  Freeman, 
Sarah  Jane  Reid,  d.  Aaron  H.  & 

Sarah  A., 
Mrs.  James  Abrams, 
Ruth  R.  Reid,  d.  Maj.  Richard 

&  Catherine, 
William  Schanck  Bedle,  s. 

Francis  &  Josephine, 
Margaretta  V.  F^orman,  d. 

J.  F.  T.  &  F.  v.. 
Child  of  Ellison  Clinton, 
Child  of  John  L.   Barcalow, 
Daughter  of  John   Rue, 
David  R.  Reid, 
Child  of  John  Rue, 
Addie  Myres, 
Jacob  Keeler, 
George  M.  Quackenbush,  s. 

Isaac  G.  «&  Fanny  E., 
Mrs.  Asher  Tunis, 
Mary  Eliza  Perrine,  d.  Joseph 

&  Hannah, 


Aug. 

1 1. 

187 1. 

Aug. 

12, 

1871, 

Sep. 

4, 

1871. 

Sep. 

187 1, 

Sep. 

10, 

187 1, 

Sep. 

U, 

1871, 

Sep. 

16, 

1S71, 

Oct. 

3' 

1871, 

Oct. 

21, 

1871. 

Oct. 

25. 

1871, 

Nov. 

12, 

1871, 

Nov. 

16, 

1871. 

Nov. 

24, 

1871, 

Jan. 

16, 

1872, 

Jan. 

16, 

1872, 

Feb. 

I, 

1872. 

Feb. 

4. 

1872. 

Feb. 

8, 

1872. 

Feb. 

14- 

1872, 

Feb. 

22 

1872. 

Mar. 

3> 

1872, 

Mar. 

7. 

1872. 

Mar. 

IS- 

1872, 

Mar. 

IS. 

1872, 

March 

20, 

1872, 

March  24, 

1872. 

March  30, 

1872. 

Marcl 

130, 

1872. 

April 

I, 

1872, 

April 

I, 

1872. 

April 

29. 

1872. 

April 

30, 

1872, 

June 

5' 

1872, 

June 

10. 

1872. 

52  yr.«.     8  UKJ.*-", 

Oct.  19,  1859. 
Aug.  14,  1810. 

April  7,  183 1. 

Jan.  9,  1819. 

65  yrs. 

Removed  to  N.  Y. 
]May  14,  1817. 

27  3TS. 

81  3rs.    9  mos.  1 1  da. 

66  3-rs.  17  da. 


Nov.  24,  1814. 

28  yrs.  26  da. 

61  yrs.    5  mos.  11  da. 

I  yr.      4  mos.    4  da. 

39  yrs.     2  mos.     2  da. 

69  yrs.    4  mos.  15  da. 

64  jTS.     2  mos.  26  da. 
Jan.  22,  1872. 

June     13,  1872,     35  yrs.    7  mos. 


312 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  lU'KIAL 


AGE. 


John  I.  Emmons, 

Benjamin  Scot, 

Child  of  James  Smilh. 

Robert  A.  De}-,  s    Robert  W., 

David  R.  Fisher, 

•Child  of  H.  H.  Himbacker. 

Wife  of  Henry  Sheppard, 

Child  of  James  Riddle, 
Hannah  Hrricksun,  wid.  Daniel, 
George  Keyes, 
Margaret  Matilda  Coiiover.  w. 

Daniel  B., 
Katie  Roberts,  d.  John  T.  vSc  Amelia, 
Child  of  J.  H.  Vanhise, 
Mary  D.  Hankinson,  d.  James  cS: 

Sarah, 
Joseph  C.  Schanck, 
Child  of  Peter  Vanschoick, 
Child  of  Edward  Day, 
Daniel  Herbert, 

Mary  (Bertine)  Reid,  \v.  Erastus, 
William  Mackelwaine, 
Isaac  Ker, 
Mary  Emma  Keeler  Laird,  d. 

Alexander  &  Hannah, 
Mar^-  (Johnson)  Barricklo,  w. 

John  F., 
Joseph  R.  Martin, 
Edward  Reid, 
John  Longstreet, 
Elizabeth  Taylor, 
Capt.  Cornelius  Hope, 
William  Elliott, 
John  \'.  Reid,  s.  John  cs: 
Margaret  M., 
Child  of  Moses  Laird, 
Child  of  Moses  Laird, 
William  H.  Tracy, 
Child  of  C.  Murray, 
John  Welch, 
Mary  Conover  I'errine,  d.  David 

C.  &  Hannah  M., 


June 

25.  1 

S72. 

July 

5-  ' 

872. 

July 

10,  ] 

872. 

July 

^1^   ' 

872, 

6  mos. 

July 

29,  I 

872, 

Dec.  II,  1824. 

July 

29, 

872. 

Aug. 

4. 

1872. 

Removed  to  James 
burg,  N.  J. 

Aug. 

9. 

872. 

Sep. 

Id, 

872, 

81  yrs.  9  mos.  15  da 

Sep. 

19. 

1872, 

69  yrs. 

Sep. 

24. 

1872, 

34  yrs.  7  mos.  4  da 

Sep. 

30. 

1872, 

April  20,  1871. 

Oct. 

5. 

872. 

Oct. 

9. 

1872, 

March  4.  1802. 

Oct. 

II, 

1872. 

Oct. 

12, 

1872. 

Oct. 

22, 

1872. 

Oct. 

31. 

872. 

Nov. 

5' 

1872, 

55  yrs- 

Nov. 

6, 

872, 

66  yrs.  3  mos. 

Nov. 

1872, 

July  16,  1802. 

Dec. 


872, 


2  vrs.     I  mo.  20  da. 


Dec. 

10, 

1872, 

May,  i.s,  1795. 

Dec. 

17. 

1872, 

34  yrs. 

Dec. 

18, 

1872 

Dec 

28, 

1872. 

Dec. 

29, 

1872. 

Jan. 

2 

1-^73- 

Jan. 

,3' 

i«73. 

36  yrs.  1 1  mos.  22  da 

Jan. 

i^^73. 

24  yrs.  7  mos. 

Jan. 

27. 

'.S73. 

Jan. 

27, 

^"^12,- 

Jan. 

28, 

i'^73- 

Feb.  27,  1838. 

Feb. 

I, 

i«73- 

I'eb. 

I , 

I'Vv 

Feb.        8,   1873,      April  17,   1863. 


APPENDIX. 


313 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


Ann  R.  (Davison)  Church,  vv. 

William, 
Mrs.  Elenhani, 

William  Combs,  Sr., 
Child  of  William  Kmmons, 
Rebecca  M.  (Clayton)  Reid,  w. 

Simon  A., 
Edward  Paxton, 
Child  of  John  Mount, 
James  Abrahams, 
William  Woolley,  Sr., 
Rachel  Vetman, 
Child  of  T.  &  Sarah  Conover, 
Cornelius  Abrahams, 
Child  of  Francis  Potter, 
Maria  S.  Combs,  w.  Gilbert, 
Jonathan  T.  Forman, 
James  Stoney, 

David  Edgar  Rue,  Jr.,  s.  David  E. 
Wife  of  Cornelius  Abrahams, 
Child  of  Clinton  Dow, 
Child  of  Charles  VanMater, 
Elys  Tom,  a  pauper, 
Infant  son  of  Elisha  &  Mar}'  E. 

Stillwell, 
Michal  Errickson, 
John  Reid, 

Child  of  George  Thompson, 
Child  of  James  Christy, 
Wife  of  George  Thompson, 
Daughter  of  N.  Barkalow, 
James  Edward  Mc  Pvlwaine,  s. 

Forman  &  Matilda  M., 
Peter  Carson, 
William  V.  Antonides, 
Hannah  (Campbell)  Herbert,   w. 

Wm.  H., 
Mrs.  Mary  Middleton, 
Ida  (Duncan)  Morton,  vv. 

Andrevv  V., 
Jacob  W.  Dey, 
Mrs.  George  Prest, 
Amy  (Parker)  Reid,  w.  David, 


Feb. 

9. 

>^73, 

vSep.  s,  1846. 

Feb. 

9. 

873. 

Eeb. 

16,  ] 

873, 

77  NTS.    8  mos. 

Marcl 

8,  1 

^73- 

Marcl 

,  I 

873. 

P>b.  8,  181 1. 

April 

15-  1 

873. 

63  yas.     I  mo.    9  da 

May 

3.  ] 

873. 

.May 

6,  ] 

873- 

May 

8, 

873, 

Dec.  2,  1S08. 

May 

17- 

873. 

May 

20,  ] 

873- 

May 

30,  1 

873- 

Co.  G.  ist  N.  J.  Cav 

June 

2,  J 

873. 

June 

4. 

873, 

March  20,  1820. 

Julv 

9.  I 

873, 

March  27,  1804. 

July 

,  ] 

873, 

June  14,  1805. 

Sep. 

3.  1 

873. 

May  24,  1873. 

Sep. 

10, 

873- 

Sep. 

10,   1 

873. 

Sep. 

12, 

873. 

Sep. 

iS, 

t873 

Nov. 

19. 

873- 

Dec. 

21, 

873. 

Jan. 

7. 

S74. 

Jan. 

22, 

1874 

Jan. 

23^ 

[874 

Jan. 

28, 

1874 

Feb. 

12, 

874 

Feb. 

23.  ] 

874. 

2  3-rs.     2  mos.  27  di 

Mar. 

5> 

874 

Mar. 

8, 

874 

Mar. 

20, 

874, 

Sep.  12,  1790. 

April 

5' 

1S74 

April 

874. 

June  I,  1843. 

May 

8, 

[874 

May 

1 1, 

[874 

May 

13. 

874. 

June  10,  1791. 

314 


HISTORY    OF  OLD  TENNP:NT. 


NAMES. 


DATK  OF  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


Joseph  H.  Van  Mater, 
Fornian  Brown, 
Child  of  James  Weeden, 
Samuel  R.  Loudon,  Jr.,  s. 

Samuel  R.  &  Charlotte, 
William  Era.stus  Reid,  s  Krastu.s 

c\:  Mary  B., 
Margaret  C.  (Roberts)  Brest,  w. 

John  v., 
Charles  Edward  Loudon,  s. 

Samuel  R.  cS;  Charlotte, 
James  Rue, 

Sarah  Ann  Reid,  w.  Aaron  H., 
Child  of  William  Applegate, 
Child  of  M.  Laird, 
Child  of  Jas.  H.  Riddle, 
John  W.  H.  Conover, 
David  L.  Dey,  s.  Cornelius  E., 
Luther  Rue, 
Rebecca  (Clayton)  3Ic  EKvaine,  w 

Elias., 
INIadoraJ.  Gordon,  d.  John  & 

Margaret  J., 
Angelina  M.  Cross,  of  New  York, 
James  Applegate,  ex  Sheriff  of 

Middlesex  Co., 
Rosey  M.  E.  Gordon,  d.  John 

&  Margaret  J., 
William  B.  Sutphin,  ex-vSheriff 

of  Monmouth  Co., 
Marcy  Chambers, 
Wife  of  (jeorge  Clinton, 
Lois  (Errickson)  Conover,  w.  D. 

Craig, 
]\Irs.  James  Breece, 
Helen  Ely, 
Harry  English, 
Jennie  E.  Sutphin,  d.  Wni.  B.  ev 

Hannah  E., 
Child  of  Claig, 

Kate  B.  Clayton,  d.  George  Q.  & 

INIary  G., 
Second  Wife  of  Charles  Kipp, 


May  15,  1874. 

June  3,  1874, 

June  1  1 ,  1874. 

June  i,s,  1874, 

June  17,  I874, 

June  21,  1S74, 


Jul}-  9,  1818. 

5  3TS.  7  mos.  27  da. 
28  yrs.  5  nios.  10  da. 
In  ^ist  vear. 


June 

26, 

1874. 

15  3'rs.  10  nios.  2 

3  da. 

June 

30. 

1B74- 

Sep.  27,  1806. 

July 

2, 

1874, 

53  yrs.  3  mos. 

I  da 

July 

7. 

1874. 

July 

21, 

1874. 

July 

27- 

1874, 

Aug. 

2, 

1874, 

Jan.  25,  1833. 

Aug. 

2, 

1874, 

Jan.  31,  1874. 

Aug. 

20, 

1874 

Aug. 

30, 

1874, 

Ma}'  9,  1829. 

Sep. 

29. 

1874. 

June  20,  1873. 

Oct. 

3. 

1874, 

June  13,  J843. 

Oct. 

19. 

i^^74> 

March  25,  1810. 

Oct. 

21, 

>S74, 

Feb.  28,  1 87 1. 

Oct. 

23. 

1874, 

Nov.  13,  1821. 

Oct.  26,  1874. 

Oct.  28,  1874. 

Nov.  9,  1874, 

Dec.  14,  1874. 

Dec.  [9,  1874. 

Jan.  7,  1875. 


64  yrs.  7  mos.  25  da. 


Jan. 

14- 

1875. 

Aug.  24, 

'855- 

Jan. 

16, 

i875. 

Jan. 

28, 

'875. 

Nov.  II, 

1874. 

Jan. 

30. 

1875- 

APPENDIX. 


315 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


John  Hagaman, 

Child  of  Chris.  Van  Notrick, 

Adney  Lock  wood, 

Marj'  Pittenger,  wid.  John, 

Sarah  Jane  Denise,  w.  Wm.  G., 

Laura  Brown,  d.  Whitehead  & 

Eleanor  A., 
James  Weeden, 
Polly  Ervin 
Lavenia  (Vanschoick)  Rogers,  w. 

Thomas, 
Rebecca  T.  Conover,  w.  Peter  C, 
William  H.  Rogers, 
Jacob  Dock,  s.  Jacob  &  Margaret, 
Mrs.  Rebecca  J.  Hill,  d.  D.  L 

San  ford, 
Eliza  Laird,  w.  David, 
Child  of  Vought  Burk, 
Mr.  Farber, 

Child  of  James  Riddle, 
Child  of  Moses  Laird, 
William  H.  Emmons,  s,  Conover, 
Daughter  of  Anthony'  Chafey, 
Miss  Elizabeth  Preston, d.  Joseph, 
Lily  Gunson,  d.  Alexander, 
Charles  H    McElwaine, 
Lucy  Gunson, 

Child  of  Allen  Ouackenbush, 
Child  of  Wm.  Quackenbush, 
Eliza  Oauackenbush,  \v.  George, 
Joseph  H.  Crotchfield, 
Joseph  Combs,  judge, 
Alice  Gunson,   d.  Alexander, 
Sarah  A.  Weeden,  w.  Wm.  H., 
Augustus  Stillwell, 
Child  of  Claig, 

Child  of  Mills, 

Child  of  Abe  Emmons, 
Frank  D.  Clayton,  s.  Joel  T.  & 

Harriet  V., 
Cryonce  S.  ^Nlagee, 
Sarah  Jane  Snyder,  d.  John  S.  & 

Caroline, 


Feb.  1 1 

Feb.  12 

Feb.  14 

Feb.  22 

Mar.  10 

Mar.  1 1 

Mar.  14 

INIar.  31 

May  12 

:May  31 

June  21 

July  9 


Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Sep. 

Sep. 

Sep. 

Sep. 

Oct. 

Oct. 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Nov. 

Nov. 

Dec. 

Jan. 

Jan. 

Jan. 

Feb. 

Feb. 

Feb. 

Mar. 


12 

15 

19 

25 

7 

14 

21 

27 

3 

9 

20 

22 

28. 

28, 

19 
8 

22, 

24 
15 
15 
15 

7 


Mar.     12 
Mar.     2X 


^75 
875 
875 
875 
875 

875 
875 
875. 

875 
875 
875 
875 

875 
875 
875 
875 
875 
875 
875 
875 
875 
875 
875 
875 
875 
875 
^75 
875 
876 
876 
876 
876 
876 
876 
876, 

876 
876, 


April  17,  1813. 

84  yrs.     5  mos.  12  da. 

70  yrs.     7  mos.  27  da. 

June  20,  1852. 


July  12,  1848. 
66  yrs. 
Born  1805. 
April  13,  1875. 

Dec.    II,  1835. 
Juh'  28,  1804. 


Aug.  25,  1872. 


12  yrs. 

Jan.  24,  1835. 
6  yrs. 


about  65  yrs. 
Aug.  29,  i860. 
March  21,  1811. 

I  yr. 
June  22,  1819. 
Nov.  22,  1861. 


2  mos.  4  da. 
Jan.  2T„  1823. 


Mar.     2T,,  1876,       7  yrs.    5  mos.  26  da. 


,i6 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMKS. 


DATE  OF  BUKIAI.. 


ACK. 


DeWilt  Houo^li,  s.  James  \l.  ik 

Mary  M., 
(jeorge  L.  Rt-id,  s.  James  J.  tS: 

Levine. 
Phebe  Ann  l-'islier,  w  .  David  R., 
Child  of  Leander  Jewell, 
Cyrus  Bruen, 
James  S.  Nevius, 
Adelia  Snyder,  d.  John  vS.  iS: 

Caroline, 
Mrs.  Brindley, 

Addison  W".  Woodhull,  M.  D.. 
Daughter  of  Isaac  S.  Long,  M.  D., 
Lizzie  I'errine, 
Caroline  L.  Fornian,  d.  (iarret 

cS:  Abbie, 
Peter  Perrine. 
Mrs.  Wni.   Hankinson. 
Joseph  Clayton, 
Joseph  Stephenson, 
John  Chambers, 
William  Herbert, 
Maggie  J.  Hawxhurst,  d.  Charles, 
Josiah  Smith,  Jr., 
Lillian  \V.  Combs,  d.  John  \V. 

cSc  Abbie  K  , 
William  Scott, 
Katie  T.  Forshay,  d.  Wui.  <S: 

Catharine  K., 
Miss  Kate  Corliss, 
P^izabeth  Combs,  \v.  William, 
Child  of  Charles  McPHwain, 
Samuel  Burk,  s.  Pjioch  \'.  & 

Mary  E., 
Matthew  Roberts, 
William  M.Johnston, 
Hutchinson  M.  ( )rr, 
Charley  J.  I-.rrickson,  s.  Geo.  P. 

&  (iertrude  A., 
Jonathan  McHlwaine, 
James  P.  Congdon, 
William  Ilendrick  Brown,  s. 

Whitehead  &  Pvleanor  A., 


April      2,   1S76,     June  r,  1S64. 


April 

6, 

■  876, 

July  14,  1853. 

April 

21 , 

1876. 

March  21,  1824. 

April 

26, 

1876. 

April 

27 

1876, 

March  2,  1787. 

April 

27 

1876. 

May 

4 

1876. 

5  yrs.  27  da. 

May 

16 

1876. 

May 

iS 

1876. 

Aug.  I;,,  1831. 

May 

25 

1876, 

babe. 

May 

26, 

1876. 

May 

26 

1876, 

Aug.  13,  1874. 

May 

31 

1876, 

69  yrs.     2  mos. 

3  da. 

June 

10 

1876. 

June 

10 

1876. 

June 

u 

1876, 

53  3-rs.   1  1  mos. 

19  da. 

June 

14 

1876. 

June 

15 

1876. 

June 

17 

1876, 

Oct.  4.  1874. 

June 

iS 

1876. 

July- 

.876, 

6  months. 

July 

21 

1876. 

J"iy 

.876. 

Dec.  9,  1847. 

July 

28 

1876. 

July 

3" 

1876. 

74  yrs.     2  mos. 

13  da 

Aug. 

4 

1876. 

Aug. 

1876, 

July  3,  1871. 

Aug. 

15 

,  1876, 

In  7i.st  year. 

Aug. 

20 

.  .876. 

85  yrs.    6  mos. 

!o  da 

Aug. 

r876. 

Sep.  23,  1872. 

Sep. 

17 

1876, 

April  28,  1876, 

vSep. 

29 

1876, 

Aug.  9,  1788. 

Oct. 

,  1876, 

March  1,  1830. 

Oct. 


7,  1 876,     Nov.  2,  1858. 


APPENDIX. 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  BURIAL 


AGE. 


Child  of  J.  Martin,  Oct.      27.  1S76 

Child  of  J.  Martin.  Oct.      27,1876 

Mary  J.  Boyd,  wid.  Wni.  T.,  Nov.       i,  1876 

William  Dey,  Nov.     16.  1876 

Mrs.  Williams,  d.  James  Boice.  Nov.     21,  1876 

Mrs.  Francis  Potter,  Nov.     22,  1S76 

Child  of  Francis  Potter.  Nov.     22.1876 

Frederick  Lloyd  Martin,  s. 

Delaplaine  &  Julia  R..  Nov.     27,  1876 

Child  of  John  W.  Combs,  Nov.     29.  1876 

Abigail  E.  (Boles)  Reid,  w.  Sidney,    Dec.       6,1876 
Ella  ^Mount.  d.  VanDoren  & 

Harriet  L.,  Dec.     20.  1876 

George  S.  Mount,  s.  VanDoien 

&  Harriet  L.,  Dec.     26,  1876 

Esek  Hartshorne,  Dec.     2-],  1876 

Sarah  A.  CNIcDowell)  Clayton, 

w.  L.  P..  Jan. 

Charles  E   Piper,  s.  Chas.  W  .  iS: 

Margaret, 
Mar\-  Johnson, 
Child  of  Abner  Wilson, 
^Nlrs.  Eleanor  Smock, 
George  W.  Still  well,  s    Elisha 

&  Mary  E  , 
Lydia  Newell,  wid.  Hugh, 
John  F.  T.  Forman, 
Fransinchie  \'.  (Smock)  Forman, 

w.  John  F.  T., 
Matilda  (Scudder)  Forman.  w. 

Jonathan  T.,  Feb.     2},.  1877 

Mar\'  Ann  Sanford,  w.  Daniel  I.,       Feb.  ,  1877 

Child  of  Charles  Soden.  Feb.     28.1877 

I'lysses  Stillwell,  s.  Elisha  & 

Mary  E.  March  2,  1877 

Johnson  P.  De\',  March  13,  1877 

Elizabeth  Martin,  w.  George,  March  19.  1877 

Janet  (Low)  McLees,  w.  Aaron,         .March  20,  1877 
Child  of  Joseph  Clayton.  March  2-],  1S77 

Eleanor  Rue.  w.  Matthias,  March  29,  1877 

Mamie  Brockmeier,  d.  Rev.  C.  A. 

&  ^L  A  ,  April   12,  1877 

Child  of  William  -A.  Emmons,  April  27,  1877 


1877 


Jan.  13.  1877 

Jan.  ,  1877 

Jan.  21,  1S77 

Jan.  2?>,   1877 

Feb.  8,  1877 

Feb.  8.  1877 

Feb.  15,  1877 


Feb. 


5.S  yrs. 


Dec.  22,  1859. 

P'eb.  2^,   1829. 

4  yrs.  3  mos.  17  da. 

2  yrs.  5  mos.  8  da. 
Nov.  8,  1799. 

Ma}-  26,  1842. 

I  yr.   2  mos.  9  da. 
87  3-rs. 

87  yrs.  10  da. 

May  1 1,  1875. 

77  \rs.  10  mos.  19  da. 

Dec.  31,  1801. 

March  3.  1807. 

Nov.  5.  1806. 
Feb.  16,  181 1. 

Jan.  12,  1870. 
Nov.  7,  1865. 
Aug.  4.  1792. 
Oct.  26.  1795. 

April  18,  1803. 

.March  3,  1S70. 


3T8 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

NAMKS.  DATK  OF  BURIAL.  AGK. 


Robert  \i.  Craijr. 

Child  of  James  Martin, 

John  C.  Hayward, 

Lemuel  H.  Green,  s.  Lemuel  H. 
&  Josephine, 

Child  of  Teter  Hagaman, 

Jo.seph  D.  Bowne, 

Bertha  M.  Hayward,  d.  Francis 
\V.  &  Mary  R., 

Eleanor  (Perrine)  Rue,  \v.  Jos.  I., 

James  Boorham, 

Carrie,  burned  at  Enoch  Ely's, 

William  D.  Barcalow,  s.  Richard 

&  Margaret, 
Daughter  of  George  Prest, 
Child  of  Charles  McElwain, 
Child  of  Aaron  Hagerman, 
Child  of  James  Riddle, 
Child  of  Thomas  Clayton, 
Thomas  Smith,  constable, 
Daniel  H.  Laird. 
Son  of  Joseph  M.  Miller, 
Willie  J.  Clayton,  s.  Taylor  S.  & 

Susan  D 
William  H.  Wil.son. 
Child  of  Jacob  Burt. 
Silas  D.  Scudder,  M.  D.. 

Mary  Baker,  w.  Chas.  T., 
Mary  Johnson,  \v.  John  B. 
Child  of  Francis  Kennedy, 
Willie  H.  Sickles,  s.  Andrew  S. 

cSc  Hannah  M., 
Wife  of  George  Field, 
Child  of  Francis  Kennedy, 

Child  of  Francis  Kennedy, 

William  Scoby, 

Belle  Perrine, 

Catherine  Brown, 

Edmond  R.  I'errine, 

Cieorge  Martin, 

Anna  Mary  Gordon, 

Maggie  Ivlliott,  d.  Wm.  &  Eliza, 


May       2,1877,     July  31.  1793. 

May       3,  1877. 

May       7,  1877,     July  15,  1S47. 

May     30,  1877,     Jan.  23,  1877 

June      4.  1877- 

June      8,  1S77,     Sep.  20,  1813. 

June  17,  1877,     Dec.    16,  1870. 

July  6,  1877,     Dec.  25,  1800. 

July  17.  1877- 

July  22,  1877. 

Aug.  9,1877,     ,S9  ys.     2  mos.  26  da. 

Sep.  16,  1S87. 

Sep.  17,  1877. 

Sep.  18,  1877. 

Oct.  4-  1877- 

Oct.  5,  1877. 

Nov.  5.  1877. 

Nov.  9,  1877. 

Nov.  15,  1877. 

Nov.  28,  1877. 

Dec.  12,  1877.     47  years. 

Dec.  27,  1877. 

Dec.  28,  1877,     Born  in  Ceylon   Nov. 

6.  1835- 

Jan.  4,  '878,       In  84th  year. 

Jan.  5,  1878,     81  yrs.    7  mos.  26  da. 

Jan.  12,  1878. 

Jan.      18,  1878,     July  19,  1S69. 

Jan.      19,  1878. 

Jan.      25,  1878. 

Feb.       8,  1878. 

Feb.      18,  T878. 

March    2,  1878. 

March  15,  1878. 

March  19,  1878. 

March  24,  1878.     vSep.  24.  1792. 

March  30,  1878. 

April    10,1878,       8  yrs.    6  mos.  25  da. 


APPENDIX. 


319 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


Harriet  Sutphen,  \v.  J.  H., 
Child  of  Joseph  Bennett, 
Child  of  Robert  :McElvvain, 
Mary  A.  Crawford,  d.  IMary  Ann 

&Wni.  H., 
Child  of  L.  D.  Biigbee, 
William  Davison,  s.  James  R. 

&  Frances, 
]\Iichael  Donahay, 
Francis  W.  Haj^ward, 
Marcienes  Davison,  child  of 

Charles, 
Mary  Farber, 
Wife  of  Wm.  P.  Laird, 
Child  of  Jacob  Hayward, 
Nancy  Martin, 
Child  of  Chalmers  Rue, 
Infant  son  of  Jacob  O.  Jr.  &  C. 

Louisa  Burtt, 
David  Laird, 
Wife  of  Lewis  Magahan, 
John  H.  Buckelew, 
Thomas  Form  an, 
Isaac  Emmons, 
Mary  (Quackenbush)  Errickson, 

w.  Peter, 
Marj'  (Conover)  Perrine,  wid. 

Wm.  R., 
Child  of  Wm.  Quackenbush, 
Miss  Juliet  Conover, 
William  B.  Congdon,  Jr., 
Capt.  Isaac  Herbert, 
Hannah  Amanda  Quackenbush, 

d.  Isaac  G.  &  Fanny  E- 
William  A.  Emmons, 
Sarah  M.  (Osborne)  Da}',  w. 

Edward, 
Child  of  Charles  Butler, 
Child  of  James  Brown, 
Daughter  of  John  Rue, 
Child  of  Joseph  Bennett, 
Thomas  P.  Burtt,  s.  Thomas  P.  & 

Cornelia, 


June 

5. 

1878. 

June 

14. 

1878. 

June 

29. 

1878. 

July 

23i 

1878, 

Feb.  25, 

1877. 

Aug. 

8, 

1878. 

Aug. 

s, 

1878, 

II  days. 

Aug. 

22, 

1878. 

Sep. 

5. 

1878, 

38  yrs. 

6  mos. 

1 1  da 

Sep. 

15. 

1878, 

May  2T,., 

1878. 

Nov. 

I, 

1878. 

Nov. 

6, 

1878. 

Dec. 

18, 

1878. 

Dec. 

20, 

1878. 

Dec. 

23^ 

1878. 

Dec. 

1878, 

Dec.  20, 

1878. 

Jan. 

6, 

1879, 

March  9 

'.  1797- 

Feb. 

4. 

1879. 

Feb. 

5, 

1879. 

Oct.  14, 

1839- 

Feb. 

II, 

1879. 

March 

1    7- 

1S79. 

March 

1    8, 

1879- 

]March  ; 

[3,  1 80 1 

March 

I      , 

1879, 

In  67th 

year. 

April 

9, 

J879. 

April 

16, 

1879, 

June  9, 

1809. 

April 

20, 

1879, 

Nov.  28, 

1835- 

May 

7, 

1879, 

April  2C 

).  1S08. 

Dec.  29,  1878. 

28  yrs.  10  mos.  16  da. 

43  years. 


May  14,  1879, 

May  15,  1879, 

May  19,  1879, 

May  20,  1879. 

May  25,  1879. 

June  10.  1879. 

June  13.  1879. 


June     25,  1879,     June  4,  1877. 


320 


NAMES. 


HISTORY    OF  OLD  TKNNENT. 

DATE  OF  Bl'KIAI..  AGE. 


Mary  E.  (Quackenbush)  :\Ic- 

Elwaine,  wid.  Chas.  H. 
Child  of  Long.street  Vaughn. 
Mis.s  Nette  Haley, 
Eliza  J.  Hawxhurst,  d.  Charles. 
George  Morgan  Reid.  only  s. 

Henry  E.  &  Loui.se, 
Henry  Harding  Covvart,  .s.  Ivnoch 

L.  Jr.  &  Mary  E., 
Mary  Kennedy,  w.  Thomas, 
Child  of  J.  H.  Riddle. 
Robert  Roy  Mount, 
Mulford  Griffiths, 
Child  of  John  Herman, 
John  ]M.  McClees, 
Frank  Herbert, 
JOvSiah  Smith, 
Jane  Clayton,  w.  Calvin  S., 
Child  of  Charle.s  McElwain, 
Lydia  (Conover)  Craig,  w. 

Wm.  H., 
Child  of  John  Emmons, 

Mrs.  Vanhise, 

Eliza  Conover,  w.  vSidney, 

William  C.  Reid, 

Infant  son  of  C.  A.  &  E.  F. 

Shultz,  of  N.  v., 

Jane  Forman.  \v.  Thomas, 

Child  of  Will  Laird, 

Child  of  .Samuel  Craig. 

Child  of  Benjaniin  Reid, 

Experience  Magee, 

Miss  Addie  Congdon, 

Child  of  John  Quackenbush, 

Miss  Maria  Scudder, 

Elizabeth  (Laird)  Yoorhees,  vv. 
Stephen, 

Mrs.  Joseph  Stephenson, 

Jeannette  (Moreau)  Conover  w. 
W    Craig, 

Wife  of  Thomas  Rue, 

Mary  S.  McClees,  d.  John  M.  c*<: 
Mary  A., 


July  14,  1H79. 

July  17,  1879. 

July  19,  1879, 

July  23,  1879. 

Aug.      2,  1879, 

Aug.  3,  1879, 
Aug.  14,  1879. 
Aug.  16.  1879, 
Aug.  22,  1879. 
Aug.  28,  1879. 
Sep.  I,  1879. 
9,  1879, 
10,  1879. 
20,  1879, 
27,  1879, 
12,  1879. 


Sep. 
Sep. 
Sep. 
Sep. 
Oct. 


Oct. 

Nov. 

Nov. 

Nov. 

Nov. 


15.  1^79' 

J,  1879. 

6,  1879 

II,  1879, 

18,  1879. 


Dec.  3,  1879. 
Dec.  10,  1879. 
Dec.  II,  1879. 

I,  1880. 

8,  1880. 

4,  1880. 
12,  1880, 
Feb.  17,  1880. 
Mar.       I,  1880, 


Aug.  20,  1841 . 

April  10.  1878. 

i3mos. 

Jan.  1,  1879. 

43  yrs.     I  mo.     26  da, 

July  9,  1828. 
61  yrs.    9  mos.  11  da. 
Feb.  24,  1S28. 
iSIarch  27,  1830. 
June  24,  1805. 
Nov.  30,  1879. 


Jan. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Feb 


Mar.  6,  1880, 

Mar.  13,  1880. 

Apr.  24,  1880, 

Apr.  28,  i88u. 


July  3,  1858. 
In  85th  year. 
March  3,  1794. 

June  18,  1855. 


May       1,  1880,     28  yrs.  i  mo.       16  da. 


APPENDIX. 


321 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


Child  of  George  Vader, 
Mrs.  Margaret  McElwain, 
Child  of  Thomas  Rue, 
Wife  of  George  Morris, 
Sarah  Coupland, 
Child  of  Franklin  Young, 
Hannah  Brown,  vv.  Forman, 
Child  of  Samuel  Vanhise, 
Sarah  F.  Van  Horn,  w.  Joseph, 
Charles  Abrahams,  judge, 
James  A.  Brown,  s.  John  D. 

&  Ann, 
Susan  D.  (Dey)  Cla3ton,  w. 

Taylor  S  , 
Jennie  A.  Herbert,  d.  John  & 

Maria, 
Child  of  Peter  Hagaman, 
Wife  of  Peter  Hagaman, 
Miles  McDermott, 
William  Breece, 
Samuel  Dey, 
Child  of  Charles  Perrine, 
Mary  M.  (Mount)  Craig,  w. 

John  \V., 
Mrs.  Sherman, 

Frankie  Roberts,  s.  Austin  & 

Hettie, 
Mabel  Reid,  only  d.  Henry  E. 

&  Louise, 
Miss  Lydia  Perrine, 
Mrs.  Ely  Conover,  wid.  Wicoff, 
Grand  child  of  George  Thompson, 
Peter  Moreau, 
Grandchild  of  Allen  Quacken- 

bush , 
James  English,  eldest  s.  John  & 

Mary, 
Rhoda  A.  Quackenbush, 
James  Breese, 
David  Craig, 
Child  of  William  Smith, 
Rev.  C.  F.  Worrell,  D.  D., 
Catharine  Gordon,  w.  Wm.  C, 


May 

2, 

1880. 

May 

20, 

1880. 

May 

25. 

1880. 

June 

6, 

1S80. 

June 

22, 

1880, 

82  years. 

July 

8, 

1880. 

July 

, 

1880, 

May  28,  1813 

July 

16, 

1880. 

July 

2^], 

18F0. 

Born  1807. 

July 

27. 

1880. 

July  29 

Aug.  3 

Aug.  7 

Aug.  12 

Aug.  14 

Sep.  2 

Sep.  3 

Sep.  9 

Sep.  9 


Sep.     II 
Sep.     16 

Sep.     22 


Oct. 
Oct. 
Nov. 


4 

26 


Nov.    28 
Dec.       5 


Jan. 


8 


1880, 

1880, 

1880, 
1880. 
18S0. 
1880, 
1880. 
1880. 
1880. 

1880, 
1880. 


Nov.  12,  1813. 
Nov.  25,  1847. 
20  yrs.  10  mos.  25  da. 

78  3'rs.  lo  mos.  19  da. 
Jan.  30,  1841. 


1880,  May  9,  1880. 


1880, 
1880, 
1880, 
1880. 
1880. 

1 881. 


4  days. 
May  10,  1797. 
90  yrs.  2  mos. 


Jan. 

II, 

18S1, 

April  18,  1824 

Jan. 

, 

1881, 

March  7,  1798. 

Jan. 

20, 

188 1. 

Jan. 

24- 

1881. 

Jan. 

24, 

188 1. 

Jan. 

3^. 

1881, 

In  77th  year. 

Feb. 

I, 

1 88 1, 

80  yrs.  10  da. 

322 


HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


Rev.  Archi])ald  P.  Cohlj,  ])astor 

of  Old  Tennent, 
Georjje  vS    \Vi>ndluill,  judge, 
Joseph  Alkn  Mdieau,  s.  Peter  J. 

&  Margaret. 
Child  of  Joseph  N'anhise, 
Arthur  Coo{)tr  Rue,  s.  D.  R., 
George  Spafford  ]\IcChesney, 
Su.sanuah  Hayward,  \v.  James, 
Child  of  Charles  Ervin. 
H.  Louise  Craig,  vv.  C.  .\ugustus, 
Loui.'-a  Rue,  \v.  James, 
Child  ot  of  James  Brown. 
Howard  VanDyke  Reid,  s.  W.  V. 

&  Letitia  S., 
Martha  Perrine, 
Child  of  Vandoren  Mount, 
Ira  W.  Clark,  s.  Andrew  & 

Susan  M., 
Wife  of  Joseph  H.  Vanhise, 
Catherine  B.  Kennedy,  w.  Squire, 
Child  of Green,  grand-child 

of  John  Gordon, 
Child  of  Rdward  Rogers, 
Joseph  H.  Miller, 
IClizabeth  Lavange, 
William  W.  Combs, 
Mary  Ann  Naylor,  w.  Jacob, 
Cornelius  Perrine, 
Eliza  (Herbert)  Loyd,  w.  Joseph, 
Mary  K.  Roberts,  d.  Matt.  eSiJane, 
Cora  McDonnel, 
Daughter  of  John  H.  Boice, 
Conover  Gordon, 
W'illiam  D.  Herbert, 
F;iizabeth  (Smith)  Ely,  w.  Enoch, 
Wife  of  James  Martin, 
Lizzie  B.  Combs,  d.  Joseph  i!s: 

Lydia  M., 
Joseph  Preston. 
Susanna  S.  (Reid)  Applegate,  w. 

fiilbert, 
William  W.  Woodhnll,  Jr., 


Feb. 

, 

1881, 

Nov.  9,  1S21 . 

ISIar. 

8, 

1881. 

Mar. 

1 88 1, 

Dec.  8,  1850 

Mar. 

24. 

1 88 1. 

April 

6, 

1 88 1, 

Nov.  12,  187S. 

May 

3- 

1881, 

Co.  A.  28th  N.  J.  Inf. 

May 

8, 

1S81, 

Dec.  9,  1803. 

May 

12, 

1 88 1. 

May 

14. 

18S1, 

March  20,  1830. 

May 

23. 

1S81, 

Oct.  14,  1841. 

June 

18, 

1 88  J. 

June 

25. 

]88i, 

June  14,  1866. 

July 

6, 

1881. 

July 

6, 

1 88 1. 

Aug. 

5. 

18S1, 

23  yrs.  8  nios.  4  da. 

Aug. 

6, 

1881. 

Aug. 

9. 

1881. 

Born  1806. 

Aug. 

12, 

1881. 

Aug. 

13. 

1881. 

Aug. 

15. 

188  [. 

Sep. 

4. 

1881. 

Sep. 

II, 

188 1. 

38  yrs.  2  mos.  15  da. 

Sep. 

28, 

1 88 1, 

Sep,  16,  1796. 

Oct. 

7< 

1 88 1. 

Oct. 

16, 

1S81, 

Feb.  12,  1831. 

Oct. 

26, 

1S81, 

In  46th  year. 

Oct. 

27. 

1 88 1. 

Nov. 

3. 

1881, 

Nov. 

22, 

188  r. 

Dec. 

17- 

1 88 1, 

76  yrs.  I  mo.  6  da. 

Jan. 

12, 

1S82, 

July  13,  1813. 

Jan. 

14. 

1SS2. 

Jan. 

iS, 

1SS2, 

10  yrs.  r4  da. 

Feb. 

4. 

1882, 

March  21,  1805. 

I<eb. 

9. 

1S82, 

March  26,  1806. 

Eeb. 

I  I , 

1SS2. 

APPENDIX. 


323 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


Amanda  Sanford,  w.  Wm.  A., 

Kate  Elliott,  d.  Wm., 

Alexander  IMurray, 

Child  of  Francis  Kennedy, 

Jacob  Naylor, 

Ann  Amelia  (VanSchoick)  Brown, 

w.  James  K. 
Wife  of  John  Trotter, 
Ellen  (Bowne)  Hartshorne,  \v. 

Esek, 
Alice  Ann  (Chambers)  Clayton, 

wid.  James  I., 
James  Croxson, 
Widow  of  Wm.  Herbert, 
Lizzie  Van  Mater, 
Margaret  (Matchet)  McElwain, 

w.  Jonathan, 
Mrs.  Catherine  Kennedy, 
Child  of  Ed.  Rogers, 
Benjamin  Leflferson, 
Mary  (Beekman)  Titus,  colored, 
Mrs.  Murray, 

Hannah  Conover,  wid.  Alexander, 
Child  of  John  Hagerman, 
Anne  Benson  Stuart,  w.  Wm., 
Ann  C.  (\'oorhees)  Matchet,  w. 

Chas.  J., 
John  Conover  Forman, 
Charles  Craig, 
Georgianna  McElwain, 
Mary  (Craig)  Vanschoick,  w. 

Saml.  H. 
Child  of  Charles  Perrine, 
IMarianna  (Clayton)  Miller,  d. 

Joel  &  Margaret  Clayton, 
Margaret  Conover,  w.  Daniel  D., 
Gilbert  McDermott, 
Child  of  Thomas  Roberts, 
Daniel  Mann,  M.  D., 
Mr.  Rickson, 

Cap.  James  J.  R.  Magee, 
Child  of  Thomas  Potter, 
Child  of  Leonard  Applegate, 


Mar. 

3- 

1882, 

April  19,  1847. 

Mar. 

17. 

1882, 

July  4,  1862. 

Mar. 

29. 

18S2. 

Mar. 

29. 

1882. 

Apr. 

6, 

1882, 

Feb.  18,  1800. 

Apr. 

15- 

1882, 

Nov  25,  1848. 

April 

26, 

1882. 

May 

I, 

1882, 

Feb.  8,  1814. 

May 

3' 

1882, 

Sep.  10,  1811. 

May 

15. 

1882, 

Jan.  28,  1809. 

May 

19. 

1882. 

May 

20, 

1882. 

May 

25. 

1882, 

Jan.  16,  1795. 

June 

9. 

1882, 

75  yrs.  I  mo.   6  da 

June 

13, 

1882. 

June 

17. 

1882, 

72  yrs.  5  mos.  14  da 

July 

II, 

1882, 

Sep.  II,  1809. 

Aug. 

3. 

1882, 

Aug. 

9. 

1882, 

62  yrs.  8  mos.  3  da 

Aug. 

24, 

1882. 

Aug. 

29, 

1882, 

Dec.  28,  1824. 

Aug. 

30, 

1882, 

Dec.  23,  1815. 

Sep. 

2, 

1882, 

Oct.  5,  1800. 

Sep. 

3, 

1882, 

8834:  years. 

Sep. 

s, 

1882. 

Sep 

23- 

1882, 

Dec.  6,  1794. 

Sep. 

24, 

1882. 

Sep. 

30 

1882, 

INIarch  14,  i860. 

Oct. 

5. 

1882, 

83  years. 

Oct. 

9. 

1882, 

July  28,  1846. 

Oct. 

10, 

1882. 

Oct. 

13. 

1882, 

Dec.  26,  1803. 

Oct. 

14, 

1882. 

Oct. 

16, 

1882, 

75  yrs.  10  mos.  3  da 

Oct. 

24, 

1882. 

Oct. 

26, 

1882. 

324 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMK.S. 


DATE  OF  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


Florence  Johnson,  d.  Clias.  R.  iS: 

Eninia  M. 
Lizzie  Ker, 
James  B.  Emmons, 
Anna  M.  Paxton,  w.  Edward, 
Wife  of  Holmes  Bennett, 
Wife  of  John  H.  McElwain. 
Addison  H.  Voorhees,  s.  John  M. 

&  Sarah  S., 
Lewis  ^lajjahan, 
Child  of  John  H.  (ieary, 
Robert  Gnnson,  s.  Alexander 

&Jane, 
Child  of  W.  H.  Rogers, 
Richard  Fleming, 
James  M.  Benson, 
Mrs.  Carson, 

Eliza  Ann  Burtt,  w.  Jacob  O.  Sr., 
Thomas  Combs  Gulick, 
George  B.  Chafey, 
Jacob  S.  Rue,  Sr., 
Olive  Naylor,  d.  James  H.  & 

Rhoda  A., 
William  Legget, 
Child  of  Joseph  West, 
Abbie  Voorhees  Forman,  vv.  (iarret, 
Sarah  E.  (Abrams)  Mount, 

w.  John  R., 
Charles  V,.  Bedle,  s.  Francis  & 

Josephine, 
Daughter  of  Peter  Hagaman, 
Jane  A.  (Pike)  Congdon,  \v. 

\Vm.  B., 
John  T.  Conover, 
Joseph  C.  Conover, 
Wife  of  Jonathan  Emmons, 
Louise  (Morgan)  Reid,  w. 

Henry  E., 
Son  of  James  Emmons, 
Mrs.  Scoby, 

Child  of  Alfred  Perrine, 
Wesley  Holmes  Mackelvaine,  s. 

Robert, 


Oct. 

26, 

1882. 

Dec.  25,  1 88 1. 

Dec. 

14- 

1882. 

Dec. 

19- 

1882. 

Dec. 

20, 

1882, 

Dec.  17,  t8i6. 

Dec. 

30. 

1882. 

Feb. 

5' 

1883. 

Feb. 

8. 

1883, 

Mar.  28,  1861. 

Feb. 

'3. 

1883. 

Feb. 

14. 

1883 

Feb. 

^7. 

1883. 

17  years. 

Feb. 

20, 

1883. 

Mar. 

6, 

T883, 

Oct.  5.  1817. 

Mar. 

1883, 

Oct.  14,  1850. 

Mar. 

16, 

1883. 

Mar. 

19. 

1883, 

Aug.  16,  181 1. 

Mar. 

21, 

1883, 

May  3,  1793. 

Mar. 

22, 

1883. 

April 

2, 

1883. 

Oct.  25,  i8to. 

April 

2, 

1883, 

Sep.  17,  1878. 

April 

6, 

1883. 

April 

9. 

1883. 

April 

15. 

1883, 

Sep.  18,  1830. 

April 

16, 

1883, 

44  yrs.  7  mos. 

24  da 

Apr. 

21 , 

1883, 

Oct.  9,  1882. 

April 

25. 

1883. 

April 

29. 

1883, 

Oct.  8,  1802. 

Ma}' 

5. 

1883, 

81  yrs.  3  mos. 

5  fla. 

May 

7. 

1883, 

June  28,  18 18. 

May 

9. 

1883. 

May 

13- 

1S83. 

May 

29, 

1883. 

July 

31, 

1883. 

Aug. 

13. 

1883. 

Aug. 

19. 

1883, 

17  yrs.  6  mos. 

APPENDIX. 


325 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


I, 

2, 


Wycoft^  McCees,  s.  John  M.  & 

Mary  A.,  Aug.    21,  1S83, 
Mary  F.  Conover,  d.  Crarret  B. 

&  Lydia,  Sep.       5, 

Child  of  Gilbert  Couover,  Sep.     13, 
Jesse  Lee  Bo\'ce,  s.  Richard  A. 

&  Mary  L.,  Sep.      18, 

Eleanor  M.  Weeden,  d.  Wm.  H.,  Sep.     iS, 

Alfred  Richard  van  Zeller,  Sep.     22,, 

Child  of  Benjamin  Quackenbush,  Sep.     28, 

Harriet  (Reid)  Jewell,  \v.  John  R.,  Nov.      5, 
Elizabeth  A.  Conover,  d.  Elias  C. 

&  Jane  A.  L.,  Dec. 

Mrs  Julia  E.   Throckmorton  Jan. 

Pamelia  Errickson  Cross,  Feb. 

Child  of  Ed.  Rogers,  Feb. 

Peter  G.  Hunsinger,  Feb. 

Child  of  Elias  Boyse,  Feb. 
Dewitt  Cohen  Reid,  s.  Elijah  M. 

&  Catherine  A.,  Mar. 

Child  of  John  Woodhull,  Mar. 
Margaret  M.  (Smith)  Emmons, 

w.  David,  Mar. 

George  H.  Rue,  s.  Thomas,  April 

Mrs.  James  H.  Bowd,  April 

William  H.  Weeden,  April 

Child  of  George  Clayton,  April 

Rhoda  R.  (Laird)  Reid,  w.  Leonard,  May 

Kate  McChesney,  wid.  G.  vS.,  May 

Child  of  Edward  Perrine,  June 

Wife  of  John  L-  N.  Stratton,  June 

Child  of  Stephen  Vanpelt,  July 

Child  of  J.  L.  N.  Stratton,  July 
George  W.  Stultz,  s.  Cornelius  E. 

&  Estella,  July     22, 

David  L  Vanderveer,  July     25, 

Joseph  V.  Clayton,  July     30, 
Elizabeth  B.  Forraan,  wid. 

Richard  T.,  Aug.      5, 

Mrs.  Benjamin  Dey,  Aug.      7, 

Child  of  W.  C.  Field,  Aug.    13, 

Allen  P.  Ouakenbush,  Aug.    16, 

Child  of  Abe  Emmons,  Aug.    23, 


12, 
7. 

14. 

17. 

19- 
5. 

24- 
9. 

22, 

7. 
14. 


883 
883 

883 

883 
883, 
883 
883 

883 
884 
884 
884 
884 
884 

884 
884, 

884 
884 
884 
884 

844 
S84 
884 
S84 
884 
884 
8S4, 

884, 
884 
884 

884 
884 
884 
884, 

884 


26  3-rs.     7  mos. 
Dec.  10,  1795. 


May  18,  i860. 
April  2,  t86i. 
March  20,  1848. 

May  20,  1802. 

Dec.  14,  1854. 
Jan.  25,  1854. 
Nov.  20,  1841. 

Dec.  13,  1817. 


Dec.  5,  1883. 

Oct.  14,  1844. 

June  25,  1809. 
Aug.  5,  1852. 


Jan.  13,  1S84. 
April  19,  1806. 
July  10,  183 1. 

July  9,  1808. 


June  25,  1818, 


326 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMKS. 


DATE  OF  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


Miss  Aletta  J.  Karle, 

Essie  M.  Bergen,  d.  Louis  R.  & 

Louisa  R., 
Cornelia  Magee,  d.  James  R.  & 

Klizabeth, 
Mar}-  Ann  Fornian,  d.  John  B.  & 

HopeB., 
Mary  Ann  Barcalow,  d.  Richard 

&  Margaret, 
Child  of  Joel  ClaNton, 
Alice  Reid, 
Eliza  McElwain, 
Joel  T.  Clayton, 
Mary  Johnson, 
Jacob  Smith, 


Catharine  Amanda  English,  d. 

John  &  Mary, 
Rufina  Z.  Opfermann,  d.  Conrad 

&  Amelea, 
Child  of  ]\L'irtin  J.  Leaman,  colored, 
Mary  E.  Vanschoick,  w.  Peter  B., 
Samuel  Stokes,  Sr., 
Peter  G.  Conover, 
Margaret  Hays, 
James  Elliott, 

Joseph  Ely, 

Frances  Amanda  Reid,  d.  VVm. 

V.  &  LetitiaS., 
Sebastian  Sedler, 
Child  of  Ellvvood  Reid, 
Euphemia  Johnston, 
William  B.  Congdon, 
Esther  Brovver,  wid.  Daniel, 
Child  of  Lambertson, 

Ed.  Rogers, 

Okerson  S.  Davison,  s.  George, 
Mary  S.Jewell,  d.  Chas.  S.  & 

Catharine  A., 


Aug.    25,  1884. 


Sep. 

12, 

IS84, 

2  yrs.  II  mos.  25  da. 

Oct. 

2 

1884, 

Feb.  g,  1839. 

Oct. 

1  I. 

.884, 

April  23,  1812. 

Oct. 

17- 

1884, 

76  yrs.  8  mos.  28  da, 

Oct. 

20, 

1884. 

Nov. 

s, 

1884. 

Nov. 

TO, 

1884. 

Nov. 

14- 

1884, 

June  21,  1822. 

Nov. 

18, 

1884. 

Nov. 

1884, 

A  soldier  in  the  Mexi 

can  War,  &  in  the 
American  Civil 
War.       Co.    A.    28 
N.  J.  Vols. 


Dec. 

9. 

1884, 

April  12 

,  1822. 

Dec. 

26, 

1884. 

Dec.  10, 

1880. 

Dec. 

29. 

:S84. 

Jan. 

4- 

IH85, 

Feb.  12, 

1832. 

Jan. 

7' 

1885, 

Sep.  I,  ] 

[814. 

Jan. 

12, 

1885. 

J  ad. 

25. 

1885. 

Feb. 

17. 

i88,s. 

Nov.  12, 

1840. 

Co  A, 

6  Reg 

.N.J. 

Vol. 

Feb. 

23. 

1885. 

Mar. 

4, 

1885, 

21  yrs. 

5  mos. 

18  da, 

March  6, 

1885, 

Jan.  20, 

1825. 

March 

^23, 

1885. 

March  26, 

1885, 

87  yrs. 

3  mos. 

28  da. 

March  26, 

1885, 

June  5, 

1805. 

March  28, 

1885, 

84  yrs. 

3  mos. 

22  da, 

April 

14, 

1885. 

April 

16, 

1885. 

April 

22, 

1885. 

April 

30, 

1885. 

APPENDIX. 


327 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


George  D.  Tracy, 

Ellen  McChesney, 

Andrew  V.  Morton, 

Mary  Anna  Fleming,  d.  Craig  C. 

&  Maggie, 
Child  of  James  Hye, 
William  Brown, 
Nathaniel  H  Bennett, 
Matthew  Burke,  s.  E.  V.  & 

Mary  E., 
Wife  of  Benjamin  Naylor, 
Child  of  Leonard  Applegate, 
Child  of  John  Hagerman, 
Child  of  Henry  Harle, 
Wife  of  Leonard  Applegate, 
Child  of  EHas  Boyse, 
George  Gustavus  Cross, 
Catharine  (Conover)  Bugbee,  w. 

Luther  D., 
Joseph  T.  Clavton, 
Wife  of  John  Rue, 
Son  of  John  W.  Kuhnke, 
Miss  Catharine  Ann  Tyson, 
Miss  Louisa  Conover, 
Walter  M.  Combs, 
Evelina  Belmont  McLean,  wid. 

Rev.  D.  v.,  died  in  Winfield, 

W.  Va,. 
Wife  of  Isaiah  Reeves,  colored, 
Rebecca  C.  Reid, 
Mrs.  Caroline  Gordon, 
David  Vanschoick, 
James  Hay  ward. 
Daughter  of  John  Woodhull, 
Thomas  Dey, 
Widow  of  Joseph  Clark, 
Garret  B.  Conover, 
Lavinia   Perrine, 
Wife  of  Leaman,  colored. 

Child  of  Pearce, 

Sarah  (Herbert)  Poole,  w.  Wm.J., 
Wife  of  John  Gerry, 
William  G.  Denise, 


May       5,  1885,     Feb.  8,  1832. 

May       9,  1885. 

June  29,  1885,     Oct.  12.  1827. 

July  12,  1885,     Dec.  22,  1884. 

July  23,   1885. 

July  25,  1885. 

July  28,  1885. 

Aug.      9,  1885,       7  mos.    8  da. 

Aug.      9.  1885. 

Aug.  18,  1885. 

Aug.  19,  1885. 

Aug.  20,  1885. 

Aug.  30,  1885. 

Sep.        5,  1885. 

Sep.  25,  18S5,     Feb.  13,  1856. 

Oct.  17,  1885,     March  4,  1841. 

Nov.       7,  1885,     86  yrs.    3  mos.     2  da. 

Nov.  20,  1885. 

Dec.       I,  1885. 

Dec.       7.  1885,     Jan.  5,  1808. 

Jan.  18,  1886,     Aug.  17,  1812. 

Jan.  ,  1886,     Dec.  20,  1885. 


P'eb.  26,  18S6,     83  yrs. 
March    8,  1886. 

Mar.  II,  1886,      Feb.  9.  1830. 

Mar.  29,  18S6. 

Apr.  18,  1886,      May  6.  1826. 

Apr.  28,  1886,     May  11,  1801. 

May  5,  1886. 

May  9,  18S6,     Oct.  3,  1808. 

May  10,  1886. 

May  18,  1886,     Oct.  24,  1811. 

May  25,  1886. 

May  29,  1886. 

June  5,  1886. 

June  28,  1886,     April  11,  1833. 

July  21,  1886. 

July  4,  1886,     85  yrs.    9  mos.  25  da. 


328 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

NAMICS.  DATE  OF  HURIAL.  AGE. 


James  A.  VanDoren,  <)nl\-  s. 
Jonathan  R.  &  Achsah  A., 
Wife  of  Kly  Clinton, 
John  L.  Reid, 
William  P.  Brown, 
Phebe  D.  Croxson,  w.  Jamts, 
Elizabeth  V.  Laird, 
Thorn a.s  Herbert, 
Rachel  (Combs)  McDermoU.  w. 
Miles, 

Laird, 
John  Baird,  colored. 
Child  of  John  Paxton, 
Son  of  Thomas  Elliott, 
Edith  Agnes  Conover  d.  M.  Ten- 

nent  &  Anna  Morrelle, 
Thomas  Clayton, 
Wife  of  John  Stillvvell, 
Child  of  Will  Stillwell, 
Child  of  Wm.  I.  C.  Davison, 
Child  of  George  Clayton, 
Calvin  S.  Clayton, 
Alfred  Dusendorf, 
Dorothy  A.  Stont,  vv.  J.  Bnrtis, 
John  T.  Duncan, 
Anna  (LaRue)  Shotwell,  w. 

Edmund, 
John  Thomas  Roberts, 
Luther  D.  Bugbee, 
Eliza  (Ely)  Abrahams,  w.John  W. 
Daniel  I.  Sanford,  dentist, 
Patrick  C  McGuire, 
WoodhuU  R.  Conover,  s.  Wm.  T. 

&  Hannah  E., 
James  Voorhees, 
Child  of  Thomas  Clayton, 
Maria  B   (Covert)  Hnnsinger,  vv. 

Peter  G., 
Mary  Ann  Reid,  w.  David  R.. 
Child  of  Kunckel, 

Child  of  Denise  Herbert, 
Child  of  Kunckel, 

Daughter  of  Joseph  Perrine, 


July  II,   iSS6.  Dec.  30,  186S. 

Jul>-  19,  i'SS6. 

Julv  26,   1SS6,  (^ct.  20,  1S40. 

July  ,  1SS6,  Jan.  29,  1837. 

Aug.  ,  1H86,  March  13,  1805. 

Sep.  8,  1886,  Oct.  4,  1847. 

Sep  27,  1886. 

Sep.      27,  1886,     78  yrs.  24  da. 

1886. 
Oct.  2,  1886. 
Nov.  7,  18S6. 
Dec.        3,  1886. 

Dec.         ,  1886,     Aug.  II.  1885. 

Dec.  13.  1886. 

Dec.  14,  1886. 

Dec.  18,  1886. 

Dec.  22,  1886. 

Dec.  29,   1886. 

Jan.  I,  1887,     Feb.  4,  1830. 

Jan.  6,  1887. 

Jan.  ,  1887,     May  5,  1807. 

Jan.  31,  18S7,     Nov.  12,  1812. 

Feb.      17,  18S7,  Dec.  5,  1815. 
Feb.      19,  1887. 

Mar.       I,  1887,  Jan.  12,  1824. 

,   Mar.     22,  1887,  Nov.  19,  1801. 

April     4,  1887,  Nov.  9,  1809. 

April        ,  18S7,  78  years. 

April       ,  1887,     Jan.  15,  1854. 
May       8,  1887. 
June       6,   1887. 


Feb.  28,  1816. 

84  yrs.    6  mos.    5  da. 


July 

5. 

1887, 

May 

, 

1887, 

July 

15. 

1887. 

July 

15. 

1887. 

July 

20, 

1887. 

July 

26, 

18S7. 

APPENDIX.  329 

NAMES.  DATE  OF  BURIAL.  AGE. 

Ella  Conover,  d.  Daniel  B.  iS: 

Margaret,  Jt-ily      26,  1887.     iS  yr.s.  ir  inos.  25  dri. 

Miss  Catherine  Magee,  Aug.      6,  1887. 

Child  of  Stephen  Vanpelt,  July         ,  1887. 

James  H.  Laird,  Aug.    11,  1887,     June  27,  1827. 

Charles  T.  Baker,  Aug.    15,  1887,     April  26,  1807. 
Child  of  John  Magahan,  1887. 

Albert  G.  Davison,  s.  Charles,  Sep.      13,  1887,     Dec.  22,  1874. 

Mrs.  William  Hartshorne,  vSep.      13,  1887. 
Thomas  Floyd  Conover,  s.  John 

S.  &  Rachel  H.,  Oct.        5,  1887,       Maicli  12,  1887. 

Wife  of  James  Pa.xton,  Ocl.      31,  18S7. 

John  Bowne,  Nov.       i,  1887. 

Mrs.  John  Hagerman,  Nov.      7,  1887. 

Lewis  Soden,  Nov.     10,  1887. 

Child  of  Elias  Quackenlnish,  Nov.    19,  1887. 

Daughter  of  Charles  Soden,  Nov.    28,  1887. 

W.  A.  Masters,  Dec.       8,  1887. 

Theodore  Couriers  Masters,  Dec.       8,  1887. 

Miss  Wilson,  Dec.      18,  1887. 

Robert  Murray,  Dec.     18,  1887. 

Gilbert  W.  Solomon,  Dec.     19,  1887,     Sep.  15,  1824. 

Margaret  Smith,  Jan.       5,  1888, 
Cornelia  Barkalovv,  d.  Richard 

&  Margaret,  Jan.      12,  1888,     76  3-rs.    9  mos.  19  da. 

Joseph  Quackenbush,  Jan.      26,  1888. 

Mrs.  Joseph  H.  Van  Mater,  Jan.      26,  1888. 
Katherine  Anderson,  wid.  John  v.,   Jan.      26,  18S8,     June  7,  1800. 

William  T.  Kennedy,  Jan.      31,  1888,     born  1808. 

Daughter  of  Wm.  Kenned^-,  Jan.      31,  1888. 
Clemence  S.  Combs.  \v.  Wm.  S.,       Feb.       4,  1888,     Sep.  27,  1813. 

Jacob  W.  Quackenbush,  Feb.       7,  1S88,     Dec.  3,  1808. 

Peter  W.  Stevens,  March  19,  1888,     April  5,  1843. 

Sarah  T.  Reid,  w.  Wm.  H.,  March  20,  1888,     In  70th  Near, 

a  German,  a  pauper,  March  31,  1888. 

Maurinus  Bowne,  April     5.  1888. 

Wife  of  Baird  Perrine,  April   2t^,  1888. 
Christina  VanCleaf,  w.  Stephen  A.,    April   2-],  1888.     Oct.  29,  1845. 

Child  of  Josephine  Laird,  May       i,  1888. 

Wifeof  James  H.  Riddle,  May     13,1888. 

Wife  of  Joseph  Lewi.s,  May     16,  1888. 
Son  of  Theodore  &  Hannah 

Conover,  April    18.  1888. 


330 


HISTORY   OF  OIJ)  TENNENT. 


NAMES. 


UATK  OF  BURIAL. 


ACE. 


Joseph  Lloyd, 

Deformed  child  of  Hoice, 

Lizzie  ^L  Rlortinier,  w.  Jason  M. 

&  d.  Will.  &  Catherine  lilliott, 
Geors^e  Phile, 

Grand-child  of  Jas.  Combs, 
David  T.  Meeker. 
Clarence  H.  Combs,  s.  Charles, 
David  Clark  Perrine, 
Grand- child  of  Thomas  Clayton, 
Mrs.  Hezekiah  Mount, 
Cornelius  D.  Applegate, 
Son  of  Elmer  Roberts, 
Mrs.  Main. 

]\Iargaret  A.  Hay  ley, 
Marie  E.  Combs, 
Child  of  Amos  Elmer, 
Child  of  Jas.   Naylor, 
Benjamin  B.  Van  Cleve, 
Child  of  Sheriff  Pick, 
Child  of  Arthur  Gravatt, 
John  B.  Perrine, 
Crawford  C^ordon, 
John  Roberts, 
James  L  Voorhees, 
Child  of  Augustus  Sanford, 
Cirand-child  of  J.  J.  Perrine, 
(iordon  S.  Conover, 
Wife  of  Pvllison  Clinton, 
Child  of  John  Kuhnke, 
Child  of  James  Holmes, 
Child  of  L.  Quackenbush, 
Elizabeth  Magee,  w.  James  R., 
Mary  (Mount)  Hays,  w.  Benjamin, 
Child  of  Sidney  limmons, 
Mrs.  Thomas  P^oberts, 
Mrs.  Caroline  (Osborn)  Solomon, 

\v.  Gilbert  W., 


May 

3' 

1S8S. 

i.iajr  lu,  iu^^. 

June 

S 

1888, 

Sep.  19,  1857. 

June 

21 

1888, 

April  2,  1815. 

June 

21 

1888. 

June 

21 

1888. 

June 

21 

1888, 

May  25,  1888. 

July 

lO 

1888, 

Oct.  20,  1816. 

July 

lO 

1888. 

July 

i6 

1888. 

July 

25 

1888, 

Dec.  2,  1821. 

July 

25 

1888. 

July 

27 

1888. 

July 

30 

1888. 

Aug. 

1888, 

Oct.  30,  1887. 

Aug. 

17 

1 888. 

Aug. 

21 

1888. 

Aug. 

30 

1888, 

March  22,   1806. 

Nov. 

12 

1 888. 

Oct. 

19 

1888. 

Nov. 

18 

1888, 

55  yrs.  2  mos.  4  da 

Nov. 

20 

1888. 

Nov. 

22 

1888. 

Nov. 

30 

1888, 

Oct.  7,  1801. 

Dec. 

3 

,  1888, 

Dec. 

4 

1888, 

Dec. 

29 

1888, 

May  20,  1840. 

Jan. 

6 

1889. 

Jan. 

12 

1889. 

Jan. 

26 

,  1889. 

Eeb. 

6 

,  1889. 

1889, 

Jul}-  3,  1809. 

Feb. 

1889, 

Jan.  27,  1802. 

Mar. 

3 

,  1889. 

Mar. 

6 

1889. 

Mar.     13,  1889,     Apr.    27,  1832. 


The  following  is  the  record  of  burials  kept  b\-  John  B.  Snyder,  sexton 
NA.MES.  DATE  OF  BURIAL.  AGE. 


Child  (^r  James  McCall, 
Son  of  B.  C.  Preston, 


April      7,  1889. 
April     II   1889. 


APPENDIX. 


331 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


Enoch  L.  Cowart, 

Sarah  INI.  (Van  Mater)  Scobey,  w. 

Holmes, 
John  N.  Combs, 
Margaret  (Snyder)  Onackenbush, 

w.  Jacob  W., 
Annie  E.  Baker,  d.  Chas.  T.  & 

Mary, 
Mr.  Zimmerman, 

Daughter  of  F.  Kennedy, 
Son  of  Mrs.  Rogers, 

Flossie  Burke,  d.  E.  V.  &  Mary  E., 
Henry  Trusler  Lloyd,  s.  John  Jr. 

&  Mary  Trusler, 
Child  of  James  Rue, 
Pamelia  (Errickson)  Cross,  w. 

Wm.  H., 
Mrs.  Helena  Phile, 
Jacob  Suydam, 
Mary  Alice  Quackenbush,  vv. 

Peter  H . , 
Leanor  Hagerman, 
Mrs.  Susan  Meeker, 
Ellen  A.  (Sickels)  Roberts,  w. 

Thomas, 
Child  of  John  Hagerman, 
Andrew  S.  Sickles, 
Carrie  A.  Sutphin,  d.  Wm.  B.  & 

Hannah  E-, 
Miss  E.  B.  Hope, 
Albert  Bowne, 
Mrs.  Jacob  Suydam, 
Child  of  Edward  V.  Burk, 
Hannah  H.  (Schenck)  Conover, 

W.John  W.  H., 
Child  of  Joseph  H.  Odell, 
Elias  Herbert, 
Sarah  L.  (White)  Applegate,  w. 

Charles, 
William  H.  Cross, 
Matilda  S.  Conover,  w.  B.  D., 
Child  of  James  Stokes, 
George  Quackenbush, 


April   20,  1S89,     Feb.  6,  1807. 


April  22,  1889, 

.^pril  23,  1889, 

May  10,  1889, 

May  14,  1889, 

May  23,  1S89. 

June  I,  1889. 

June  13,  1889. 

June  17,  1S89, 

June  28,  1889, 

June  28,  1889. 

July  15,  1889, 

July  18,  1889, 

July  28,  1889. 

July  28,  1889, 

July  31,  1889. 


Aug:. 


;,  1889. 


Aug.  6,  18S9, 

Aug.  10,  1889. 

Oct.  23,  1889, 

Oct.  26,  1889, 

Nov.  5,  1889. 

Dec.  15,  1889. 

Jan.  I,  1890. 

Jan.  10,  1890. 

Jan.  15,  1890, 

Jan.  19,  1890. 

Jan.  20,  1890. 

Jan.  30,  1890, 

Feb.  10,  1890, 

]\Iar.  10,  1890, 

Mar.  10,  1890. 

Mar.  19,  1890, 


March  4,  1838. 
March  14,  1866. 

Nov.  II,  1821. 

July  14,  1863. 

4  days. 
Feb.  27,  1811. 


May  18,  1817. 
Nov.  6,  1815. 


Sep.  21,  1845, 

Oct.  II,  1857. 
F"eb.  27,  1832. 
April  5,  i860. 


Feb,  28,  1834. 


Oct.  26,  1823. 
Dec.  26,  1817. 
Oct.  4.  1859. 

74  yrs.  I  da. 


332  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

na:\ip:s.  date  of  burial.  age. 

John  R.  Jewell,  April  1S90,     July  17,  1S02. 

Annie  A.  Laird,  d.Joliii  S.,  April       ,  iSgo. 

Joseph  C  'riioiiipsoii,  M.  I).,  May       2,  1S90,     Oct.  23,  iSo-;. 

Jonathan  \'ailer,  ,   rSgo. 

Lydia  (Conox-er)  John.son,  \v. 

Joseph  D.,  May         ,   1S90,     Nov.  30,  1S26. 
Orvilie  F.  Sickles,  s.  Fiank  cS: 

Annie  M.,  May         ,  1890,     Marcli  i,  1S90. 
Child  of  William  Crulcliliehl,  1S90. 

vSinion  V.  I'errine,  June      9,  1890,     6-|  years. 

Lilly  Naylor,  d.  James  <S:  Khoda,  June     18,  1890,       i  year. 

.Mrs.  Matthew  Robeits,  June         ,  1890. 

William  W.  Cozzens,  Juh'        i,  1890,     Sep.  17,  1824. 

James  A.  Herbert.  July        2.  1890.     74  vears. 
Miss  Lydia  A.  Soden,  .  1890. 

Child  ofCiCorge  P.  Clayluii.  ,  1890, 

Cliild  of  William  Sutphen,  ,  1890. 

Caroline  (McIUwaine)  Pease,  \v. 

Adam  M.,  July      29,  1890,     Nov.  11.  1822. 

William  Henry  Jewell.  July      29.  1890,     Dec.  24,  1825. 
Matthias  Van  Elmer,  s.  Amos  & 

Elizabeth,  J"ly     3°.  i<^90,        i  3'r.       5  mos. 

Jacob  L    McElwaine,  Aug.    10,1890,     20  yrs. 
Child  of  Cliarles  R.  Boyce,  ,  1890. 

Pldward  Pmrk.  ,  1890. 

Luc\-  Ann  (Pease)  Clayton,  w. 

Joseph  'P.,  Sep.        2,  1890,     85  yrs.    9  mos.  17  da. 
Ale.xander  L.  Barkalow,  s.  Richard 

&  Margaret,  Sep.         ,  1890,     75  3rs.    4  mos.  13  da. 
Mrs.  Lemuel  Green,  ,  1890. 

Maggie  M.  Boyce,  d.  .'\lbert  A. 

&  Amanda  K..  ,  1890,     F'eb.  2,  1886. 

Lewis  R.  Lefferts.  ,  jSgo. 

Child  of  John  Powers,  ,  1890. 

Mary  \'.  (Lloyd)  Noble,  w. 

George  F.,  Oct.  ,  1890,     June  19,  1845. 

Lydia  Tracy,  wid.  Dennis,  Dec.         ,  1890,     Feb.  26,  1803. 
vSarah  M.  (Snyder)  Ivarhart,  w. 

Joseph,  ,   1890,     Jan.  28,  1846. 

.Maria  Antonette  M.  Wikoff,  d. 

Nathaniel  S.  <S:  ICllen  C,  Dec.     27,  1890,     Aug.  n,  1831. 

Rf)l)ert  McPUwain,  Dec.     30,  1890,     62  jrs. 
Child  of  Willi.im  A.  .Sanford,  ,  1890. 


APPENDIX.  333 

NAMES.  DATE  OF  BURIAL.  AGE. 

Sarah  J.  Waters,  Jan.        7,  1891. 

Child  of  James  IMcCall,  Jan.      15,  1S91. 
Hannah  (Conover)  Lefferson,  vv. 

Benj.,  Jan.      31,  iS')i,     Oct.  30,  1S15. 
Clifford  E.  Quackenbush,  s.  Geo. 

M.  &  Annie,  March  15,  1891,       5  ys.       nios. 

The  following  is  the  record  of  burials  ke})t  by   H.  Thompson  Conover, 
sexton  : 

NAMES.  DATE  OF  BURIAL.  AGE. 

Holmes  Bennett, 

Charles  Perrine, 

Catharine  Elliott,  \v.  William, 

Mrs.  Rhoda  Jane  Trimble, 

Mrs.  Jonathan  Forman, 

Achsah  (Carson)  Emmons,  w. 

Wm.  L., 
James  McDonald  Moreau, 
Hanna  Wikoff  Woodhull,  d.  John 

T.  the  M.  D.,  May     13,  1891, 

Elizabeth  Magee,  d.  James  R. 

&  Elizabeth, 
Mrs.  Amelia  Dafgard, 
Thomas  Elliott,  Sr  , 
Mrs.  Scott, 

Rebecca  (Bowne)  Stout,  wid. 

Scndder, 
Mrs.  Eliza  Soden, 
INIary  A.  Perrine,  wid.  John  'SI. 
Charles  Van  Cleaf, 
Rebecca  (Laird)  De}-,  w. 

Cornelius  E., 
Joseph  Caslar, 

Mary  E.  Walling,  w.  Richard, 
Mrs.  Sarah  Van  Gieson, 
Holmes  Scobey, 
Mrs.  Susie  Perrine,  w.  Wm.  A 
Mrs.  Johnson  Dey, 
Mrs.  Martha  S.  Buckelew, 
Harriet  (Snyder)  Cla\ton,  \v. 

William,  Dec.      15,  1891,     April  25.  1832. 


March  19, 

1 89 1 . 

iNIarcli  25, 

189T. 

April    17, 

iSqi, 

76  years. 

April   22, 

1891, 

39  years. 

May       4, 

1891. 

May       7, 

1 89 1, 

June  30,  1843 

May     12, 

1 89 1 , 

June  6,  1857. 

May 

25. 

1  89  1  . 

Aug.  15,  1841. 

May 

27: 

I89I. 

May 

30, 

I89I. 

March  i,  1838. 

June 

17: 

1  89  I  . 

July 

6, 

I89I, 

Aug.  24,  1818. 

July 

8, 

I  89  I. 

July 

23' 

I89I, 

Jan.  5,  1S05. 

Aug. 

23. 

I  89  I  , 

Jan.  4,  1839. 

Sep. 

24, 

1891, 

Nov.  n,  1832. 

Sep. 

30, 

I  89  I  . 

Oct. 

9, 

I89I, 

I\Iay  15.  1871. 

Oct. 

23: 

I  89  I. 

Nov. 

5i 

I  89  I  , 

Feb.  16,  1838. 

Nov. 

15- 

I89I. 

38  years        raos 

Nov. 

18, 

I  89  I  . 

Dec. 

7: 

IS9I, 

April  20,  1807. 

334 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAME.S. 


DATK  OF  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


Mar}'  (Perriiie)  Knglish,  \v.  John, 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Mertz. 
Mi.ss  Maajjie  Herl)ert, 
Infant  of  Mr  vScobey, 

Alice  (Clayton)  Quackenbnsh. 

\v.  Holmes  J., 
Cornelius  Boice, 
Thomas  Potter. 

I)ena(De3-)  Apple.y^ate,  wid.  James, 
Almeda  Quackenbnsh,  d.  Peter 

H.  &  Mary  A., 
Shiflfield  Nexsen, 
Lulu  M.  Soden,  d.  Lide  K.  & 

Mary  M., 
Hattie  L.  (Kenned}')  Gilleo.  w. 

Allen, 
Catherine  Hayward,  \v.  Thomas  P., 
Mar\-  Quackenbnsh,  w   Allen, 
Hannah  (Bird)  Perrine,  \v.  Peter. 
Infant  of  Mr.  Clayton, 

John  D.  Perrine, 
Sarah  Davison,  w.  John, 
Austin  Roberts, 
Child  of  John  Trotter, 
Mr.  J.  Reid, 

Mrs.  Euphemia  Hope. 
John  Rue, 
Sarah  E.  (Roberts)  vSalembier,  \v. 

Jos.  A  , 
Charles  H.  Hamilton, 
Willie  Green, 
Child  of  William  Robbins, 
Infant  of  Morris  Davenport, 
Ann  Perrine,  w.  Simon  V., 
Mrs.  Austin  Wilson, 
Mrs  Harriet  Lutas, 
William  Howard  Barricklo. 
Samuel  Vaughn,  Sr., 
Infant  of  J.  I^mmons, 

John  II.  vSutphen,  s.  John  R., 
Frederick  Hees,  s.  William  & 

Dorothea, 
John  Beekman,  colored. 


Dec.  29,  1S91, 

Dec.  31,  1891, 

Dec.  19,  i8gi. 

Jan.  7,  i(S92. 

Jan.  12,  1S92, 

Feb.  8,  1892. 
March    8,  1892. 


92  yrs.     s  nios.    6  da. 
Sep.  I,  1821. 


April  2-1.  1840. 


Feb. 

1892, 

Oct.  6,  1815. 

Mar. 

22 

1892, 

Sep.  30,  T870. 

Mar. 

24, 

1892. 

Apr. 

14, 

1892, 

Oct.  7,  1890. 

April 

16, 

1892, 

34  years. 

Apr. 

20, 

1892, 

Dec.  27,  1831. 

May 

6, 

1892, 

72  yrs.         nios, 

May 

I5> 

1892, 

]\Iarch  14,  1813 

June 

8: 

1892. 

June 

3:> 

1892, 

April  3,  181 1. 

June 

2r, 

1892, 

80  yrs. 

June 

22, 

1892, 

vSep.  8,  1850. 

July 

■7- 

1892. 

July 

2.T- 

1S92. 

July 

26. 

1802, 

86  yrs.         mos 

July 

28, 

1892. 

70  years. 

July 

29 

1892, 

Feb.  9,  1861. 

Aug. 

5, 

1892, 

Jan.  15,  1836. 

Aug. 

5, 

1892. 

Aug. 

12, 

1892. 

Aug. 

22, 

1892. 

Aug. 

25. 

1892, 

63  years. 

Aug. 

31, 

1892. 

Sep. 

3, 

1892. 

Sep. 

i3> 

1892, 

Dec.    14,  1852. 

Sep. 

27, 

1892, 

Dec.  22,  18 1 5. 

Oct. 

9, 

1892. 

Nov. 

3» 

1892, 

April  24,  1857. 

Nov. 

?> 

1892, 

March  24,  1868 

Nov. 

30, 

1892, 

79  years. 

APPENDIX. 


335 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


Thompson  Clayton, 

George  Noble, 

Rachel  A.  Davison,  w.  Daniel, 

Cornelia  A.  (Bovvne)  Reic),  wid. 

James  A., 
Catherine  (Reid)  Jewell,  vv. 

Charles  S., 
Infant  of  A.  R.  U.  Solomon, 
Catharine  A.  (Van  Derveer) 

Quackenbush,  w.  Isaac, 
Daniel  Davison, 
Clarissa  Cobb  Hallock,  d.  Rev.  G. 

B.  F.  &  Anna  Cobb, 
Whitehead  Brown, 
Lewis  C.  Rice, 
Mrs.  C.  Emmons, 
James  C.  Herbert, 
Deborah  E.  (Perrine)  Mount,  w. 

Gilbert  W., 
Mrs.  Mar_v  J.  Lambertson, 
Elijah  Reid, 
John  Feely, 
Margaret  E-  VanCleve,  wid. 

Benj.  B  , 
Mrs.  G.  Quackenbush, 
Elizabeth  (Craig)  Bowne,  w. 

Samuel  C, 
Infant  of  William  Sutphen, 
Abijah  Perrine, 
John  Field, 
Joseph  Odell, 
Thomas  Sanderson, 
Infant  of  George  Clapton, 
Helen  Prest, 
John  A.Johnston, 
Lewis  Rue, 
Andrew  W.  Clark, 
John  R.  Sickles, 
Mrs.  Margaret  Gordon, 
Eliza  Fan, 
Matthew  P.  Rue, 
Jacob  O.  Burtt,  Sr., 
Mrs.  E.  Mount, 


Dec.  20,  1892,  March  7,  1810. 

Dec.  7,  rSQ2. 

Dec.  31,  1S92,  85  yrs.        mos. 

Jan.  2,  1893.  Feb.  7,  1803. 

Jan.  4,  1893,  June  8,  1837. 

Jan.  13,  1893. 

Jan.  16,  1893,  Jan.  31,  1830. 

Jan.  24,  1893,  ']•]  yt-ars. 

Jan.  31,  1S93,  Jan.  9,  1890. 

Feb.  6,  1893,  March  13,  1829. 

Feb.  17,  1893,  73  3'rs.        mos. 

Feb.  26,  1893. 

INIar.  7,  1893.  84  years. 

Mar.  22,  1893,  July  23,  1822. 

May  6,  1893,  76  yrs.    9  mos.    4  da. 


May 


Aug.  29,  1814. 


May     10,  1893,     July  4,  1816. 


May 

17, 

1893, 

May  7,  1809. 

July 

15, 

1S93. 

Aug. 

6, 

1893, 

Feb.  I,  1829. 

Aug. 

/» 

1893. 

Aug. 

22, 

1893- 

59  years. 

Aug. 

26, 

1893, 

Aug.  6,  1825. 

Aug. 

3i> 

1893. 

Sep. 

17' 

1893, 

June  19,  1833. 

Sep. 

19, 

1893. 

Oct. 

12, 

1893. 

Oct. 

12, 

1893, 

Oct.  21,  1805. 

Sep. 

30, 

1893, 

84  yrs.  5  mos.  26  da. 

Oct. 

24, 

1893, 

65  yrs.  I  mo.  26  da 

Nov. 

17- 

1893- 

80  yrs.  8  mos.  7  da, 

Dec. 

22, 

1893. 

Dec. 

, 

1893. 

50  years. 

Dec. 

, 

1893, 

Feb.  22,  1823. 

Jan. 

Hi 

1894. 

Oct.  17,  1810. 

Jan. 

15, 

1894. 

33^ 


HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  BUR  I A  I.. 


AGE. 


Caroline  (Jolmson)  Davison.  \v. 

Cornelius  J., 

Feb. 

5>? 

1894, 

Oct.  II, 

825. 

Hannah  (Brown)  Johnson,  \v. 

John  \V.. 

Feb. 

9- 

i<Sg4, 

Nov.  27. 

1820. 

Miss  Nellie  lunnions, 

Feb. 

24. 

1894. 

Mrs.  Mary  Renison, 

Feb. 

26, 

1S94, 

87  years 

Mary  (Quackenbush)  Johnston, 

w.  John  A., 

Mar. 

7- 

1.S94, 

Feb.  25, 

1816. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Rue, 

Mar. 

''^, 

1894. 

July  6,^  I 

S12. 

Mrs.  Mary  Duncan, 

Mar. 

1 6, 

1894, 

80  yrs. 

Infant  of  Jacob  Emmons, 

Mar. 

31- 

1894. 

Edward  D.  Gordon, 

April 

9^ 

1894. 

13  yrs. 

mos 

Howard  Lockwood, 

April 

24. 

1894. 

John  Leonard, 

Apr. 

30, 

1894, 

Nov.  25, 

1810. 

Mary  E-  (Clayton)  Cozzens,  wid. 

Wm.  \V., 

May 

3. 

1894, 

July  15, 

1823. 

Miss  Adaline  Congdon, 

May 

9, 

1894, 

March  12,  1833 

Mrs.  Mary  Jimison, 

May 

10, 

1S94. 

William  Harold  Mount,  s.  Wm.  E., 

May 

22, 

1894, 

Feb.  28, 

1893. 

Mary  (Hagerman)  Soden,  w. 

George, 

May 

30, 

1894. 

Nov.  22, 

1824. 

Charles  Hawxhurst, 

June 

•S, 

1894, 

June  2,  I 

812. 

Mrs.  Edward  Perrine. 

June 

i9> 

1S94. 

Miss  Emma  Stokes, 

June 

20, 

1894, 

July  26, 

1848. 

George  Soden, 

June 

^:^^ 

1894, 

April  16, 

1822. 

Infant  of  A.  R.  U.  Solomon, 

July 

7) 

1894. 

Infant  of  J.         Emmons, 

July 

17. 

T894. 

Richard  A.  Boyce, 

July 

21, 

1894, 

Feb.  14, 

1830. 

Infant  of  Mr.                  Van  Kirk, 

July 

22, 

1894. 

Enoch  Ely, 

July 

26, 

1894, 

Oct.  18, 

1816. 

Jennie  (ireen. 

July 

31, 

1894. 

Infant  of  of  Mr.              Green, 

Aug. 

7, 

1894. 

Infant  of  Mr.              Whitman, 

Aug. 

1  ij 

1894. 

Miss  Mar}-  L.  Disborough, 

Aug. 

13' 

1894, 

71  years 

Miss  Gertrude  S.  Rogers, 

Aug. 

16, 

1894, 

Feb.  23, 

181 1. 

Minnie  Brest, 

Aug. 

19, 

1894. 

William  H.  Reid, 

Aug. 

31, 

1894, 

76  years 

Mary  C.  Webb, 

Sep. 

6, 

1894. 

William  Orr, 

Sep. 

16, 

1894, 

July  29, 

1865. 

Mrs.  C.  Masters, 

Oct. 

4, 

1894. 

Forman  vStillwell, 

Oct. 

1 1, 

1894, 

74  yrs. 

mos 

Ella  H.  Stryker, 

Nov. 

6, 

1894, 

31  years 

Leah  Walling,  w.  John, 

Nov. 

7, 

1894, 

71  yrs. 

mos 

APPENDIX. 


337 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


Holmes  McElvain, 

Mrs.  John  Trotter, 

Garret  H.  Quack  en  bush, 

Gilbert  \V.  Mount, 

Catharine  E.  (Voorhees)  Laird, 

\v.  Moses  I., 
Sophia  (Van  Doren)  Voorhees,  w. 

James  I., 
Isaac  Herbert, 
Chester  A.  Burk,  s.  C.  H.  & 

Amanda  E., 
Mary  (San ford)  INIcElvain,  w. 

John, 
Infant  of  Joseph  Emmons, 
Philip  Allan  Stokes,  s.  Philip  S. 

&  Lulu  A., 
Sarah  Emily  (Young)  Reid,  w.  J. 

Calvin, 
Samuel  Smith, 
John  C.  Thompson,  M.  D., 
Infant  of  Edward  Finn, 
Infant  of  Arthur  Errickson, 
Eliza  Jane  Smith,  w.  Samuel, 
William  R.  Emmons, 
Alice  A.  Rue,  w.  Jacob  S.  Sr., 
Lewis  Salter,  s.  John, 
Charles  VanPelt, 
Infant  of  Mr.  Holmes, 

Infant  of  Mrs.  McElwaine, 

John  H.  Laird, 
Amelia  P.  Headden, 
Miss  Eleanor  Magee, 
Mrs.  Alice  Emmons, 
Joel  B.  Roberts, 
Mrs.  Mary  Reid, 
Catharine  A.  (Craig-)  Conover,  w. 

Jos.  C, 
Lavine  Reid,  wid.  James  J., 
Infant  of  Daniel  Prest, 
Infant  of  Richard  Erving, 
Infant  of  J.  L.  Bo3'ce, 
Gracie  P.  Peterson, 
Infant  of  Morris  Davenport, 


Dec.  12, 

Dec.  22, 

Dec.  29, 

Jan.  2, 


Jan. 

Jan. 
Jan. 

Jan. 

Jan. 
Feb. 


4, 


29, 
3. 


Feb.     15, 


S94. 
894. 

894,  63  yrs.        mos 
^95'  73  yrs. 

895,  Oct.  24,  1 83 1. 

895,  Oct.  9.  181 1. 

895,  54  years. 

895,  Nov.  21,  1893. 

''^QS.  65  yrs. 
895- 

895,  June  28,  1894. 


Feb. 

17. 

1895- 

34  years. 

Feb. 

18, 

1S95. 

jj  years. 

Feb. 

19. 

1895, 

Sep.  27,  1828. 

Feb. 

23' 

1895. 

Feb. 

26, 

1895. 

Mar. 

3' 

1895. 

56  yrs. 

Mar. 

7- 

1895. 

May  23,  j8ii 

I\Iar. 

20, 

1895, 

June  12,  1809. 

Mar. 

23- 

1895. 

I  yr.    3  mos. 

Mar. 

24. 

1895. 

April 

16, 

1895. 

April 

17. 

1S95. 

April 

24, 

1S95. 

Oct.  26,  1839. 

April 

, 

1895. 

June  14,  1822. 

April 

27. 

1895- 

82  years. 

April 

29. 

1895. 

May 

7- 

1895, 

March  16,  182 

June 

7. 

1895. 

June 

24, 

1895. 

April  3,  I820. 

June 

26, 

'89s, 

Dec.  4,  1822. 

July 

28, 

1895. 

July 

28, 

1895. 

Aug. 

4. 

1895. 

Aug. 

, 

1S95. 

March  15,  189 

Sep. 

7. 

'895- 

338 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMES. 


DATE  OI'   HURIAL. 


AGE. 


Bertha  M.  Perrine,  d.  Ciilhert, 
Infant  of  John  L.  Clajton, 
Mrs.  Mary  E.  McElvaine, 
Ida  May  Tracy,  d.  Thomas  (S: 

Harriet. 
Mar}'  E.  P>rickson,  d.  George  «S: 

Gertrude, 
William  H.  Chapman, 
Benjamin  Nay  lor. 
Infant  of  Reuben  Davison, 
Mose.s  I.  Laird, 
Ira  Lock  wood, 
Margaret  (Miller)  Rogers,  \v. 

Wm.  H., 
Daniel  B.  Conover, 
Mary  (Roberts)  Brown,  w. 

James  E., 
John  C.  WooUey, 
Jonathan  Forman, 
Infant  of  John  L.  Solomon, 
William  Laird,  s.  Wm.  H.  & 

Mary  E., 
■George  W.  Hibbits, 
Infant  of  Joseph  Odelle, 
Infant  of  Mr.  Emmons, 

Elizabeth  S.  Maynard,  w.  James 

G.  the  M.  I)., 
Joseph  Lewis, 
Joseph  Odelle, 
Mary  Eliza  (Reid)  Clayton,  wid. 

Peter  P., 
Fannie  E.  (Perrine)  Quackenbush, 

w.  Isaac  G., 
Mrs.  Emma  Burns, 
John  Cole, 
John  A    Bowne, 
William  A.  Twitchel, 
FUeanor  S.  Miller, 
Sophia  (Lukow)  Hees,  w.  George, 
Fvzekiel  Carman  Scudder,  I).  D., 
John  Calvin  Reid 
Adaline  Johnston, 
Augustus  Quackeniiusli, 


vSep. 

12, 

1895- 

10  3'rs. 

mos 

Oct. 

2,S, 

1S95. 

Nov. 

.3' 

1895, 

63  yrs. 

Nov. 

13. 

1895. 

9  yrs. 

mos. 

Nov. 

27. 

1895. 

21  yrs. 

mos. 

Dec. 

7. 

1895. 

24  yrs. 

Dec. 

23, 

I.S95. 

Dec. 

26, 

1895. 

Dec. 

27. 

1895, 

April  14, 

1822. 

Jan. 

10, 

1896. 

Jan. 

17. 

1896, 

Born 

1803. 

Feb. 

12, 

1896, 

75  yrs. 

Feb. 

17. 

1896, 

Aug.  17, 

1815. 

Feb. 

20, 

1896, 

March  28 

,  1871. 

Feb. 

21, 

1896. 

Feb. 

27- 

1896. 

Marcl 

10, 

1896, 

Born 

1874. 

INIarch 

2:,, 

1996, 

Sep.  20,  I 

843- 

March 

29, 

1896. 

April 

7. 

1896. 

April 

TO, 

1896, 

Born 

1834- 

April 

18, 

1896. 

April 

21, 

1896. 

May       8, 


896, 


Born 


1822. 


May 

10, 

1896, 

May  15, 

1839- 

May 

12, 

1896. 

June 

8, 

1896, 

June  5, 

1872. 

July 

3. 

1896, 

May  2, 

1826. 

Aug. 

3. 

1896, 

64  years 

Aug. 

12, 

1896. 

Aug. 

2^. 

1896, 

Nov.  27 

184 1. 

vSep. 

21, 

1896, 

Oct.  20, 

1828. 

Oct. 

2, 

1896, 

45  yrs. 

9  mos 

Nov. 

21, 

1896, 

April  8, 

1848. 

Nov. 

30. 

1896, 

Aug.  II 

1869. 

APPENDIX. 


339 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


IMary  (Ely)  Vaughn,  wid.  Samuel, 

John  H.  Bennett, 

Elizabeth  (Roberts)  Auniack,  w. 

Joel  C, 
Jane  (Willet)  Emmons,  w.  Peter, 
Margaret  Ervin,  w.  Michael, 
Cornelius  E.  Dey,  elder  in  Old 

Tennent, 
Matilda  VanDerveer,  colored, 
Reuben  Davison, 

Leah  Maria  Soden,  w.  Jonathan  C, 
Julia  E.  Reid.  d.  Aaron  L.  & 

Elizabeth, 
Mary  Eleanor  (Laird)  Rue,  w. 

James  M., 
Infant  of  S.  Quackenbush, 
James  Combs, 
Henry  W.  Long, 
Sarah  Ruth  (Tracy)  Scudder,  w. 

Rev.  Ezekl.  C, 
Maria  Craig  Lefferson,  d.  Benj.  & 

Hannah, 
Delaplaine  ]\Iartin, 
Lydia  Abrahams,  w.  Wm., 
Mrs.  Gertrude  Petty, 
Isaac  Quackenbush, 
Margaret  E.  (Walters)  Forman, 

w.  Tunis  A., 
Marion  Witnian, 
Infant  of  Charles  Kennedy, 
Charles  H.  Haviland, 
Mrs.  Carrie  Clayton, 
Infant  of  William  Brown, 
Asher  Woolley, 
Miss  Minnie  Burke, 
John  Perrine  Mount, 
Robert  Lee, 

Mary  (Clinton)  Perrine,  w.  Gilbert, 
Margarat  Ewington,  w.  Williaiu, 
Mrs.         Emmons, 
Simon  Bowne, 
Anna  M.  (Bowne)  Cowart,  wid. 

Enoch  L., 


Dec. 

22, 

1896, 

Dec.  2, 

1818. 

Jan. 

2, 

1897, 

41  yrs. 

mos, 

Jan. 

17. 

1897. 

Sep.  20, 

1809. 

Jan. 

, 

1897, 

Jan.  25, 

1811. 

Feb. 

4. 

1897- 

69  yrs. 

6  mos. 

Feb. 

8, 

1897, 

Oct.  16, 

1833- 

Feb. 

II, 

1897. 

Feb. 

19, 

1S97. 

Feb. 

- 

1897, 

May  27, 

1821. 

March  9, 

, 1897, 

April  26 

',  1865. 

Mar. 

10, 

1897. 

Oct.  I,  I 

823. 

Mar. 

10, 

1897. 

Mar. 

18, 

1897. 

Mar. 

30. 

1897, 

Born 

1836. 

Apr. 

8, 

1897- 

May  29, 

1832. 

May 

10, 

1897. 

Dec.  16, 

1840. 

May 

22, 

1897- 

Jan.  19, 

1813. 

June 

18, 

1897, 

92  yrs. 

5  mos. 

June 

25. 

1897. 

June 

28, 

1897, 

March  5 

i,  1825. 

July 

9. 

1897, 

Sep.  13, 

1S32. 

July 

28. 

1897. 

July 

30, 

1897. 

Aug. 

I, 

1897, 

Born 

1830. 

Aug. 

I, 

1897. 

Aug. 

21, 

1897. 

Sep. 

2, 

1897, 

iNIarch  i 

8,  1834. 

Sep.  . 

14. 

1897. 

Sep. 

25. 

1897- 

49  years 

Oct. 

13. 

1897. 

Dec. 

13. 

1897. 

31  yrs. 

Dec. 

26, 

1897. 

50  yrs. 

Jan. 

25. 

1898. 

Jan. 

28, 

1898, 

April  3, 

1824. 

Feb. 

5. 

1898, 

March  11,  1817. 

340 


HISTORY    OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


XAMltS. 


DATK  OF  Bl-RIAK. 


AGE. 


Thomas  A.  Thompson, 
Jane  H.  (Freeborn)  INIills.  w. 

Daniel  V., 
John  Burtis  Stout, 
Margaret  F~leming,  wid.  Richard, 
INIiss  Eliza  Ann  Earhart, 
Lily  Quackenbush,  d.  Luther, 
Maria  (Fourt)  Herbert,  \v,  John, 
Ann  (Smith)  Snyder, 
Hattie  (Soden)  Pittenger, 
Joseph  Crotchfield, 
William  Stuart, 
Miss  Vanderveer,  colored. 

Infant  of  A.  R.  IT,  Solomon, 
Mr.  O.  H.  Emmons, 
Jonathan  Emmons, 
EHas  C.  Conover, 
Caroline  (Bowne)  Lufi", 
Marj'  (Snyder)  Quackenbush,  w. 

Holmes  V., 
Mrs.  Ralph  Emmons, 
Miss  Clotilde  Moreau, 
Disbrow  Wilson, 
Clementine  S.  (Craig)  Rue,  w. 

.Matt.  P  , 
Clayton  Myers, 
Margaret  H.  (Dey)  Rue,  w. 

JohnE., 
John  Laird, 
Francis  Kenned}', 
William  H.  Craig, 

Mrs.  Harriet  Prest, 
Infant  of  Charles  Hughes, 
William  L.   Applegate, 

Elizabeth  Mclvlwaine,  w.  Jacob, 
William  Hees, 
I\Irs.  Letitia  Reid, 
Mrs.  A.  E.  Ciammidge, 
Infant  of  John  W.  Emmons, 
James  A.  Tyson, 
Charles  Augustus  Craig, 


Feb. 


8,  1S98,     Jan.  3,  1 83 1. 


Feb. 

23. 

1898, 

Oct.  10, 

1826 

Feb. 

24. 

1898. 

Jan.  30, 

1809. 

March    2, 

1898, 

Feb.  18, 

1820. 

March    4, 

1898, 

78  yrs. 

9  mos 

March  26, 

1898, 

7  mos. 

March  30, 

1898, 

Jan.  10, 

1826. 

April 

16, 

1898, 

93  ys. 

3  mos 

7  da. 

April 

.?T, 

1898, 

22  yrs. 

9  mos 

April 

27. 

1898, 

67  yrs. 

9  mos. 

May 

4. 

1898, 

June  7, 

1813. 

May 

5. 

1898. 

May 

24. 

1898. 

May 

26, 

1898. 

May 

^1^ 

1898. 

June 

3- 

1898, 

Oct.  24, 

1828 

June 

13. 

1898, 

75  yrs. 

June 

1 1. 

1898, 

79  yrs. 

6  mos. 

8  da. 

June 

29, 

189S. 

June 

29, 

1898. 

July 

3' 

1898. 

July 

7. 

189S, 

Nov.  21 

1821. 

July 

10, 

1898, 

68  yrs. 

9  mos 

July 

20, 

189S, 

July  3. 

1847. 

July 

21, 

1898. 

July 

28, 

1898. 

Aug. 

1  I, 

1S9S, 

Feb.  16, 

1828. 

Capt. 

Co.  D 

.  14  N. 

J-  V. 

Aug, 

12, 

1898. 

Aug. 

13. 

J89S. 

Aug. 

^Z^ 

1898, 

July  25, 

1846.    1 

''rivate 

Co.  F 

14  N. 

J.  V. 

Aug. 

3". 

1898, 

76  yrs. 

Sep. 

4. 

1898, 

Feb.  10, 

1842. 

Sep. 

5. 

1898. 

Sep. 

26, 

1898. 

Sep. 

28, 

1898. 

Sep. 

29- 

1898. 

Oct. 

I, 

1898, 

Aug.  27 

,  1826. 

APPENDIX. 


341 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


Infant  of  James  Hye,  Oct. 
Mary  Vaughn  Rue,  d  Jcseph  & 

HettieE.,  Oct. 
Lottie  Many  Reid,  d.  Wm.  H. 

&  Emma,  Oct. 

Loui.s  Miller,  Nov.     19,  1898. 

Sarah  Beekman,  colored,  w.  John,  Nov.     21,  1898, 

Jonathan  C.  Soden,  Nov.     2^,  1898, 

Adelia  Quackenbush,  wid.  Garret,  Dec.     19,1898, 

Margaret  Clayton,  wid.  Joel  T.,  Dec.     22,  1898, 

John  H.  Boyce,  Dec.         ,  1898, 


5.  ^^9^- 

2,  1898, 

Sep.  21,  1869. 

:o,  1898, 

April  10,  1896. 

78  yrs.    4  mos. 

Oct.  29,  1821.   Private 

Co.  A.  14  N.  J.  V. 
70  yrs. 

June  22,  1 83 1. 
July  17,  1826.     Co.  E. 

29  Reg.  N.  J.  V. 

Jan.  29,  1825. 
86  3-rs. 


Annie  J.  (Collins)  Trotter,  \v. 

Alex.,  Jan.        2,  1899, 

]\Iary  Reid,  wid.  James,  Jan.      12,  1899, 

Miss  Florence  Lambertson,  Jan.      23,  1899. 

Infant  of  George  Quackenbush,  Feb.        i,  1899. 

Louisa  (Ewington)  Scoby,  w.  Wm.,  Feb.     12,  1899, 

Elizabeth  A.  Laird,  wid.  Daniel,  March  12,  1899, 

Mr.  Greenwood,  March  25,  t 899. 

Eleanor  Lockwood,  March  28,  1899. 

John  S.  Conover,  April     4,  1899. 

Asher  Conover,  April     4,  1899. 

John  Bostwick  Moreau,  April    11,  1899, 

James  Boice,  April   13,  1899, 

James  H.  Holmes,  April   30,  1899, 

]Mary  V.  D  Stillwell,  wid.  Forman,  May       i,  1899, 
Emma  G.  (Laird)  Murphy,  w. 

Wm.  J.  Maj'     29,  1899, 

Ethel  May  Rue,  May     30,  1899. 

Hannah  E- Jewell,  d.  Chas.  S.,  June     16,  1899, 

Halse}-  English,  June     17,  1899. 

Mrs.  John  J.  Perrine,  July       2,  1899. 

Mary  (Martin)  Huntington,  Jul}'       5,  1899, 

Edward  L.  Perrine,  s.  Simon,  July     12,  1899, 

Infant  of  Henry  Riddle,  Aug.      4,  1899. 
L.  Virginia  Quackenbush,  d. 

Schanck, 
Amelia  (Woolley)  Roberts,  w. 

John  T.,  Aug.    27,  1899,     Aug.  9,  1832. 

James  F.  Feeley,  M.  D.,  Sep.       2,  1899,     April  12,  1844. 


25  3'rs.    9  mos. 
80  yrs.    4  mos. 


Aug.  7,  i86r. 
70  yrs.  II  mos. 
Aug.  14,  1839.     U.  S. 

Navy. 
76  yrs. 

34  yrs. 

36  yrs.    2  mos. 


75  yrs. 
37  yrs. 


Aug.    27,  1899,     18  yrs.    8  mos. 


342 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


namp:s. 


DATK  OF  BURIAL. 


AGK. 


■Miss  Sophia  vSuydam, 
Infant  Mildred  West, 
Charles  A.  Vanderveer, 
Margaret  Ann  INIcDermott,  \v. 

Abraham, 
Sarah  E.  Craig,  w.  James, 
]\Irs.  Asher  Conover, 
Clarence  Soden,  s.  Gilbert. 
Infant  of  Sjivanus  Davison, 
Rebecca  L.  Mason,  w.  Wni.  H., 
Armenia  Quackenbush,  d.  John  D. 
Mrs.  Emma  A.  Perrine, 
Robert  K.  Wilson, 
Charlotte  (Perrine)  Laird,  w. 

John  S., 
Catharine  A.  (Snyder)  Woolle}', 

w.  Asher, 
Margarett  M.  INIcElwaine,  w. 

Furman, 
Spencer  E.  Gulick, 
Joseph  Harden, 
Joseph  H.  Van  Hise, 
Infant  Mary  Solomon, 
Samuel  Randolph  Forman,  M.  D., 
George  Henrj'  vSmock,  colored, 
Mary  A.  Davison,  w.  Geo.  F., 
Mrs.  Joseph  Spencer, 
Aaron  H.  Reid, 

Margaret  Lydia  Taylor,  w.  John, 
Dewitt  D.  Davison, 
Hannah  INI.  (Vanderveer)  Perrine, 

w.  David  Clark, 
Mary  (Brown)  Leonard, wid.  John, 
William  W.  Johnston, 
Joel  C.  Aumack, 
Elizabeth  Reid,  vv,  Wni.  D., 
John  R.  Mount, 
Elizabeth  J.  Armstrong,  wid. 

Robt., 
Joseph  R.  Davison, 
Myrtle  Boyce,  d.  Albert  A.  & 

Amanda  E., 
]\Irs.  William  Heckman, 


Sep.  5,  1899, 
Sep.  1 1,  1899. 
Sep.      16,  1899. 


78  yrs. 


Sep. 

25. 

1899. 

62  yrs.  1 1  raos.  25  da, 

Oct. 

6, 

1899, 

59  yrs.  9  mos. 

Nov. 

15. 

1899. 

Nov. 

30, 

1899, 

Aug.  10.  1890. 

Nov. 

30. 

1899. 

Dec. 

3' 

1899, 

Oct.  7,  1819. 

Dec. 

16, 

1899, 

11  yrs.  r  mo.  21  da. 

Dec. 

20, 

1899. 

Dec. 

22, 

1899, 

84  yrs.  10  mos.  2  da, 

Jan.      u,  1900. 


Jan. 

19. 

1900, 

Feb.  10,  1838. 

Jan. 

21, 

1900, 

52  yrs.  1 1  mos. 

Jan. 

22, 

1900, 

Sep.  8,  1839. 

Feb. 

7' 

1900, 

Sep.  24,  1 82 1. 

Feb. 

15, 

1900, 

Co.  E.  14  N.J.  Inf. 

Feb. 

17. 

1900. 

Feb. 

23. 

1900, 

May  22,  1835. 

Feb. 

25. 

1900, 

63  yrs.  3  mos.  22  da 

Feb. 

28, 

1900, 

63  yrs. 

Mar. 

I, 

1900. 

Mar. 

7> 

1900, 

Dec.  15,  182 1. 

Mar. 

8, 

1900, 

April  24,  1812. 

Mar. 

19- 

1900. 

INIar. 

19. 

1900, 

June  4,  1829. 

Mar. 

26, 

1900, 

Jan.  27,  1813. 

May 

H, 

1900, 

■]T,  yrs.  8  mos.  29  da. 

May 

8, 

1900, 

July  25,  1808. 

May 

16, 

1900, 

Oct.  20,  1814. 

May 

17- 

1900, 

80  yrs.  6  mos.  6  da, 

May 

18, 

1900, 

Born  1824. 

May 

22, 

1900, 

June  30,  1843. 

June 

10, 

1900, 

Sep.  18,  1898.. 

June 

18, 

19CK). 

APPENDIX. 


343 


NAMES. 

Alexander  Laird, 
Thompson  Van  Hise, 
Simeon  PettN', 
INIargaret  G    (Reid)  Mount,  \v. 

Albert  R., 
Miss  Mary  E.  Fornian, 
Ralph    P.   Eirickson,   s. 

Christian, 
Sarah  M.  (Bowne)  Silvers,  w. 

Enos, 
Elizabeth  (Field)  Van  Schoick, 

w.  David, 
Sophia  H.  De}-,  wid, 
Peter  Conover, 
Teresa  (Reid)  Conover,  wid. 

Garret  B., 
Hobart  A.  Gammidge,  s,  A.  E., 
Mrs.  Ellen  S.  Herbert, 
Alma  Clinton,  d.  Ely, 
Warren  T.  Perrine,  s.  Gilbert, 
John  R.  Sutphen, 
Peter  B.  VanSchoick, 
Henry  E.  Reid, 
Holmes  V.  Quackenbush, 
William  Theodore  Conover, 
Garret  D.  Wall, 
William  M.  Ely, 
Benita  E.  Peterson,  d.  Charles  E. 

&  Georgianna, 
Edmund  Shotwell, 
Mr.  J.  F.  Cheeseman, 
Willis  Pittenger, 
Margaret  (Denyse)  Herbert,  wid. 

Wm.  D., 
Mr.  Rice. 

Anthony  H.  Chafey, 

John  McElwain, 
Cornealus  J.  Matchett, 
Catherine  Ely,  wid.  Joseph, 
Nellie  M.  (Craig)  Hendrickson, 

w.  Geo.  F., 
Mary  Stoney,  w.  James, 


DATE  OF  BURIAL. 


AGE. 


June  23,  igoo,  76  yrs.  9  mos.  22  da. 

July  13,  19CO, 

July  15,  1900. 

July  26,  1900,  June  2,  1863. 

Aug.  2,  1900,  Nov.  25,  1859. 

Aug.  6,  1900,  10  mos.  9  da. 

Aug.  8,  1900,  Aug.  15,  1828. 

Aug.  14,  1900,  Nov.  30,  1829. 

Aug.  16,  1900,  85  yrs. 

Sep.  25,  1900. 

Oct.  4,  1900,  Sep.  6,  1810. 

Oct.  18,  1900,  2  luos. 

Nov.  8.  1900. 

Nov.  12,  1900. 

Nov.  14,  19CO,  5  mos.  13  da. 

Nov.  20,  1900,  Dec.  25,  181 1. 

Nov.  20,  1900,  68  years. 

Nov.  24,  1900,  51  years. 

Dec.  26,  1900,  85  yrs.  11  nins.  22  da. 

Dec.  28,  1900,  March  28,  1815. 

Jan.  3,  1901,  Nov.  10,  1872. 

Jan.  ir,  1901,  Dec.  24,  1832. 

Jan.  15,  1901,  Nov.  5,  1888. 

Feb.  27,  1901,  April  14,  1811. 

Feb.  27,  1901. 

Mar.  II,  1901. 

Mar.  20,  1901,  93  yrs.  11  mos. 

Mar.  24,  1901. 

Mar.  2S,  igor,  69  yrs.  8  da.  Private 

Co.  H.  35  N.  J.  V. 

April  12,  1901. 

April  15,  1901,  86  yrs.  3  mos. 

INIay  13,  1901,  83  yrs.     7  mos.  25  da. 

May  18.  1801,  Aug.  16,  1863. 

May  21,  1901,  May  18,  1808. 


344 


HISTORY    OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMKS. 


DATE  OF  BUR  I A  I, 


AGE. 


Margaret  A.  (Vaupell)  I'.unuoiis, 

w.  Wm.  L., 
Elizabeth  Feely,  wid.John, 
David  Edgar  Rue, 
Samuel  \'.  Rohbins, 

Mrs.  Tyse, 

Howard  Heckmau. 

Emson  Clayton, 

(;oldie  B.  Halniuth,  d,  Ewd., 

E.  Isabel  Gagen,  d.  John. 

Charles  Harris  Hawkliui.si, 

Charles  E.  Davison, 

William  H.  Mason. 

Elwood  L.  Orner,  s.  Henry, 

Ann  E.  Headden,  d.  John. 

Infant  of  Charles  Kennedy, 

Hezekiah  Patterson, 

Augustus  Luersen, 

Mrs.  Ralph  Voorhees, 

Gertrude  (Quackenbush)  Krrick- 

son,  w.  Geo., 
(iarret  Forman, 
Ella  May  Quackenbush,  d. 

Luther, 
James  Potter, 
John  Herbert, 
Mary  Matilda  (Mount)  Perrine, 

-w.  John  D., 
John  Wall,  Sr., 
May  Pearl  Emmons, 
Elijah  Mundy  Reid, 
Mrs.  Letitia  McCabe, 
Jonathan  Yetman, 
Mary  Elizabeth  (Tunis)  Reid,  vv. 

Woodhull, 
Wilton  Christie, 
Ralph  vS.  X'oorhees, 
Amos  Palmer, 
Leslie  McCail, 

Hartson  E.  Boyce,  s.  Elias  H., 
Dey  Conover, 
Mrs.  John  Woodhull, 


June       4,  1901,      Feb.  3,  1S49. 

June  12,  lyoi.     So  yrs. 

July       ;,,  1 90 1,     Feb.  3,  ICS43. 

July        5,  1901,     Jan.  II,  1S2S.     Co.  K. 

5th  N.  J.  V. 

July  10,   1901. 

J  u  1  }•  21,  1 90 1 . 

July  29.  1901  . 

Aug.  18,  1901,       2  yrs.    6  mos.  16  da. 

Aug.  22,  1901,       I  yr.      3  mos. 
Sep.        2,  1901,      Nov.  II,  1S80. 

Sep.  5,  1901,     Nov.  18,  1841. 

Sep.  8,  1901,     88  3TS.     8  mos. 

Sep.  10,  T901,        I  yr.      5  da. 

Sep.  18,  1901,     Jan.  24,   1816. 
Oct.        I,  1901. 

Oct.  12,  1901,     Oct.  17,  1852. 

Oct.  23,  1901,     Sep.  II,  1846. 

Oct.  24,  1901. 

Oct.  25,  1901,     56  yrs.    9  mos.  26  da. 
Nov.       I,  1901,     Aug.  It,  1829. 

Dec.       4,  1901,     20  3-rs.    3  mos.  14  da. 

Dec.  27,  1901. 

Jan.        1 ,  1902,     76  3rs. 

P"eb.  20,  1902,     Oct.  20,  1814. 

Mar.      4,  1902,     Mar.  28,  18     . 

Mar.  17,  1902. 

INIar.  20,  1902,     Aug.  12,  1849. 

Mar.  24,  1902. 

April  1 1 ,  1902. 

April  22,  1902,     69  3'rs.  11  mos.  20  da. 

May       8,  1902. 

Ma}'  21,  1902,     65  years. 

May  29,  1902,     Mar.  26,  1844. 

July  10,  1902. 

Jul}'  14,   1902,        2  years. 

July  19,  1902. 

July  29    1902. 


APPEND 

IX. 

345 

DATE 

OF  BURIAL 

AGE. 

Anor. 

7- 

1902, 

In  59th  year. 

J.,        Ang. 

17. 

1902, 

I  year   <S  mus. 

15  (l.i. 

I'd,         Ang. 

24, 

1902, 

46  years. 

1,          Sep. 

iS, 

1902, 

48  yrs.     2  uios. 

21  da. 

Sep. 

26, 

1902. 

Oct. 

9. 

1902. 

Oct. 

19. 

1902, 

I  yr.      4  nios. 

18  da. 

Oct. 

21, 

1902. 

R  ,      Nov. 

25. 

1902, 

April  3,    1836. 
in  Kiver.side, 

Lived 
Conn. 

Dec. 

12 

1902. 

Dtc. 

15. 

1902. 

Apiil  27,  1854. 

Dec. 

26, 

1902. 

Dec. 

2S, 

1902. 

Jan. 

21, 

1903- 

Feb. 

6, 

1903. 

NAMES. 

Holmes  IMcEKvaine, 
Ella  R.  Davison,  d.  Sylvanns  J 
Miss  Anna  W.  Day,  d.  Kdvvard, 
Addison  T.  Reid,  s.  Woodhul 
Harold  Boyce, 
William  vSteplienson, 
Clarice  Alta  Stokes,  d.  Philiii 
Infant  of  Alfred  Storer, 
Charlotte  Londen,  w.  Saniutl  R 

Miss  Florence  Siitphen, 
Joseph  H.  Van  Plater, 
A.  R.  U.  Solomon, 
George  Schanck,  colored, 
Mrs.  Matilda  Van  Derveer, 
Herbert  S    Davison, 
Sarah  (Herbert)  Butcher,  w. 

Samuel  F.,  Mar.       9,  1903,     61  yrs.    6  mos. 

Myrtle  May  Bo>ce,  d.  Archibald 

&  INIaud,  ^lar.     11,  1903,        i  yr.     4  nios. 

Mrs.  Francis  Brown,  Mar.     16,  1903. 

James  Rue,  Mar.     16,  1903. 

Mrs.  Anna  M.  Thompson,  Mar.     21,  1903. 

Mrs.  Moreau,  Mar.     23,  1903. 

Miss  Lydia  \'an  Cleaf,  Mar.     26,  1903,     Mar.  31.  1826. 


LIST  OF  BURIALS  IN  THE  OLD   PRESBYTERIAN 

GRAVEYARD  AT  MIDDLETOWN,   N.  J. 

Middletown  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlements  in  ^Monmouth  Co.,  pio- 
neers coming  there  in  1664.  The  early  church  of  that  place  was  a  sort  of 
Independent  church,  and  Capt.  John  Bovi'ne,  who  died  in  1683  4,  seems  to 
have  been  the  first  minister  or  preacher  in  the  town.  He  was  the  son  of 
Wra.  Bowne,  and  about  1680  he  donated  the  ground  of  the  Presbyterian 
graveyard  in  the  northeast  corner  of  lot  No.  15.  It  is  difficult  to  fix  the 
exact  date  of  the  erection  of  the  church  building  in  Middleton,  but  it  was 
probably  previous  to  1700.  As  Scotch  families  came  into  the  vicinity,  the 
church  began  to  take  on  the  form  of  Presbyterian,  and  in  the  succeeding 


346 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


years  preaching  services  were  held  there  probably  by  Revs.  John  Bo)  d  and 
Joseph  Morgan,  and  possibly  by  Revs.  Samuel  Blair  and  the  Tennents, 
until  as  late  as  about  1734,  after  which  the  building-  was  not  so  much  used 
b}-  the  Scotch  Presbyterians.  The  Baptists  had  been  associated  with  the 
Presbyterians  at  the  first  until  the}-  early  formed  their  own  distinctive 
church  ;  and  the  Dutch  were  associated  with  them  in  the  later  years  of 
services  in  the  old  building.  These  and  further  facts  about  the  church  and 
town  are  set  forth  in  an  interesting  paper  on  the  subject  prepared  b}'  James 
Steen,  of  Eatontown,  and  read  before  the  Monmouth  County  Historical 
Society. 

Middletown  also  has  cemeteries  belonging  to  the  Baptist,  P>.eformed,  and 
Episcopal  churches,  besides  a  number  of  private  burial  plots.  The  old 
Presbyterian  burying  ground  is  now  about  a  quarter  of  an  acre  in  extent, 
and,  though  it  contains  about  40  headstones,  it  probabh'  also  has  many 
graves  now  obliterated.  The  following  records  were  copied  from  the  head- 
stones by  F.  R.  Symmes. 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Anne  Bowne,  d.  John  tS;  Anne, 

Capt.  John  Bowne, 

Obediah  Bowne, 

James  Bowne,  s.  Obediah, 

James  Bowne, 

John  Bowne,  Esq. 

Ann  Bown,  w.  John  Esq. 

Obadiah  Bowne, 

Thomas  Burrowes,  s.  John  & 

Hope, 
William  Burrowes,  s.  John  & 

Hope, 
Anna  Burrowes,  d.  John  (S;  Hope, 
Catharine  Burrowes,  d.  John  & 

Hope, 
John  Burrowes, 
Hope  Burrowes,  wid.  John, 
leaden  Burrowes, 
Edward  Burrowes, 
Deborah  Shepherd,  w.  Ivdward 

Burrowes, 
Mary  Clark,  w.  Thomas  vS. 
David  Clark,  s.  Thomas  S.  & 

Mary, 
Cornelia  Dennis. 
Samuel  Hopping, 


Sep.      16,  1738,  5  yrs.  10  luos.  22  da. 
March  13,  1715-16,     52  years. 

March  17,  1774,  35  yrs.  10  mos. 

June     16,  1S07,  36  yrs.     2  mos.    4  da. 

March  14,  1750,  49  3'rs.    3  mos.  14  da. 

Nov.       6,  1774,  74  yrs.    5  mos.     7  da. 

no  date  91  yrs.  23  da. 

April    19.  1726,  59  yrs.  10  mos. 

Se]).       0,  1750,  5  da. 

Jan.      30,  1764,  2  yrs.     2  mos.  iS  da. 

April   20,  1766,  in  her  2nd  3'ear. 

Jan,             '777.  i'l  her  19th  year. 

Sep.            ^7^5-  i'l  his  67th  year. 

Oct.      27,  1792.  in  her  71st  year. 

June     20,  1 73 1,  44  years. 

Aug.    31,  17CS5,  64  yrs.    8  mos.  10  da. 

/\pril   21,  1782,  62  yrs.  11  mos.  2t,  da. 

April    27,   1842,  26  yrs.     2  mos.     5  da. 


Sep.  9,  1848, 
April  9.  1734, 
Feb.     13,  1824, 


10  yrs.     2  mos.    4  da. 
abcnit  40  years, 
in  his  8 1st  vear. 


APPENDIX. 


347 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Sarah  Hopping,  w.  Samuel, 
Caty  Leonard,  w.  Harry, 
A  footstone  marked  A.  M. 
Charls  Marsh, 
Catharine  Norrss,  \v.  George 

Crookshank, 
Dr.  John  Sch3'er, 
Mary  Still  well, 
Dr.  Richard  Stillwell, 
Mary  Stillwell,  w.  Dr.  Richard  & 

d.  Obadiah  &  Elizabeth  Bowne, 
John  Stout,  s.  Richard  Esq. 
Peggy  vStout,  d.  Joseph  &  Jane, 
Jonathan  Stout, 
Hannah  Stout,  d.  Jonathan  & 

Leah, 
Richard  Stout, 
Anna  Stout,  w.  Richard, 
Capt.  Abraham  Watson, 
Isaac  Winslow,  of  Berkley  in 

new  England, 
Isaac,  son  of  Mr.  Avery  &  Mrs. 

Jemima  Winslow  of  Berkley 

in  new  England 


May  12,  iSoo, 

Aug.  25,  1783, 
no  headstone 

Feb.  14,  1765, 

April  21,  1776, 
Aug.      I,  1794, 

Aug.  27,  1810, 

Feb.  27,  1773, 

Feb.  22,  1743, 

Aug.  16,  1783, 

Aug.  27,  1787, 

April  27,  1775, 

Sep.  18,  1757, 
March   6,  1807, 

Dec.  18,  1806, 

July  22,  1756, 


in  her  44th  yr. 

24  3-rs.    3  mos.    5  da. 

no  dates. 

46  3'ears. 

39  yrs.    7  mos. 

40  3'rs.    6  mos.    2  da. 
73  yrs.    5  mos. 
about  63  3'rs. 

30  3'rs.     9  mos. 
81  yrs.  7  mos.  |  on  one 
3  mos.  5  da.  j  stone. 
71  \'rs.     I  mo.       I  da. 

24  yrs.    9  mos.    3  da. 

79  yrs. 

71  yrs. 

67  yrs.    8  mos.    6  da. 


1790,     no  date. 


Aug.    19,  1790,     in  his  19th  yr 


LIST  OF  BURIALS  IN  THE  OLD   MOUNT  PLEASANT 
GRAVEYARD,   FRENEAU,   N.  J. 

About  1734  a  Presbyterian  church  building  was  erected  at  Mount  Pleas- 
ant, near  Matawan,  close  by  what  is  now  Freneau  R.  R.  depot.  This,  to 
some  degree,  ma\'  have  been  like  the  church  at  Middletown  in  containing 
worshippers  of  different  denominations  :  but  the  Presbyterian  predominat- 
ed. It  was  in  this  church,  it  is  said,  that  Rev.  Charles  McKnight  was 
preaching  when  the  British  took  him  prisoner  and  put  him  into  the  prison- 
ship.  Tradition  states  that  the  British  used  the  old  building  as  a  stable 
for  their  artiller3'  horses  after  the  Battle  of  INIonmouth,  that  when  the3' 
went  out  to  march  on  their  wa3'  the3-  burned  it,  and  that  afterward  the 


34S 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


I'ie.sb\  teriaiis  built  another  edifice  there.  Tlie  buiial  .ground  at  this  place 
is  now  about  one  acre  in  area.  The  following  record.s  of  this  Mt.  Pleasant 
cemetery  were  copied  from  the  gravestones  by  F.  R.  S)  lunies. 


NAMKS. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


John  D.  Abbot, 

John  L.  Ackernian, 

Catharine  Ackernian,  w.  John  L. 

John  Amy,  s.  David  (Sc  Elizabeth, 

Hannah  Ani}-,  d.  David  »S: 

Elizabeth, 
David  Amy,  s.  John  Os:  Hannah, 
Annie  A.  Applegate,  d.  Joseph  & 

Angeline, 
Elisha  A  roes. 


Catharine  Aumac,  w.  Richard, 
Jacob  A u mack, 
Lydia  Aumack,  w.  Jacob, 
Margaret  (Prest)  Aumack,  w. 

Richard, 
Tunis  A  unlock, 
John  Aumock,  s. 
Allie  H.  Bannon, 

P^mma  P^. 
Clara  E.  Bannon,  d.  James  & 

Emma  E. 
Charlotte  Bedle,  w.  Daniel  H. 
Harriet  Louisa  Bedle.  d.  Dan.  PI. 

&  Charlotte, 
Infant  daughter  of  Daniel  tS: 

Charlottee  Beedle, 
Mary  Barber,  w.  Dr.  Thomas, 
Nathaniel  Eells  Barber,  s.  Mary, 
Sarah  Barber,  d.  Mary, 
Sarah  Hates, 
John  l^ennet. 
Sarah  Ben  net,  w.  John, 
Sarah  Mariar  Bennet,  d.  John  eS: 

wSarah, 
Sharlott  P.ennet,  d.  John  &  Sarah, 
Ida  (Van  Pelt)  Bennet,  w.  John, 
p>iedrich  Bernhart, 


John  <Sc  Sarah, 
s.  James  & 


Oct. 

vSep. 
May 
Dec. 


14. 

24. 

22, 

4. 


Aug.    20, 
March  20, 


Sep.      17, 
Aug.    w, 


Nov. 
Feb. 
June 


10, 

13. 
29, 


Jan.  22, 

Aug.  23. 

Oct.  10. 

June  25, 

Mar.  3, 

Jan.  17, 

July  6, 


Dec.      21, 

i^3A 

March  3, 

178S 

Feb.     20, 

1780 

Jan.      13, 

178S 

Jan.       19. 

1836 

March    J , 

1866 

June     20, 

^^59 

May       3, 

1838 

April   23, 

1838 

Oct.      16, 

1888 

Jan.      iS, 

i.\S^ 

850,  I  yr.       7  mos.    6  da. 

864,  Ma\-  5,  1786. 

848.  6u  3'rs.     2  mos.  14  da- 

810,  21  vrs.  21  da. 


790.  2  yrs.     9  mos.  12  a:\. 

791 ,  in  his  43rd  \  r. 

889.  20  vrs.  3  mos.  20  da. 
902,     born     June     9,      1821. 

Co.  K.  28   Reg.   N. 

J.  Vols. 
839,  46  yrs  10  mos.  13  da. 
849,  79  yrs.  9  mos.  19  da. 
860,  84  yrs.  3  mos.  28  da. 

86 r,  62  yrs.  5  mos.  2r  da. 
845,  24  yrs.  3  mos.  7  da. 
^33-  33,  y^'^-    3  "^ 


9  da. 


885,  ^L^rcll  19,  1883. 


887,  Nov.  26,  1884. 

868,  53  yrs.  9  mos.  13  da. 

863,  19  yrs.  6  mos. 


in  her  36th  \ear. 

5  mos.  7  da. 

3  mos.  2  da. 
76  yrs.  4  mos.  29  da. 
58  yrs.  1 1  mos.  13  da. 
35  yrs.  9  mos.  3  da. 

I  yr.   1  mo.  12  da. 

3  yrs.  10  mos.  13  da. 
P'^eb.  14,  1813. 
March  i,  1853. 


APPENDIX. 


349 


NAMES. 


HATH  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Edward  Black,  .s.  Charles  F.  & 

Almira. 
William  R.  Bloodg^ood, 

Harriet  (Robert.s)  Bloodgood,  \v. 

Wm.  R. 
Orlando  S.  Bloodgood,  .s.  Win. 

R.  eS:  Harriet, 
John  Board,  .s.  James  &  Ann, 
Johny  Brown,  s.  John  G.  & 

Ann  C. 
Charles  \'.  Brown,  s.  James  E.  & 

Mary, 
Eliza  Brown,  d.  Edward  &  Mary, 
Hannah  Ann  Brown,  d.  Jacob  & 

Ann  ah, 
William  Augustus  Brown,  s. 

Jacob  &  Annah, 
Margaret  Burrowes,  w.  John  &  d. 

Samuel  &  Helena  Forman, 
Samuel  Carhart,  Sr.. 
Samuel  Carhart,  s.  Sam.  & 

Elizabeth, 
Anna  Carhart,  w.  Sam.  &  d. 

Peter  &  Margaret  Conry, 
Peter  Carhart,  s.  Sam.  &  Anna, 
John  Priestley  Carlile,  s.  Wm.  & 

Mary  R.. 
John  R.   Campbell, 
Francis  ]Marion  Campbell,  s.  John 

R.  &  Jemima, 
Mary  E.  Clark,  d.  Asher  B  &  Eliza, 
Ellen  B.  Clark,  d.  Asher  B.  &  Eliza, 
Infant  daughter  of  Asher  B    & 

Eliza  Clark, 

dia  Conry,  w.  Thomas, 

William  Cottrell, 

Ann  Cottrell,  vv.  Wm.  T., 

Michael  Cottrell,  s.  Wm    & 

Elizabeth, 
Ellenorah  S.  Cottrell,  d.  W^m.  M. 

&  Sarah  E., 
Wni.  M.  Cottrell, 


July 

14. 

1 85 1. 

3 

mos. 

23  da. 

April 

"'■ 

1896, 

Cc 

.  A. 

Vol. 

2S  Reg 

N.  J 

.Sep. 

26, 

1866, 

41 

yrs. 

12  da. 

Aug. 

24. 

18.U, 

5 

yrs. 

1 1  mos. 

14  da 

Dec. 

21, 

1792, 

22 

yrs. 

7  mos. 

8  da 

Sep. 

8. 

1846, 

I 

yr. 

I  mo. 

3  f^a 

M.iy 

3' 

18.S3. 

5 

y  rs . 

3  mos. 

13  da 

Oct. 

24. 

1S30, 

4 

wks 

May 

7' 

1838, 

7  mos. 

6  da. 

May 

22, 

1824, 

2 

yrs 

1 1  mos. 

19  da 

July 

14. 

1787. 

28 

yrs. 

1 1  mos. 

16  da 

Dec. 

26. 

1809, 

72 

yrs. 

6  mos. 

4  da 

Aug. 

21, 

1792. 

22 

yrs. 

6  mos. 

16  da 

June 

15. 

1793. 

26 

yrs. 

I  mo. 

i.S  da 

no  date, 

2 

mos 

3  (la. 

Aug. 

13. 

I  S3 1, 

9 

mos 

Jan. 

16, 

1834, 

48 

yrs. 

7  mos. 

2  da 

Jan. 

2, 

1835. 

I 

yr. 

2  mos. 

30  da 

Jan. 

I, 

1847. 

4  yrs. 

2  mos. 

Jan- 

/  • 

1847, 

8 

mos 

27  da. 

no  date. 

Aug. 

18, 

1791. 

29  yrs. 

10  mos. 

22  da 

May 

13- 

1843. 

73 

yrs. 

3  mos. 

15  da 

Nov. 

17. 

1840, 

36 

yrs. 

3  mos. 

3  da 

Feb.       3. 

INIarch  24, 
Aug.     5,  I 


845,     37  yrs.    2  mos.  11  da. 


855. 
895, 


4  mos.  20  da. 
Aug.  18    1819. 


350 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMES. 

Sarah  K.  Cottrell,  w.  Win.  M. 
Gersham  Cottrell,  s.  Joseph  «S: 

Mary, 
Joseph  Cottrell, 
Mary  (Thickston)  Cottrell,  w. 

Joseph, 
Margaret  Conover, 
Hendrick  T.  Conover, 
jNIary  Jane  Conover,  d.   Hendrick 

&'ldah, 
Tnnis  Conover,  s.  Hendrick  l\: 

Ida, 
vSarah  Ann  Conover,  \v.  Peter  P. 
Ann  Maria  Cook,  d.  Wni.  W.  & 

Caroline, 
Infant  son  of  Rev.  Eli  F.  (S: 

Catharine  B.  Cooley, 
Adolphus  Cooper,  s.  Benjamin  P 

&  Meleney, 
Benjamin  P.  Cooper, 

John  W.  Cooper, 

Mary  Elizabeth  Cooper,  d.  Jacob 

&  Catharine, 
Peter  H.  Cooper,  s.  Jacob  W.  & 

Catharine, 
David  Crawford,  s.  David  i^ 

Susan, 
Sarah  Ann  Crawford,  w.  John  (!\: 

d.  Jacob  &  Mary  Vanderbelt, 
William  Crawford, 
Martha  Crawford,  w.  Wni.. 
Joel  Crawford, 

Mary  Ann  Crawford,  w.  Joel, 
Martha  Jane  Crawford,  d.  Joel  c\: 

Mar\-  Ann, 
Martha  Jane  Crawford,  second  d. 

Joel  &  Mary  Ann, 
Charles  Augustus  Crawford,  s. 

Joel  cS:  Hannah  Maria, 
Thaddeus  Crawford,  s.  Joel  & 

Mar}-  Ann, 
(iideon  Crawford, 


DATK  OF  DEATH.  AGE. 

Sep.     i8,  1S57,  30  j-rs.  n  nios.     3  da. 

Dec.       2,  18 1 8,  18  yrs.     2  nios.  26  da. 

March  10,1838,  73  years. 

Dec.     23.  1835,  April  20,     176S. 

June      2,  1857,  57  jTS.     9  mos.  1 1  da. 

March  13    1850,  .44  yrs.     2  mos.  27  da. 

Sep.      14,  1832,  28  da. 

Dec.       6,  1861,  23  jTS.    9  mos.  21  da. 

July     17,  1843,  ?i4  3'i'S.    9  nios.  19  da. 

vSep.      [6,  1838,  8  yrs.    9  mos.     i  da. 

April,         1822. 

July      30,  1853,  4  mos 

Jul}-     23,  1891,  born  July  6,  1814   Co. 
I.  29  Reg.  N.  J.  Vols. 

Aug.    20,  185 1,  62  3'rs.    9  mos.  23  da. 

Sep.      10,  1840,  I  mo.  20  da. 

Jan.      20.  1844,  10  mos.    5  da. 

Jul}-      26,  1831,  I  yr.      2  mos.  20  da. 

Nov.     25,  1829,  29  yrs.    5  mos.  25  da. 

Dec.     16,  1837,  80  yrs.    2  mos.  15  da. 

May       8,  1866,  98  yrs.    4  mos.    8  da. 

March  27,  1873,  Feb.  10,  1802. 

June     16,  1832,  28  yrs.    8  mos.  24  da. 

l''eb.      15,  1829,  9  mos.  24  da. 

June     27,  1830,  6  mos.  17  da. 

Nov.     16,   1839,  I  I  mos.     2  da. 

March    1,  1841,  13  yrs.    5  mos.  17  da. 

Sept.       I,  183 1,  64  yrs.     8  mos. 


APPENDIX. 


351 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


20,  1822, 
18,  1839, 
iS,  1852, 

22,,  1879. 
14,  1849, 


il    22 


Sarah  Crawford,  vv.  Gideon,  Oct. 

Mary  Crawford,  Oct. 

Catharine  Crawford,  w.  Stephen,     Juh 
Stephen  Crawford,  Apri 

Leah  A.  Crosby,  Aug 

Margaret  Ann  Davett,  w.  James,     July 

of  Cholera  in  New  York 
Margaret  Davett,  d.  James  & 

Margaret  A. 
James  Davett,  s.  James  &  Maria, 
Garret  Denyse,  s.  Wm.  &  Maria, 
Anipel  Demerest,  w.  John, 
Mary  Dey,  d.  Lewis  &  Agnes, 
Nicholas  Morgan  Disbrow, 
Mar^-  (Vanderhoef)  Disbrow,  w. 

Nicholas  M. 
Nicholas  Edgar  Disbrow,  s. 

Nicholas  M.  and  Mar}-, 
Phebe  V.  Disbrow,  d.  Nicholas  & 

Mary, 
Margaret  Donaldson,  w.  Sam.  & 

d.  Rev.  George  Mairs, 
Joseph  \V.  Dunlop, 
Wm.  Johnston  Dunlop,  s.  Jos.  W. 

&  ^Margaret, 
Thomas  Fleet, 
2  Children  of  Thos.  Fleet,  b}-  the 

side  of  his  grave, 
Mary  Forman,  d.  Samuel  &  Helena 
Helena  Forman,  d.  Jonathan  & 

^Nlary, 
Helena  Forman,  w.  Samuel  &  d. 

Tunis  &  Catharine  Denise, 
Samuel  Forman,  s.  Jonathan  & 

Margaret. 
Cap.  Wm.  W.  Forman, 
INIiss  Mary  Forman, 
Eleanor  Freneau,  w.  Philip  &  d. 

Samuel  &  Helena  Forman, 
Sarah  B.  French,  d.  Ebenezer  & 

Lavinia, 
James  B.  French,  s.  Ebenezer  & 

Lavinia, 


Aug.  18,  1849, 

Jan.        4,  1852, 

March   5,  1819, 

March  8,  1813, 

June     II,  1S45, 

Feb.      22,  1864, 

Aug.     17,  1865, 

June      7,  1829, 

April    10,  1S09, 

Feb.      15,  1822, 

x-\pril   26.  1852, 

Nov.     17,  1832. 

March  20,  1791, 


44  \rs.  8  mos.  13  da. 
50  \rs.  9  raos.  13  da. 
90  yrs.  8  mos.  3  da. 
72  yrs.  9  mos.  22  da. 
Dec.    4,  1812. 

31  \'rs.     2  mos.    8  da. 

1 1  mos. 

I  yr.       5  mos.  1 1  da. 
17  yrs.    3  mos.    5  da. 
in  her  59th  3-ear. 
57  yrs.  1 1  mos.     7  da. 
81  yrs.    4  mos.  14  da. 

77  jTS.  II  mos.  2j  da. 

9  mos.    7  da. 

I  yr.     2  mos.  23  da. 

in  her  28th  yr. 

55  vrs.     2  nios.     4  da. 

3  yrs.     7  mos.  24  da. 
about  58  3'rs. 


no  date. 

April   25, 

1771, 

3  \-rs.     7  mos. 

19  da. 

Sep.       3, 

1783. 

9  mos.  25  da. 

Jan.      22, 

1789, 

60  yrs.  10  mos. 

10  da 

Jan.  18,  1792. 
INIarch  16,  i8_i9, 
March  24,  1851, 


Sep.  I,  1850. 
April  14,  1852. 
Feb.     29,  1851, 


78  yrs.  2  mos.  5  da. 
JT)  3TS.  8  mos.  6  da. 
60  yrs.    2  mos.    9  da. 

86  yrs.    9  mos.  2q  da. 

6  yrs.    9  mos. 

10  mos.  21  da. 


352 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNKNT. 


NAMKS. 


DATE  OK   I)]':ATII. 


ACiE. 


jaiues  Frost,  s.  John  >.\:  Catharine, 
Thomas  Geran, 
Barbarah  Geran,  w.  Thos. 
Oscar  CTilson.  s.  John.  &  Martha, 
Richard  E.  Griffiths,  s.  Robert  & 

Margaret, 
l^isie  (Roberts)  Hauler,  vv. 

Charles  J., 
Margaret  West  Hankinson,  \v. 

Peter  B.  &  d.  John  P.  tS:  Mary 

Smith, 
Deborah  Hendrickson,  relict  of 

Samuel, 
Philip  Holmes, 
Eleanor  Holmes,  wid.  Philip, 
Evdah  Holmes,  d.  Philip  & 

Pvlenor, 
Hendrick  Hiers, 
Sarah  (Whitlock)  Hiers,  relict  of 

Hendrick, 
George  W.  Hires,  s.  Garret  & 

Sarah  F. , 
Twin  sons  of  E.  (S:  E-  Hoyt, 
]\Iorris  Higgins, 
Hannah  Higgins,  wid.  Isaac, 
Mathias  Hulsart, 
Elizabeth  Hulsart,  w.  Mathias, 
John  Hulsart,  s.  Matthias  & 

FUizabeth, 
Thomas  Hulsart,  s.  Mathias  & 

Elizabeth, 
Peter  M.  Hulsart,  s,  Mathias  cS: 

Elizabeth, 
Martha  Hulsart,  vv.  Peter  M., 
John  Hulsart,  s.  Peter  INI.  & 

Martha, 
Maria  (Bowne)  Hulsart,  \v.  Wm. 
Isaac  Hull,  s.  James  B.  &  Ann, 
Mjr.  Thomas  Hunn, 
Catharine  Vanemburgh  Hunn, 

\v.  Thomas, 
Adrian  Hunn,  s.  Thomas  tS: 

Catharine  V. 


Jan.  lo,  1S21,       2  wks.    6  da. 

April  I,  1S42,  82  yrs.     i  mo. 

Jan.  13,  1843,  77  yrs.    6  nios.  19  da. 

Feb.  g,  1848,       5  yrs.  10  mos.  24  da. 

Dec.  29,  1856,        I  mo.     19  da. 

Jan.  4,  1865.  29  yrs. 


Aug.    24,  1839, 

Sep.  25,  1822, 
Dec.  26,  1 810, 
March    8,  1842, 

March  7,  1795, 
July      13,  1832, 

May     17,  1 84 1, 

May  12,  1846, 
Sep.  27.  1847. 
Jan.  3,  1867, 
Oct.  2,  1861, 
April  II,  1846, 
March  20,  1853, 

April    17,  1832, 

March    7,  1808, 

July  10,  1838, 
Sep.     26,  1828, 

March  4,  1824, 
Jan.  17,  1848, 
March  24,  1833, 
Sep.      15,  1797, 

Mar.       4,  1 8 13, 

Aug.    31,  1802, 


26  yrs. 

14  da. 

37  yrs. 

]  I  mos. 

40  yrs. 

7  mos. 

25  da. 

66  yrs. 

6  mos. 

23  da. 

I  yr. 

7,  mos. 

8  da. 

75  yrs. 

1 1  mos. 

20  da. 

81  yrs. 

1 1  mos. 

I  da. 

7  mos 

.  26  da. 

66  yrs. 

1 1  mos. 

8  da. 

92  yrs. 

89  yrs. 

4  mos. 

8  da. 

91  yrs. 

6  mos. 

5  da. 

32  yrs. 

2  mos. 

1  da. 

6  yrs. 

2  mos. 

14  da. 

53  yrs. 

9  mos. 

2  da. 

38  yrs. 

7  mos. 

I  yr. 

I  mo. 

26  da. 

19  yrs. 

7  mos. 

5  da. 

Nov.    29,  1800. 
60  yrs.  1 1  mos. 

75  yrs.    4  mos. 

32  yrs.    4  mos. 


9  da. 


APPENDIX. 


353 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


Provoost  Hunn,  s.  Thoma.s  & 

Catherine, 
William  Hyers, 
Margaret  Hyers,  w.  Wm. 
Joseph  Hyer,  s.  Wm.  &  Jane, 
William  I.  Hyer.  s.  Joseph  G.  & 

Dorcas  A. 
John  L.  Hyer,  s.  Jo.seph  G.  & 

Dorcas  A. 
Jane  Hyers,  w.  Walter  P. 
John  V.  Hj'er.  s.  Joseph  G.  & 

Dorcas  A. 
Martha  Jobes,  \v.  Richard. 
Mary  Eliza  Jobs,  d.  Richard  & 

Martha, 
Ann  Johnson,  w.  Mathias, 
William  Johnson, 
Elizabeth  V.  P.  Johnson,  d.  Wm. 

&  Margaret  S. 
Peter  Johnston, 
Elsey  Johnston,  w.  Peter, 
William  P.Johnston,  s.  Peter  & 

Else}', 
Magdalena  (Benhart)  Keppes,  w. 

Peter, 
Henr}'  J.  Keppes,  s.  Peter  & 

Magdalena, 
George  F.  Keppes,  s.  Peter  & 

Magdalena, 
Dr.  Peter  Le  Conte, 
Isaac  Ledyard,  s.  Benjamin  & 

Catharine, 
Margaret  Lequier,  w.  John, 
John  Lamberson, 
Mary  Lamberson,  w.  John, 
Mary  Lamberson,     w.  John,    &  d. 

Lewis  &  Catharine  Combs, 
Maria  Lamberson,  consort  of  Wm. 

C.  &  d.  Stephen  &  Catharine 

Crawford, 
John  Lambertson, 
Martha  J.   Lambertson,   w. 

John, 


March  6,  1771,       3  yrs.    3  mos. 

Aug.     10,  1831,  58  yrs.    9  mos.  11  da. 

March  18,  1858,  76  yrs. 

Sep.       2,  1825,  10  mos.    8  da. 

Jan.        I,  1835,  10  mos. 


Jan.  2,  1835, 
Aug.    16,  1863, 

July  4,  1854, 
Nov.     II,  1844. 

Dec.  30,  1839, 
Dec.  12,  1820, 
March  23,  1847, 

Oct.  28,  1846, 
Feb.  10,  1821, 
Feb.      12,  1817, 

Sep.     27,  1847, 

Feb.      22,  1857, 

Dec.     2j,  1854, 

March  15,  1857, 
Jan.      29.  1768, 

March  21,  1787, 
June  17,  1882, 
June  14,  1848, 
March  30,  1857, 


5  3'rs.  s  nios.  6  da. 
59  yrs.     2  mos.     2  da. 

18  \'rs.  7  mos.  4  da. 
48  3-rs.  II  mos.  26  da. 

5  3'rs.  3  mos.  5  da. 
24  yrs.  II  mos.  16  da. 
38  yrs.    9  mos.    8  da- 

13  yrs.  9  mos.  14  da. 
70  yrs.  I  mo.  4  da. 
67  yrs.    8  mos. 

64  yrs.    6  mos. 

17  yrs.    3  mos.     i  da. 

I  da. 

I  mo. 
in  his  66th  year. 

3  yrs.  12  da. 
Mar.  5,  1813. 
64  yrs.  16  da. 
67  yrs.    6  mos.    2  da. 


Aug.    29,  1849,     21  yrs.    5  mos.  10  da. 


April    15,  1832,     39  yrs.     7  mos.  15  da. 
Jan.      20,  1886,     April  6,  1823. 

Feb.       7,  1879,     March  10,  1833. 


354 


NAMK.S 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

DATE  OF  DKATH.  AGE. 


Jennie  I,.  Lanibertson,  A.  John  & 
Martha  J. 

Wni.  Edjjar  Lainbertson,  s  I'eter 
&  Eleanor. 

Henry  Latourrette. 

Betsy  Latourrette, 

Elizabeth  (Brower)  Latourrette. 
w.  Peter, 

Margaret  Latourrette,  \v.  David. 

Peter  Latourrette, 

William  Leasure, 

John  Lisk. 

Eleanor  Li.sk.  d.  Henrj'  & 
Caroline 

Robert  Little,  a  native  of  the  Bil- 
li.s  near  Virginia  County  Cavan 
Ireland,  came  to  America  1807  : 
many  3ear.s  an  active  merchant 
in  this  place, 

Frances  Little,  d.  Robert  &  Mar- 
garet, 

John  Lugard, 

Mary  Lugard,  w.  John, 

Eliza  Ann  (Brown)  Marrenner, 
w.  John, 

Infant  daughter  of  Wm.  &  Mar3' 
Mc  Dormott, 

William  Mc  Darmott, 

Mary  McDarmott,  w.  Wm. 

Agness  Mc  Donald,  relict  of 
Alexander, 

Eleanor  Ann  McDowell,  d.  John 
I.  &  Emma  J. 

John  C.  Mc  Dowell,  s.  John  I.  & 
Emma  J. 

Mary  Emma  McDowell,  d.  John 
I.  &  Emma  J. 

Catharine  Ann  Morgan,  d.  Jona- 
than &  Dianah, 

Mary  Elizabeth  Morgan,  d.  Jona- 
than (Sc  Dianah. 

Henr}'  Moffett,  born  in  the  County 
Downe  Ireland, 


P'el).      II.   iSSi,  Jan.  S,  1S67. 

Oct.        S.  [84S.  I  year. 

March  17,  [S65,  72  3'rs.  10  mos.  11  da. 

Ma}-     23,  1862,  79  yrs.    3  mo.s.  27  da. 

June     12,  1S87,  April  4,  1790. 

Jan.      13,  1847,  85  yrs.    6  mos. 

Sep.      II.  1849,  64  \'rs.    6  mos.  13  da. 

Sep.      18.  1826,  about  72  yrs. 

March  23,  1823,  67  yrs.     i  mo.      8  da. 

May       3,  1828,  I  yr. 


Oct.  29,  182 1,  in  his  37th  j-ear. 

April  30,  1839,  20  yrs.    6  mos.    8  da. 

Jan.  16,  1876,  Feb.  12,  1800. 

April  I,  1873,  72  3TS. 

Feb.  22,  1842,  36  yrs. 

June  16,  1815. 

Dec.  9,  1843,  53  yrs-     7  "'os.  24  da. 

Jan.  5.  1838,  61  3'rs.     i  da. 

March  15,  1848,  83  yrs. 

Oct.  ,s,  1839,  9  mos.  19  da. 

April  II.  i8ri,  11  mos.  19  da. 

Sep.  [7,  1847,  1 1  mos.  10  da. 

June  24,  1834,  4  yrs.     2  mos.  24  da. 

Ma3'  23,  1841,  3  yrs.     5  mos.  29  da. 

April  29,  1841,  j^  3'rs.    3  mos.     i  da. 


APPENDIX. 


355 


NAMES. 

Catharine  Moffett,  w.  Henry, 

Thomas  Mofifett, 

Marietta  Morrel,  d.  John  &  Mary, 

Sarah  Ann  Morrel,  d.  John  & 
Mary, 

Julia  A.  (Cottrell)  Newcul,  w. 
Jacob, 

Mary  Elizabeth  Ornish}',  d.  Dor- 
man  L.  &  Gertrude  J., 

Gilbert  L.  Palmer, 

David  Provost, 

IMary  Provoost,  vv   David, 

Caroline  P.  Provoost,  d.  Maj. 
David  &  Mary, 

Eveline  Provost,  d.  David  &  Eliza, 

Sarah  Ann  Queripel,  w.  Job, 

William  R.  Ralph, 

David  O.  Rappleyea, 
Howard  Reeder, 


John  Riddel, 

John  Riddel,  s.  John  &  Julia, 
Elcy  Roberts,  d.  Thomas  &  Marj-, 
James  Mott  Roberts,  s.  Thomas 

&  Mary, 
Thomas  Roberts, 
Mary  (Mott)  Roberts,  relict  of 

Thomas, 
Elizabeth  Roberts,  d.  Cornelous 

&  Elce}'  Vanderhoof, 
Margaret  Elizabeth  Roberts,  d. 

Mathew  &  Jane, 
Thomas  S.  Roberts,  s.  John  A.  & 

Hannah, 
Hannah  (Scobey)  Roberts,  w. 

John  A., 
Matthew  T.  Roberts, 
Elizabeth  Robberts,   w.  Matthew, 
Mary  Elizabeth  Roberts,  d.  Joel 

B.  &  Lucy  Ann, 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 

June     25,  1857, 

1869, 

Aug.      5,  1S33, 

Aug.    14,  1832, 

March  12,  1890, 

Nov.  25,  1833, 
March  26,  1845, 
March  5,  1849, 
Sep.      10,  1832, 

April  5,  1849, 
Oct.  26,  1846, 
March  16,  183 1, 
Jan.      14,  1889, 

May     28,  1896, 

Jan.      24,  1900, 

June  2,  1866, 
Dec.  27,  1871, 
Dec.     18,  1S31, 

vSep.  24,  1806, 
July     31,  1850, 

Ma\'  10,  1863, 

Jan.  4,  1819, 

April  4,  1833, 

Oct.  6,  1858, 

Dec.  15,  1864, 
March  2,  1837, 
April    30,  1855, 


AGE. 

71  yrs.     2  mos.  17  da. 
born  1820. 
5  mos.    9  da. 


9  mos.  20  da. 

Nov.  20,  1833. 

4  mos.  20  da. 
in  his  29th  year. 
69  yrs.    5  mos.  23  da. 
,S3  yrs.     i  mo.     26  da. 

27  yrs.    3  mos.    9  da. 

39  3'rs.  10  da. 

18  yrs.    5  mos.    6  da. 

aged  61  yrs.  Co.  I. 
8  Reg.  N.  J.  Vols. 

b.  May  12,  1848.  Co. 
H.  38  Reg.  N.J.  Vol. 

aged  77  yrs.  Ser- 

geant, Co  I  i6th 
Penn.  Cavalr}-. 

66  j-rs.    8  mos.    8  da. 

24  3-rs.  7  mos.  17  da. 
6  yrs.    9  mos.    6  da. 

4  3-rs.    4  mos.     6  da. 
76  3-rs.    4  mos,  r2  da. 

82  \'rs.  8  mos.  14  da. 

66  3'rs.  7  mos.    8  da. 

8  mos.  25  da. 

20  yrs.  7  mos. 

58  3-rs.  4  mos.  25  da. 
57  3-rs.  II  mos.  I  da. 
72  3'rs.  II  mos.  18  da. 


March  10,  1847,       1  yr.       i  mo.     13  da. 


356 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


NAMES. 

Joel  Roberts,  s.  Joel  B.  &  Lucy  Ann 
Jane  Ann  Roberts,  d.  Wm.  L.  & 

Susan  E., 
John  M.  Roberts, 
Jane  Roberts,  w.  John  M., 
Miss  Elenor  Roberts,  d.  John  & 

Jane,       died  in  Brooklin  L.  I., 
Sarah  T.  Roberts,  d.  John  M.  cS: 

Janv, 
Susanna  Robison,  \v.  James  &d. 

John  &  Mary  Sumnierhayes, 
Cyrus  Saver}',  s.  Benjamin  & 

Lydia, 
Infant  son  of  Benjamin  &  Lydia 

Savery, 
Thomas  Scobey,  s.  Charles  cS: 

Nanc}', 
George  Shaw, 
Mar}'  Ann  Shaw, 
Aaron  Shaw, 
Catharine  (Aumack)  vSimmons, 

w.  John, 
Henry  R.  Smith, 
John  B.  Smyth, 
Rebecca  vSmyth,  w.  John, 
Infant  son  of  Thomas  &  Ann 

Smith, 
Infant  son  of  F.  P.  &  C.  Simpson, 
Marj'  Smith,  d.  Thomas  &  Ann 
John  P.  Smyth, 
]\Iary  (Johnston)  Smyth,  relict  of 

John  P., 
Peter  Smyth, 

Hendricha  Smyth,  w.  Peter, 
Euphame  Smyth,  d.  Peter  & 

Hendricha, 
Wm.  Johnston  Smyth,  s.  John  cS: 

Mary, 
Peter  Watson  Smyth,  s.  John  & 

Mary, 
Mary  (Hunn)  vStout,  w.  Richard, 
Catharine  H.  vStout,  d.  Richard 

&  Mary, 


DATE  OF  DEATH.  .\GK. 

,  April    lo,  1S52,  2  nios. 

Dec.      13,  1S49,  2  yrs.    S  mos.  10  da. 

March  26,  1843,  in  his  6ist  N'ear. 

Jan.        4,  1858,  71  yrs. 

Nov.     19,  1S35.  23  yrs.  10  mos.     i  da. 

Feb.      24,  1829,  14  yrs.  10  mos.   18  da. 

May     24,  1827,  26  yrs.  10  mos. 

Sep.     28.  1836,  4  yrs.    5  mos.  19  da. 

no  date. 

Feb.     27,  1835,  3  3'rs.     5  mos    19  da. 

July     20,  1854,  39  yrs.     6  mos.  25  da. 

Dec.       I,  i860,  47  }'rs. 

Maj-     24,  1845,  in  his  47th  year. 

Feb.       I,  1865,  64  yrs.     9  mos.  14  da. 

Aug.      8,  1812,  35  yrs. 

Aug.    30,  1864,  12,  yrs.  10  mos.     i  da. 

April   29,  1855,  59  3'rs.    3  mos.    4  da. 

March  25,  1836, 

No  date. 

Feb.       8,  1844,  [  }'r.     10  mos.  17  da. 

Oct.        2,  1851,  72  3'rs.     1  mo. 

Oct.       3,  1861,  78  yrs.  10  mos.    8  da. 

June     26,  [824,  74  3'rs,     6  mos.  10  da, 

Oct.       3,  1832,  81  3'rs.  II  mos. 

May     27,  1825,  39  3'rs.    9  mos.  15  da. 

vSep.      15,  1813,  2  yrs.     i  mo.      3  da. 

Jul3'     22,  1822,  12  3'rs.  10  mos.    8  da, 

April    17,  1804,  25  3'rs. 

April     4,  1804,  6  mos. 


APPENDIX. 


357 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


AGE. 


George  W.  Strong,  s.  Wni.  N.  & 

Sarah  Ann, 
Elizabeth  (Craig)  Stewart,  w.  John, 
Deborah  A.  Stryker, 
John  Str3-ker, 
John  Summerhays, 
Mary  Summerhays,  w.  John, 
Cornelius  Swart, 
James  Bentle3-  Taylor,  ,s.  James  B. 

&  Grace  J., 
Theodore  Thomas, 
Catharine  Thomas,  w.  Theodore, 
Theodore  Thomas,  s.  Theodore  & 

Catharine, 
John  Thomp.son.  Jr.,  of  Perth 

Ambo}', 
Asher  Tice, 
Sarah  Tice.  vv.  A.sher  &  d.  Sam. 

&  Catharine  Ellison, 
John  Thompson, 
Sarah  (Emmons)  Thompson,  w. 

John, 
William  Thompson, 
Jane  Thompson,  relict  of  Wm., 
Lucretia  Vanarsdalen,  w.  George 

&  d.  Hendrick  &  Ida  Vancleef, 
Charles  P.  VanBrackle, 

Georgie  B.  VanBrakle, 
Margaret  VanBrakle,  w.  John, 
Samuel  C.  Vanderhoef, 
Alice  I.  Vanderhoof,  w.  S.  C, 
Cornelius  P.  Vanderhoef,  Esqr., 
Phebe  (Hunn)  Vanderhoef,  w. 

Cornelius  P., 
William  Van  Nuyse,  s  James 

&  Ann, 
John  Van  Nuyse, 
Emma  (Crawford)  Van  Nuyse, 

w.  John, 
David  Van  Pelt, 
Ann  Van  Pelt,  w.  David, 
Christopher  J.  Van  Pelt, 


April  21,  1847, 
July  3,  1902, 
March  g,  1891, 
May  29,  18S7, 
June  25,  1834, 
March  24,  1838, 
Jan.      10,  1 83 1, 

Oct.  5,  1843, 
Dec.  29,  1862, 
July     31,  1849, 


4  mos.    4  da. 
no  date. 
Sep.  2;^,  1829. 
April  6,  1826. 
58  yrs.    5  mos. 

64  yrs. 

62  yrs.    6  mos.    6  da. 

Jan.  5,  1829. 

65  yrs.    5  mos. 
in  her  44th  year. 


Sep.      18,  1857,     27  yrs.     3  mos.  18  da. 


Aug.  21,  1812, 

Feb.  26,  1865, 

July  30,  1872, 

April  II,  1861, 

May  28,  i860, 
March  30,  1855, 

Jan.  7,  1856, 

July  18,  1832, 

Julj'  29,  1889, 

March  19,  1893, 
May       I,  1882, 

Dec.  17,  1847, 

Feb.  4,  1817, 

May  10,  18 16, 


39  yrs.    4  mos. 

83  yrs.    9  mos.     7  da. 

83  yrs.     I  mo.     10  da. 
iSIarch  23,  1792. 

May  28,  1792. 

79  yrs- 
81  yrs. 

48  yrs.  25  da. 
born  Junes,  1S44.  Co. 
D.  38  Reg.  N.  J.  V. 
Aug.  16,  1876. 
71  5'rs.  3  mos.  11  da. 
51  yrs.  6  mos.  3  da. 
21  yrs.  4  mos.  5  da. 
53  J'fs.    6  mos.  23  da. 


April     4,  1808,     40  yrs.     5  mos.  13  da. 


30  j-rs.    3  mos.  16  da. 
53  yrs.     7  da. 


Oct. 

22, 

1818, 

Sep. 

21, 

1845 

Sep. 

14, 

1S65 

Jan. 

29, 

1853. 

Sep. 

13, 

1808, 

Oct. 

15. 

1846, 

69  yrs.  7  mos.  11  da. 
in  his  70th  year. 
24  yrs.  5  mos.  10  da. 
in  his  66th  year. 


March 

12S, 

i-\39. 

76  yrs.     1  mo.     28  da. 

May 

7. 

1S5'. 

in  her  77th  3'ear. 

July 

4. 

I«32, 

13  yrs.    4  mos. 

Oct. 

26, 

1844. 

in  his  49th  year. 

July 

iS, 

1847. 

10  mos.  20  da. 

358  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

NAMES.  DATE  OF  DEATH.  AGE. 

William  Van  Pelt, 
Elizabeth  Van  Pelt,  w.  \Vm., 
John  S.  Van  Pelt,  s    \Vm.  & 

Elizabeth, 
Thomas  Van  Pelt, 
John  E.  Van  Pelt,  s.  John  li.  cV 

Irena  M., 
Ellen  Erances  Van  I'elt,  d.  John 

B.  &  Irena  M.,  Oct.      20,  1850,       2  yrs.    8  mos.  13  da. 

John  H.  Van  Pelt.  April    13,  1903,     aged  79  yrs.       Co.  A. 

38  Reg.  N.  J.  Vols. 
Hannah  ( Petti t)  Van  Sciver,  w. 

David  M.,  Jnne    30,  1855,     50  yrs.    9  mos.  2^,  da. 

John  Walton,  judge  in  Mon.  Co. 

Court  Common  Pleas,  &  elder 

in  1st  Pres.  Ch.  Middletown, 
Joseph  L.  S.  Walton,  s.  John  & 

Amelia  INI  , 
John  D.  Walton,  s.  John  & 

Amelia  M., 
Helen  B.  Walton,  d.  Wm.  P.  & 

Mary, 
Catharine  Walton,  d.  Wm.  P.  & 

Mary, 
Mary  Walton,  d.  Wm.  P.  &  Mary, 
Peter  Walton,  s.  Wm.  P.  &  Mary, 
Mar}'  Jane  Walton,  d.  Peter  & 

Hannah, 
Willemina  Wallace,  d.  Joseph  V. 

&  Margaret, 
Mary  Walton,  w.  William, 
William  P.  Walton, 
Victor  Walton,  s.  Wm.  P.  &  Mary, 
Cornelius  Walton,  s.  Wm.  P.  & 

Mary, 
William  K.  Walton,  s.  Wm.  P.  & 

Mary, 
William  Warn, 
Eliza  M.  Warn,  \v.  Wm. 
Louisa  Warn,  d.  Wm.  &  Eliza  M., 
Delia  Warn,  d.  Wm.  ik.  PUiza  M., 
David  L.  Warne,  s.  Lewis  tSj;  Sarah, 
Josiah  West,  June     10,  1843,     44  y^-    3  mos-  25  da. 


June 

^5. 

1844, 

32  yrs. 

1  mo. 

5  da. 

Dec. 

20, 

1841, 

I  yr. 

9  mos. 

14  da 

Jan. 

30- 

1843. 

10  mos 

March  17, 

1850, 

32  yrs. 

4  mos. 

Sep. 

I, 

1836, 

35  yrs. 

Dec. 

12, 

1843. 

43  yrs. 

Dec. 

29. 

1829, 

29  yrs. 

10  mos. 

Nov. 

18, 

1847- 

20  3'rs. 

10  mos. 

S  da. 

Sep. 

22, 

1855. 

1  yr. 

1 1  mos. 

May 

13- 

rS68, 

92  yrs. 

8  mos. 

[3  da, 

Jan. 

27- 

1823, 

52  yrs. 

10  mos. 

14  da, 

Marc 

h   6, 

1834- 

28  years. 

Marci 

h  14, 

1835. 

25  years. 

May 

21^ 

1830, 

32  yrs. 

9  mos. 

Oct. 

22, 

1852, 

52  yrs. 

9  da. 

Feb. 

7. 

1852, 

45  yrs. 

5  mos. 

28  da. 

Feb. 

20, 

1858, 

20  yrs. 

17  da. 

Oct. 

10, 

1863, 

20  yrs. 

8  mos. 

15  da. 

May 

24. 

1851, 

21  yrs. 

8  mos.;: 

APPENDIX. 


359 


NAMES. 


DATE  OF  DEATH. 


ACiE. 


Lydia  Ann  West,  w.  Josiah  &  d. 

Jacob  «&  L3'dia  Ann  Auniack, 
John  West, 

Margaret  West,  relict  of  John, 
Peter  J.  West, 
Ann  West,  w.  Peter,  J., 
Francis  Bridges  Wilkie,  native  of 

London,  Eng., 
Cornelius  Williamson, 
Deborah  Williamson,  w.  Cornelias 

&d.  James  &  Deborah  Hageman,   Aug 
Elizabeth  (Warn)  Wilson,  w. 

Jacob  E-, 
Derrick  Whitlock, 
Eliza  Whitlock,  d.  John  C.  & 

Margaret, 
Richard  A.  Whitlock,  s.  John  C. 

&  Margaret, 
Lydia  Whitlock,  d   John  C.  & 

Margaret, 
George Spafiford  Whitlock,  s.  John 

C.  &  Margaret, 
Rev.  George  S.  Woodhull,  A.  M., 


2S  yfs.  S  nu)S.  19  da. 

56  yrs.  S  mos.  17  da. 

60  3'rs.  I  mo.     13  da. 

67  yrs.  2  mos.  17  da. 

54  yrs.  I  mo.      2  da. 

in  his  59tli  year. 

42  3rs.  5  mos.  23  da. 


14,  1793,      i<S  3'rs.    9  mos.  12  da. 


Aug. 

9- 

1833. 

June 

25. 

1832, 

April 

25. 

1839. 

July 

15- 

1.S67, 

Oct. 

28, 

1851, 

Dec. 

9. 

1852, 

Feb. 

23. 

1807, 

June 

9. 

1872, 

37  yrs.  7  mos. 

June 

29. 

1S24, 

Dec.  27,  1772. 

Aug. 

12, 

1827, 

I  yr.   5  da. 

Nov, 

7- 

183 1, 

I  yr.  2  mos. 

Oct. 

27. 

1834. 

I  yr.  10  mos 

21  da. 


8  da. 


18  yrs.    3  mos. 

in  the  62nd  vr.  of  his 


March  21,  1853, 

Dec.      25,  1834, 

age  &  in  the  37th  of  his  ministry:  of  wh.  he  spent  22  yrs.  at  Crambur}', 
12  at  Princeton,  &  nearly  2  at  Middletown  Point,  N.  J. 


William  Woolley,  Dec.     26,  1854, 
Abigail  Woolley,     w.  Wm.  no  date. 
John  Woolley,  s.  Wm.  &  Abigail  no  date. 
Elizabeth  Boyle,  d.  Wm.  &  Abi- 
gail Woolle}^  no  date. 
Rebecca  Wooley,  w.  Peter,  April   2-],  1845, 
Peter  Wooley,  Oct.      19.  1832, 
Ann  Maria  Woolley,  d.  Alexander 


87  yrs. 


58  yrs. 
70  yrs. 


7  mos. 


&  Catharine, 
Sarah  Worthman,  d.  Tunis  & 

Margaret,  June  17,  1813, 

John  W.  Wyman,  Jan.  15,  1S43, 

John  E.  Yetman,  Nov.  28,  1893, 

Catharine  Yetman,  w.  John  E.,  July  2^^,  1S86, 

Elizabeth  Young,  w.  Samuel,  Jan.  3,  1846, 


May     22,  1832,       3  yrs.    3  mos. 


19  da. 
I  da. 


Oct  7,  1810. 
in  his  68th  3'ear. 
aged  69  3'ears. 
Co.  A.  28  N.  J.  Vols. 
54  yrs.     I  mo.     18  da. 
69  yrs.     2  mos.  21  da. 


There  are  many  other  graves  in  this  yard,  but  not  marked  with  inscrib- 
ed stones. 


36o  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TRNNENT. 

LIST  OF  BURIALS  IN  SOME  ISOLATED  PLACES,  OR  OLD 

FAMILY  BURIAL-PLOTS,   IN  THE  VICINITY 

OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

These  records  were  taken  from  inscriptions  on  the  ^ravt-  stones,  which 
are  niostlj-  of  brown  sand  stone,  uprig^ht  slabs  set  deep  in  the  unround,  and 
man}-  of  them  still  in  excellent  condition. 

( 1)  About  one  half  mile  east  of  the  Old  Tennent  church  on  the  brow  of 
a  little  hill  covered  with  woods,  now  known  by  the  name  of  "Locust 
Grove,"  is  the  grave  of  Walter  Ker.  (the  old  Covenanter),  died  June  lo, 
1748,  in  the  92nd  j-ear  of  his  age.  Near  by  are  two  other  graves;  Margaret 
Ker,  wife  of  Walter,  died  Oct.  i,  1734  in  her  73rd  year  :  and  Margaret  Ker, 
wife  of  Joseph,  died  Dec.  20,  1745  aged  33  yrs.  6  mos.  22  da. 

(2)  On  the  farm  now  owned  by  John  Ward,  about  one  half  mile  east  of 
Perrineville,  under  a  red  cedar  tree,  are  the  graves  of  Gawin  Watson,  died 
Aug.  24,  1771,  aged  S6  yrs.  <S  mos.  :  Euphame  Watson,  wife  of  Gawin, 
died  Aug.  31,  1766,  aged  74  yrs.  9  mos.  :  Peter  Watson,  died  March  15, 
1761,  aged  ^6  jrs.  4  mos.,  stone  lies  fallen  on  the  ground  :  and,  on  a  stone 
broken  into  a  number  of  pieces  15'ing  on  the  ground,  is  marked  Watson 
Kear  born  Jan.  15,  1761  died  Feb.  7,  181 1,  also  his  widow  Ann  Kear  born 
Dec.  21,  1858  died  Dec.  10.  1822  or  32  (the  break  has  marred  the  figures). 

(3)  On  the  farm  now  owned  b}'  Howard  Baird,  near  Manalapan  church, 
are  the  graves  of  Nicholas  Cook,  died  in  1785,  in  his  82nd  year,  horizontal 
stone  ;  on  the  same  grave  stone  is  marked  Elizabeth  Cook,  wife  of  Nicholas, 
died  in  1792,  in  her  77th  year. 

Thomas  Cook,  Esqr.,  son  of  Nicholas  and  E^lizabeth,   died  in    1S09,  in  his 

75th  year,   horizontal  stone. 
Elizabeth  Cook,  daughter  of  Nicholas   &  Klizabeth,  died  in    1772,   in  her 

32nd  year. 
John  Cook,  son  of  Nicholas  &  Elizabeth,  died  in  1782,  in  his  44th  year. 
Jonathan  Cook,  .son  of  Nicholas  &  Elizabeth,  died  in  1772,  in  his  22nd  year. 
Rachel  Cook,  daughter  of  Nicholas  &  Elizabeth,  died  in  1763,  in  her  20th 

year. 
Benjamin  Cook,  son  of  Nicholas  &  Elizabeth,  died  in  1758,  in  his  3rd  year, 
(yeorge  Cook,  died  Sep.  16,  1808,  aged  60  3'rs.  6  mos.  13  da. 
IMargaret  Cook,  wife  of  George,  died  Nov.  20,  1771,  aged  21  ^rs.  2  mos.  24  da. 
Puthenia  Cook,    wife  of  George,   Esqr.,    died  Jan.   22.    1813,  aged  59  yrs. 

8  mos.  20  da. 
Aaron  F.  Cook,  son  of  Ck-orge  &  Perthenia,  died  Nov.  27,  1802,  aged  23  yrs. 

I  mo.  7  da. 
David  Cook,  died  Sep.  23,  1813,  aged  60  }'rs.  3  mos.  12  da. 
Mary  Cook,  wife  of  David,  died  Oct.  16,  1838,  aged  ']']  yrs.  i  mo.  2  da. 
Jane  Cook,  wife  of  Joseph,  died  Dec.  23,  1861,  aged  64  yrs.  i  mo.  28  da. 
David  Cook,  son  of  Joseph  &  Jane,  died  July  24,  i860,  aged  44  yrs.  4  mos. 

19  da. 


APPENDIX.  361 

David  Embly,  son  of  Robert  &  Margaret,  died  in  1765,  aged  2  jrs.  6  nios. 

I  da. 

There  are  also  in  this  plot  two  foot-stones  with  head-stones  apparently 
missing, — one  is  marked  G.  W.  C,  and  the  other  N.  C. 

(4)  On  the  farm  now  owned  by  Mr.  D.  D.  Denise,  near  Freehold,  is  the 
Rhea  burial  plot  with  the  graves  of 

Roloert  Rhe,  d.  Jan.  18,  1720. 

Janet  Rhea,  d   Jan.  15,  1761  aged  about  93  yrs. 

David  Rhea,  d.  May  15,  1761  aged  64  yrs    2  raos. 

Jonathen  Rhea,  d.  May  23,    1767  aged  31   (?")  yrs.  9  mos.   i  da.  headstone 

broken. 
Margret  Rhe,  dau.  Robert  &  ]\Iar3-,  d.  Aug.  16,  1752  aged  i  yr.  6  mos.  7da. 
David  Rhe,  son  Robert  «&  Mary,  d.  Aug.  11,  1752  aged  3  j-rs.  11  mos.  25  da. 
Margreat  Rhe,  dau.  Robert  &  Mary,  d.  Nov.  lo,  1747  aged  i  yr.  3  mos.  17  da. 
Anna  Rhea,  dau.  Jonathen  &  Lydia,  aged  5  mos. 

(5)  Near  the  second  pond  on  the  upper  waters  of  ^Nlanalapan  Brook,  at 
Miller's  Factory  or  Blain's  Mills,  in  a  field  to  the  north  of  the  milldam, 
is  the  Preston  family  burial  plot.  The  following  records  were  taken  from 
the  grave  stones  therein  ; 

John  Preston,  s.  Joseph  &  Sarah,  d.  Apr.  9,  1750  in  his  20th  j-r. 

Rachel  Preston,  dau.  Wm.  &  Sarah,  d.  July  30,  1816  in  her  2nd  yr. 

Jacob  Preston  d.  Jan.  25,  1840  aged  58  yrs.  7  mos.  14  da. 

Joseph  Preston  d.  Mch.  5,  1857  aged  39  3'rs.  3  mos.  10  da. 

Sarah  Hannah  Preston,  dau.  Robert  H.  &  Elizabeth  d.  Dec.    17,  1835  aged 

4  3'r.s.  3  mos.  19  da. 
Joseph  Preston  d.  May  26,  1822  in  his  89th  yr. 
Susanna  Preston,  w.  Joseph  d.  Mch.  23,  1826  in  her  Sgth  yr. 
Jonathan  Forman  d.  Ma}-  21,  1818  in  his  64th  \r. 
Martha  Forman,  w.  Jonathan  d.  Aug.  22.  1847  ^ged  80  3'rs.  8  mos.  13  da. 

(6)  On  a  hill  about  2  miles  east  of  Freehold,  is  a  famil3-  grave  plot  with 
the  following  records,  which  are  here  copied  from  Rev.  H.  G.  vSmith's 
book  ••History  of  Old  Scots  Church  ;  " 

Ursilla  Forman,  w.  Aaron,  d.  Apr.  4,  1768  aged  63. 

Aaron  Forman,  s.  vSaml.  &  iMar3',  d.  Jan.  13,  1741-2  aged  42. 

Samuel  Forman  d.  Oct.  13,  1740  aged  "]"] . 

Samuel  Stelle,  s.  Ambrose  &  Rebekah,  d.  Oct.    16,  1721  aged  2  vrs  4  mos. 

18  da. 
Denise  Forman,  s.  John  &  Elinor,  d.  Nov.  18,  1761  aged  i  3r.  8  mos.  9  da. 
Mar3'  Forman,  w.  Samuel,  d.  Mch.  18,  1728  aged  61. 
Eleanor  Forman,  dau.  John  &  Jane,  d.  Oct.  18,  1730  aged  3  yrs.  7  mos. 
Hannah  Forman,  dau.  John  &  Jane,  d.  Sep.  30,  1730  aged  15  mos. 
Rebekah  van  Kleif,  dau.  Saml.  &  Mary  Forman,  d.  Sep.  19,  1748  aged  52. 
Capt.  John  Forman  d.  Nov.  25.  [740  aged  47  3'rs.  2  mos.  2  da. 
William  Maddock  d.  Sep.  i,  1750  aged  59  yrs.  5  mos.  19  da. 
Hannah  Maddock,  w.  Wm.  d.  Jan.  11,  1755  aged  65  \rs.  iS  da. 


3^2  HISTORY    OF  OLD  TENNKNT. 

(7)  Abuul  one  and  one  half  miles  to  the  north  of  Freehold  is  "\V3ck0fl' 
Hill."  This  is  a  little  eminence  about  180  feet  above  mean  sea  level,  fall- 
ing abrupth-  toward  the  north,  and  sloping  gradually  tou'ard  the  south. 
On  this  bluff-like  hill  is  a  burying-ground  of  about  a  quarter  of  an  acre  in 
extent,  and  shaded  with  a  few  forest  trees.  Al)out  1702  John  Wikoff  pur- 
chased near  Freehold  icoo  acres  of  land,  within  which  tract  is  this  grave- 
plot.  The  records  on  its  headstones  were  copied  out  by  V.  R.  vSymmes  as 
follows  : 


NAMES. 

DATE 

OF 

DEATH. 

A(JE. 

Gearche  Sutphin 

Mar. 

24. 

i74'S. 

Anne  Cowenhoven,  w.  Cornelius 

A. 

vSep. 

14, 

1757- 

27  yrs. 

1  da. 

Anna  Williamson,  d.  David  <S: 

Geartey, 

May 

10, 

1824, 

69  yrs. 

3  mos. 

18  da. 

Sarah  Williamson,  d.  David  & 

Cieartey, 

Jan. 

3I' 

1849, 

91  yrs. 

8  mos. 

1  da. 

Hendrick  Williamson,  s.  David 

&  Gearte}-, 

Oct. 

28, 

i'Si3, 

64  yrs. 

8  mos. 

12  da. 

Peter  Antonides, 

Dec. 

6, 

1828, 

53  yrs. 

5  mos. 

16  da. 

Mary  (Lloj'd)  Antonides,  w.  Peter, 

Marc 

h  3, 

1836, 

56  yrs. 

1 1  mos. 

26  da. 

John  D.  Antonides,  s.  David  & 

Esther, 

July 

26, 

1830, 

I  yr. 

r  mo. 

9  da. 

1.  A. 

1797. 

J.  A. 

1800. 

F.  A. 

1807. 

Ann  Llo\d,  w.  John, 

Sep. 

22, 

1791. 

Daniel  Barcalow, 

June 

28, 

1795. 

74  yrs. 

6  mos. 

2  da. 

Derick  Barcalow,  s.  Daniel, 

July 

28, 

1801, 

25  yrs. 

10  mos. 

17  da. 

D    B. 

May 

2, 

1828. 

S.  B. 

1834. 

Garret  Wikoft", 

Nov. 

2, 

1770, 

66  yrs. 

7  mos. 

28  da. 

Aeltie  Wikoff,  w.  Garrit, 

Feb. 

19. 

1740, 

34  yrs. 

3  mos. 

26  da. 

William  W^ikoff, 

Sep. 

18, 

I7«2, 

75  years. 

Agness  Wikoff,  w.  Wm. 

July 

26, 

1777. 

■JT,  years. 

Anna  Wikoff,  d.  Wm.  &  Agness, 

Marcl 

h  8, 

1803, 

in  her 

68th  year. 

Catherine  Forman, 

vSej). 

2, 

1818, 

72  yrs. 

4  mos. 

12  da. 

Hzekiel  Forman,  consort  of 

Catharine, 

Dec. 

'.'^. 

1828, 

in  his ; 

Soth  yeai 

Agness  Wikoff,  d.  Wm.  tV  Agness, 

Oct. 

29. 

1795. 

52  years. 

Capt.  Jacob  P'orman,  entered  the  Merchant's  service  at  age  of  14  at  the 
Port  of  New  York  ;  he  progressed  by  regular  grades  to  the  command  of 
a  Ship  remaining  in  the  Service  30  yrs.  until  a  few  jrs.  of  his  death, 
which  occurred  June  16,  1841,  in  his  58th  year. 

There  are  other  graves  in  this  ground,  but  unmaiked  with  inscril)ed  stones. 


APPENDIX.  363 

(8)  The  following  records  were  copied  by  Louis  Rue  from  a  burying- 
ground  on  the  farm  owned  by  Frank  Mount,  near  the  iNIillstone  Brook 
about  a  mile  below  Bergen's  Mill. 

NAMES.  DATE  OF  DEATH.  AGE. 

John  Reid, 

Deborah  Reid,  w.  John, 

George  Reid,  ]\Iay     24,  1813,     58  yrs.    2  mos.     7  da. 

Jane  Reid,  w.  George, 

Catherine,  d.  George  &Jane  Reid, 

Nancy  Hankerson,  d.  George  & 
Jane  Reid,  Oct.      13,  1S12,     24  yrs.    4  mos.  13  da. 

Major  Richard  Reid,  a  Revolu- 
tionary Patriot, 

Frankey  Reid,  w.  Richard, 

Catharine  Reid,  w.  Richard, 

Wm.  Hendrickson,  s.  Richard  & 

Caty  Reid,  Oct.      11,  1799,       8  mos.  27  da. 

Three  small  graves  marked  with  rough  stones. 

Deborrough  Smith,  w.  David,  Aug.    23,  1817,     52  yrs.     7  mos.     7  da. 

The  oldest  tombstone  in  the  Perrineville  cemetery  is  that   of  Joseph 

Holman,  died  August  9,  1777,  in  his  9th  year. 


Jan. 

15. 

^11^^ 

58  years. 

Jan. 

10, 

1786, 

60  years. 

:\Iay 

24, 

1813, 

58  yrs.  2  mos. 

May 

16, 

1808, 

48  yrs.  5  mos. 

Feb. 

4. 

1810, 

17  yrs.  21  da. 

Jan. 

28,  1S36, 

76  yrs. 

7  mos.  23  da. 

Sep. 

10,  1783, 

20  yrs. 

4  mos.  24  da. 

July 

29,  1844, 

74  yrs. 

7  mos.  II  da. 

SOLDIERS'   GRAVES  IN  OLD  TENNENT  CEMETERY. 

[The  following  list  of  the  names  of  soldiers,  with  their  army  conuectious  buried  in  Old  Teu- 
nent  Cemetery,  was  prepared  with  much  labor  some  years  ago  by  R.  Perrine  Craig,  who  was 
sexton  of  the  church  and  church  yard  from  1868  to  1889.  The  author  acknowledges  the  kind- 
ness of  Mr.  Craig  in  permitting  the  use  of  this  list  in  this  book,  and  also  in  furnishing  assi.stance 
and  information  in  the  compiling  of  this  History.] 

SOLDIERS    OF   THE   OLD    FRENCH   WAR    AND    OF    THE    REVOLUTION. 

Anderson,    James,     Lieut.    Hazen's    Reg't,    (2d    Canadian),     Continental 

Army;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 
Anderson,  John,    ist  Lieut.  Capt.   Reading's  Company.   3d  Batallion,    ist 

Establishment,  Feb.  7,  1776;  resigned.     Capt.  4th   Battalion,   2d  Fstab- 

lishment,  Nov.  28,  1776;  retired  Sept.  26,  1780.     Also,  Capt.  mil. 
Anderson,  John,  Priv.,  Capt.  Waddel's  Company,  ist  Reg.,  Monmouth. 
Anderson,  Kenneth,  Adjt.,  ist  Regt.,  Monmouth,  May  i,  1777. 
Baird,  David,  Private,  ist  Regt.,   Monmouth;  Sergt.,  ditto,  1776;  En.sign, 

ditto;  Lieut.,  ditto;  Quartermaster,  ditto;  Capt.,  ditto,  1777. 


364  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Haird,  John,  Revolution. 

Bowne,  Joseph,  Corporal,  Capt.  Waddell's  Co.,  ist  Regt.,  MoiiinouUi. 

Bowman,  John,  Capt.  Dimn'.s  Company,  1st  Regt.,  ]Monmonth. 

Brewer,  Joseph,  Captain.  Monmouth. 

Craig,  David,  Private,  Captain  Walton's  trooj).  Light  Dragoons,  Mon- 
mouth: Sergeant,  ditto. 

Craig,  James,  ICnsign,  Capt.  Walton's  Troop,  Light  Dragoons,  Monmouth; 
Ensign  troop,  ditto:  State,  ditto. 

Craig,  John,  Capt.  Waddell's  Company,  ist  Regt.,  Monmouth. 

Craig,  John,  ist  Lieut.,  Capt.  Elisha  Walton's  Co.,  ist  Reg't,  Monmouth. 

Craig,  Samuel,  Troop  Light  Horse,  Monmouth. 

Craig,  William,  teamster. 

Campbell,  William,  Continental  ami}-. 

Campbell   John,  Capt.  Waddell's  Co.,  1st  Regt.,  Monmouth. 

Clayton.  Jonathan,  Capt.  Walton's  Troop  Light  Dragoons,    Monmouth. 

Cale,  Jacob,  Capt.  Walton's  Troop,  Light  Dragoons,  Monmouth. 

Conover,  David,  Monmf)uth. 

Conover,  (Covenhoven),  Theodorus,  vSergt.  Capt.  Hankinson's  Conij)any, 
ist  Regt.,  Monmouth. 

Conover,  John  M.,  Troop  Light  Dragoons. 

Covenhoven,  Cornelius,  Capt,  Hankinson's  Co.,  1st  Regt.,   Monmouth. 

Covenhoven,  Lewis,  Sergt.,  Infantry;  Sergt.  Troop  Light  Horse,   Mon. 

Covenhoven,  John,  Col.,  Mon.;  Capt.  Hunn's  Co.,  ist  Regt.,   Monmo'th. 

Covenhoven,  John,  Capt.  Walton's  Troop  l.ight  Dragoons,  Monmouth. 

Covenhoven,  Wm.,  Capt.  Hankinson's  Co.,  ist  Regt.,  ]Monmouth. 

Combs,  Joseph,  Capt.  Walton's  Troop,  Light  Dragoons;  Serg't,  ditto,  Mon. 

Combs,  Thomas,  Captain,  Rangers,  Middlesex. 

Combs,  John,  Capt.  Waddell's  Co.,  ist  Regt.,  Monmouth. 

Chambers,  John,  Capt.  Walton's  Troop  Light  Dragoons,  .Moiiniouth. 

Cheeseman,  William,  Private,  Sergeant. 

Davis,  William,  Captain. 

De}',  John,  Monmouth. 

Edwards,  Thomas,  2nd  Lieutenant,  ^lonnioutli. 

Emmons,  Abraham,  Monmouth. 

English,  David,  Middlesex. 

English,  James,  Surgeon's  Mate:  vState  Troops.  Surgeon's  ditto. 

English,  James,  Monmouth. 

Errickson,  Michael,  Monmouth. 

Forman,  David,  Paj-master,   Monmouth. 

Forman,  Jonathan,  Cornet,  Capt.  Walton's  Troop  Light  Dragoons,  Mon- 
mouth; Cornet,  Capt.  Walton's  Co.,  (horsemen).  State  troo])s. 

Forman,  Jonathan,  Capt.  Waddell's  Co.,  ist  Regt.  Monnioutli 

Forman,  Tunis,  Private,  Sergeant. 

Forman,  William,  Capt.  Walton's  Troop  Light  Dragoons,  Monmouth. 

P'reeman,  Ileiir}',  I-'ifer,  Continental  .Army. 


APPENDIX.  365 

Gordon,  David,  Ensig-n,  Cav>t.  lilisha  Walton'.s  Co.,  i.st  Kej^t,  Monmouth, 

May  7th,  1777;  Captain,  ditto,  1778. 
Gordon,  Ezekiel,  Middlesex. 
Gordon,  James,  Middlesex. 
Gordon,  Jonathan,  Revolution. 

Hays,  John,  Capt.  Bond's  Co.,  4th  Battalion,  2nd  Estab.     .\l.so  militia. 
Hankinson,  James,  Capt.  Walton's  Light  Dragoons,  Monmouth. 
Hankinson,  Kenneth,  Capt.  Colonel  Forraan's  Battalion,  Heard's  Brigade, 

June  i6th,  1776  ;     Capt.  ist  Regt.,  Monmouth,  1777. 
Herbert,  Daniel,  Capt.  Walton's  Troop,  Light  Dragoons,  Monmouth. 
Herbert,  James,  Troop  Light  Horse,  Monmouth. 
Henderson,  John,  Lieutenant,  Monmouth  ;     Captain,  ditto,  1777. 
Henderson,    Thomas,   2d  Major.   Col.  Stewart's  Battalion,    Minute  Men, 

Feb.  15,  1776  ;     ]\Iajor,  Col.  Heard's  Battalion,  June  14,    1776  ;     Lieut. - 

Col.,  Colonel  Forman's  Bat.,  Heard's  Brigade  ;  Briga.le  Major,  Mon. 
Johnston,  Peter,  Sergt.,  Capt.  Walton's  Troop,  Light  Dragoons,  Mon. 
Johnston,  Wm.  3rd  Battalion,  ist  Estab.  ;  Capt.  Flanagan's  Co.,  3d  Bat- 
talion, 2d  Estab.;   Capt  Anderson's  Co.,  3d  Regt.:    ist  Regt. 
Low,  Alexander,  Sergeant,  Monmouth. 
Laird,  Moses,  Revolution. 

Laird,  William,  Cap.  Walton's  Troop,  Light  Dragoons,  Monmouth. 
Laird,  William,  Capt.  Nixon's  Troop,  Horse,   Middlesex. 
Laird,  Richard,   Private,  Walton's  Troop,   Light  Dragoons,   ^Monmouth  ; 

Corp.  ditto  ;  Serg't  ditto.     Also  Serg't  Pulaski  Legion,  Cont.  Arm^-. 
Leonard,  Samuel,  Serg't,  Capt.  Waddel's  Company,  ist  Reg't,  Monmouth; 

ist  Battalion,  2d  Estab.,  3d  Reg't  ;  also  militia. 
Lloyd,  John,  Capt.  Waddel's  Company,  ist  Reg't,  ^Monmouth. 
Mount,  Matthew,  Revolution. 
McKnight,  Joseph,  Monmouth 
McChesneN',  Robert,  Revolution. 
McDermott,  William. 
Newell,  Hugh,  (grandfather  of  Gov.  Newell),  blacksmith,  Capt.  Brewer's 

Company,  Monmouth. 
Perrine,  John,  Middlesex. 

Perrine,  Lewis,  Capt.  Walton's  Troop,  Light  Dragoons,  Monmouth. 
Perrine,  Matthew,  Middlesex. 

Reid,  Aaron,  Capt.  Walton's  Troop,  Light  Horse,  Monmouth. 
Reed,  John,  Serg't,  Capt.  Hankinson's  Compan}-,  ist  Regt.,  Monmouth. 
Rogers,  John,  Revolution. 

Rogers,  Samuel,  Lieut.  Tice's  Company,  ist  Regt.,  Monmouth. 
Rue,  John,  Capt.  Walton's  Troop,  Light  Dragoons,  Monmouth. 
Scudder,  Nathaniel,  Lieut.  Col.,  ist  Regt.,  Monmouth.     Col.  ditto,   Nov. 

28th,  1776;  killed  in  skirmish  with  refugees  at  Shrewsbury',   Monmouth 

County,  N.  J.,  Oct.  15,  1781. 
Schenck,  Ruliff,  Capt.  Flanagan's  Compan}',  3d  Battalion,  2d  Estab. 


366  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Seabrooks,  Stephen,  Troop,  Light  Horse,  Monmouth. 

Smith.  Thomas,  ist  Reg't.  Monmouth:  also  Continental  Army. 

Sprowls,  Moses,  Private,  3d  Battalion,  ist  Estab.;  Private,  Capt.  Patter- 
son's Co.,  3d  Battalion,  2d  Estab.;  Private,  ist  Reg't;  Serg't,  3d  Reg't; 
Ouartennaster  Serg't,  ditto;  Ensign,  2d  Reg't,  June  21,  1781;  Ensign, 
1st  Reg't;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

Sutphen,  Derrick,  Private.  Capt.  Waddel's  Co.,  ist  Regt.,  Monmouth; 
Serg't  Capt  Barnes  Smock's  Co.,  Artillery,  ditto. 

Sutphin,  Joseph,  Capt.  Walton's  Troop,  Light  Dragoons,  Monmouth. 

Sutphin,  John,  Capt.  Hankinson's  Companj-,  1st  Reg't,  Monmouth. 

Suvdani,  Jacob,  Middlesex. 

Thompson,  Joseph,  Capt.  Waddel's  Co.,  ist  Reg't,  Monmouth. 

Tone,  William,  Capt.  Nixon's  Troop,  Light  Horse,   Middlesex. 

\'anCleve,  Benjamin,  Ensign,  Capt.  Smock's  Co  ,  ist  Regt.,  Monmouth, 
vSe])t.  ist,  1777;  Lieutenant,  ditto;  Captain,  ditto,  1780. 

\'anderveer,  John,  Monmouth. 

Voorhees,  John,  ist  Battalion,  2nd  Regiment;   ist  Regt. 

Walker,  Aaron,  Fifer,  Continental  Army;  also  Drummer,  Capt.  Waddel's 
Co.,  ist  Reg't,  Monmouth. 

Walker,  George,  served  as  Capt.  in  2nd  Battalion,  2nd  Establishment,  as 
a  volunteer  without  pay;  Ensign,  2d  Regt..  Sept.  26,  1780;  Lieut,  ditto., 
Jan.  I,  1781;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war;  Capt.  by  brevet. 

AValton,  Elisha,  Ensign,  ist  Reg't,  Monmouth;  Capt.,  ditto.  May  7,  1777; 
2d  Major,  ditto;  ist  Major,  ditto,  March  2-],  1778;  Major  Battalion, 
State  Troops,  June  11,  1779.         . 

Wilson,  Joseph,  Revolution. 

Woodhull,  John,  D.I).,   Chaplain. 

Wickoff,  Jacob,  Capt.  Hankinson's  Co.,  ist  Regt.,  Monmouth. 

Wikoff,  William,  Corp  ,  Capt.  Waddell's  Co.,  rst  Regt.,  Monmouth. 

Yetman,  James,  Private,  Continental  Army;   Sergeant,  ditto. 

Yetman,  John,  Monmouth. 

Perrine,  Peter,  Captain,  Third  Battalion,  Middlesex. 

Rhea,  David.  Lieut  ,  Capt.  John  Walton's  Troop,  Light  Dragoons,  Mon- 
mouth; Lieut.,  Capt.  Walton's  Co.,  State  Troops,  (horsemen);  Lieut., 
Capt.  Nixon's  Troop  Light  Horse,  Middlesex;  Quartermaster,  militia. 

Coward,  P^nock,  ((irandfather  of  Capt.  Enoch  L.  of  14th  Regiment). 

Henderson,  Wm.,  Capt.  Plolmes's  Co.,  4th  Battalion,  2nd  Establishm't. 

Clayton,  John,  Capt.  Walton's  Troop,  Light  Dragoons,  Monmouth. 

SOI.DIKKS    OF    THK    WAR    WITH    ENGLAND,     l8l2    .VND    '  I4. 

Anderson,  Jno.  L.  Capt.  Craig,  Robert  E.,  Robinson,  Jas.,  Capt. 

Brewer,  Daniel,  I'^mmons,  Lsaac,  Robinson,  John, 

Boyde,  John,  Freeman,  Simeon,  Rue,  VV^illiam, 

Bowne,  Peter,  (iordon,  Lewis,  Teneyck,  Wm.  Capt. 

Bruen,  Cyrus,  Gordon,  John  E.,  Thom.son,  Joseph, 


APPENDIX. 


3^^  7 


Coward,  Enock, 
Combs,  William. 
Cla3'ton,  John, 
Conover,  Rob't,  Capt. 
Conover,  John  I., 
Conover,  Benj,imiti, 
Craig,  John, 
Craig,  Jo.seph, 


Abrahams,  James 
Breece,  William, 
Coombs,  William, 
Duncan,  William, 
De\',  Roland, 
Fisher,  David  R., 


Gordon,  James, 
Hampton,  William, 
Laird,  David,  (Navy), 
Kerr,  Joseph, 
M3-ers,  Nathaniel, 
Malatt,  Matthias, 
Nesbit,  John, 


Thompson,  Pearson, 
VanSchoick,   Samuel, 
Voorhees,  Stephen, 
White  William, 
Wilson,  Robert, 
Vet  man,  P^seck, 
Yetman,  Walter, 


Perrine,  Rob't,  Onarterraaster. 


SOLDIER.S    OF   THE    W.AK    OF    I.S61. 


P^isher,  David  A., 
Gordon,  Conover, 
McChesney,  Geo.  vS., 
Rue,  John  A., 
Reid,  Spafford  W., 
Smith,  Josiah. 


vSmith,  Jacob,* 
Van  Aman,  James  N., 
Woodhull,  Dr.  Addison, 
Weeden,  John  K., 
Yetman,  Tunis, 


'Also  .served  in  the  war  with  Mexico. 


DEED  FOR  THE  OLD  SCOTS  GROUND. 
June  i  1727. 

Jj^lS  irJDE|NfJUI^E  made  this  first  Day  of  .June  and  in  tlie  thirteeutli  Year  of 
the  Rei<iii  of  our  So\  eraign  Lord  George  overGreat  Brittain.  I've..  Kint;,  i*v-c.,  Annoq 
Domini,  one  Thousand,  Seven  hundred.  Twenty  and  Seven.  BETWEEN  Alexander 
Nepier,  of  Freehold,  in  ye  County  of  Monmoutli,  &  Province  of  East  Xew  Jarsey, 
Yeoman  of  yeonepart,  &  John  Johnson,  Sen.  Esq.,  Peter  ^Yatson,  ^Valter  Ker,  Sen., 
Patr/ck  Imlay,  Sen.,  Archibald  Creige  iS:  Kicliard  Watson,  all  of  ye  Same  Place  and 
Province  aforesd.,  Yoemen  of  ye  other  Part  WITNESSETH,  that  ye  Sd.  Alexander 
Nepier,  for  &  in  consideration  of  a  competent  Sum  of  money  to  him  in  hand,  paid 
by  ye  Sd.  John  Johnston,  Peter  \Vatson,  Walter  Ker,  Patrick  Inilay,  Archihald 
Creige  &  Hichard  AVatson.  the  Receipt  whereof  he  doth  herehy  Acknowledge  &  him- 
.self  therewith  fully  Satisfied  and  contented  c't  thereof  &  of  &  from  every  Part  & 
Parcel  thereof  do  fully  &  freely,  acquit.  Exonerate  &  Discharge  ye  Sd.  John  .fohns- 
ton,  Peter  NVatson.  Walter  Ker,  Patrick  luilay,  Archibald  Creige  &  Richard  Watson, 
their  &  every  of  their  Heirs,  Executors  &  Administrators  for  ever  by  these  Presents, 
Hath  Aliened,  Granted,  Bargained  &  Sold  &  l»y  these  Presents  doth  Alien,  Grant, 
Bargain  t^  Sell,  unto  ye  Sd.  .John  Johnston.  Peter  Watson.  Walter  Ker,  Patrick 
Imlay,  Archihald  Creige  &  Richard  Watson  to  their  and  every  of  their  Heirs,  Ivxecu- 
tors  &  Administrators,  for  ever;  A  certain  tract  of  Land,  Scituate.  lyiuii  cS:  being  in 
the  Township  of  Freehold,  in  the  County  t^-  Province  aforesd.  BEGINNING  at  a 
Stake  well  lyes  North,  North  West  c^  two  Degrees  more  Northerly  Sixteen  Chains 
«X:  three  fourths  of  a  Chain  from  Walter  Bentliills.  north  East  Corner  along  Alexan- 
der Neipers  line  &  from  ye  Said  line  due  East  two  Chains  &  Seventy-one  links,  & 
running  East  five  Chains,  thence  North,  five  Cliains.  thence  West,  five  Chains,  thence 
South,  five  Chains,  to  where  it  began,  TOGETHER  utli.  all  t^  all  manner  of  Build- 
ings, Feedings,  Pastures,  woods,   underwoods,    water,   water  Courses,   water  Falls, 


368  HISTORY    OI-    OLD  TlvNXlvXT. 

Ponds,  Tits,  Pools.  Mint's,  .Miiieralls.  Kasi-iiifnts,  Pnditts,  and  (  (tiiiiiioditics  to  the 
Same  beloiifiiiifi' or  in  any  manner  of  ways  Appertaininj;  ct  all  tiic  instate.  Rij>lit, 
Title,  Interest,  U'evei-sion,  Remainder,  Claim  i^  Demand  whatsoever  of  him  tlu-  Sd. 
Alexander  Nepier  of,  in  to.  or  ont  of,  the  Same  or  any  part  or  parcel  thereof,  as 
fully  tS:  Am]dy  to  all  constructions.  Intents  t^  Purposes  as  the  Same  was  (Iranted 
and  Allirmed  to  me  the  Sd.  Alexander  Neii)ei  hy  Deed  of  Sale  from  .lolni  K'eid,  l'>(i., 
Deceased  of  Hortensie  liearinfi,  Dati'  I'ehruarv  the  liftli  Aniuxi  Domini  l(i!l7  Ijiter<'(l 
upon  Pidilick  Record  in  Liher  K  folio  l."):}!).  '  (  F.  folio  ,-):{})!.  TO  HAVE  AND  TO 
HOLD  the  sd.  Tract  of  Land  I'v:  Premises  with  their  i^  every  of  their  Appi  i  tenances, 
unto  them  the  Sd.  Jolm  John.ston,  Peter  Watson,  Walter  Ker.  Patrick  Inilay, 
Archil)ald  Creijie,  and  R'ichard  Watson,  their  and  every  of  their  Heirs,  Kxecutrs. 
&  Adniinistrs.  to  i*t  for  the  I'se,  henelit.  I'v  hehoof  of  them  .\e  Sd.  .John  .lohnston. 
Peter  Watson.  Walter  Ker,  Patrick  Imlay.  Archibald  Creifie  and  Richard  Walstm 
their  i^  every  of  their  Heirs.  Kxecntrs.  i^'Administrs.  for  ever  YIELDINGr  &  PAY- 
ING therefore  Yearly  \-  every  Year  for  ye  Said  Tract  of  Land  niilo  him  \ c  .'^d.  Alex- 
ander \ei)ier.  liis  Heirs  i'^  Assi<ins  a  coi  n  of  Pcper  or  the  \alnr  thereof  at  or  ui)on 
every  •2r)th  Day  of  March  for  e\  er  hereafter  in  Lieu  i^  instead  of  all  other  Services 
&  Demands  t^  ye  Sd.  .Mexandcr  Ne])ier  doth  hereby  for  him,  his  Heirs.  Executors 
&  Adnnnstrs.  doth  covenant,  promise.  Grant  <S:  .A^ree  to  t*t  witliyeSd.  .lohn  .lohns- 
ton, Peter  ^Vatson.  ^Yalter  Ker.  Patrick  Imlay,  .Archibald  Creine  &  Richard  AYatt- 
son  tt  their  Heirs  &c.  that  at  ye  time  of  the  firanting  of  ye  Premises  is  Seized,  of  ye 
above  Sd.  Tract  of  Land  of  a  Sure  Perfect  &  Absolute  Estate  of  Inheritance  in  ye 
Law,  in  fee  Simple,  ct  that  ye  Sd.  Land  is  free  fiom  any  former  or  other  (rrant, 
.loynturc.  Dowry,  or  Incumbrance  wliatsoever  So  as  to  alter  chani;e,  charge  or  make 
void  the  Same  estate.  IN  WITNESS  wliereof  the  Sd.  Ali'xau<ler  Xepiei'  liath  here- 
unto Set  his  band  i^c  Seal  ye  Day  i^  Year  above  written. 

Signed    Sealed  c^  Delivered  .  ALEXANDER    NEIPER.       '    L.  S.    ' 

in  the  Presence  or  )  i  i 

.loilN    Rkki).  — .— 

David  Kiik. 
.loHN   Hi-:i'r.rn.\  .Junor. 

[This  deed  is  written  on  a  large  pagf  of  thick  white  paper.  ( )n  the  reverse  side  the  followiug 
agreement  and  ineniorandum  is  written] : 

l'>efore  the  signeing  iS:  sealing  of  this  Deed  the  within  .Mentioned  jieisons  Doth  all 
j)ronuse  that  them  theire  heirs  and  Euery  of  them  shall  use  the  said  Land  for  a  bu- 
ring  Yard  and  to  Kec])  a  piisbteran  Meeting  and  for  No  Other  Lse  the sade  Alexan- 
der Nipper  his  heires  Exetor  shall  Not  be  troubled  with  No  taueran  Nor  No  Resi- 
dentar  on  the  said  tract  of  Land  (linen  Under  our  hands  this  twenty  seuenth  Diiy 
of  March  In  the  Year  of  ()ure  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  twenty  Eight. 

WALT1':R   KIOR'. 
ARCHIP.ALD  CREKIE. 
RICHARD   WATSON. 
CHARLES  (;ORl)ON. 

MEMORANDUM  That  on  tliis  twelfth  day  of  November  Anno  Dom.  1741  David  Rhe 
one  of  the  within  subscrib'd  I'A  idences  personally  apj)ear"d  jieforc  .Me  Fenwick 
Lyell  one  of  His  Majesty's Councill  for  the  province  of  New  Jersey,  \\ho  beingsworn 
on  the  Holy  i'Aangelists  did  declare  and  depose  That  he  was  present  and  Saw  Alex- 
ander Neiper  party  to  the  within  Instrument  Sign  Seal  and  as  his  voluntary  act  and 
Deed  deliver  the  same  to  the  use  therein  mention'd,  and  that  he  subscri lid  his  Name 
as  an  ICvidence  thereof. 

Jurat  die  et  anno  su))ra  dictis  coram  me. 

FENWK    LYELL. 

The  witiiin  Deed  is  R'ecorded  in  the  Secretary's  office  at  Perth  Aiuboy  in  Lib:  F. 
No.  2.  Page  5155  .^c  and  IvxaminM. 

THOS.    r..\l>'TOW^  Secy. 


APPENDIX.  369 

"WHITE  HILL    MEETING    HOUSE  DEED  OF  SALE  OR  A 

DEED  FOR  WHITE  HILL  &c  NEAR  ROCKY   BRIDGE 

AND  WM.  KER'S  HOUSE  THE  ROAD  BETWEEN 

THEM."  Dated  May   i,    1731. 

[This  deed  from  Wm    Ker  is  foi  Iht-  first  acre  of  ground  in  Old  'IVniieiit  ceinettry  and  on 
which  the  old  church  now  staiid.s  ] 

JjHIS  IjN/DE|VlXUI^E  Made  tiii^  lirst  Day  of  May  in  the  loiutli  Year  of  our 
Soveraign  Lord  Geori>f  tlie  Second  (Iver  Great  ]^>ritaiii  Franee  c^  Ireland  Kinji  &c. 
Annoqe  Domini  One  'I'lionsand  Seven  liundred  &  Tliirty  One,  Between  William 
Ker  of  Freehold  in  the  County  of  Monmoutli  &  Eastein  Division  of  tlie  Province  of 
New  Jersey  Yeoman  of  the  one  Fart,  And  Aaron  ^lattison,  Da\id  Khe,  John  Hen- 
derson &  Samuel  Ker  all  of  the  Same  place  Yeoman  of  the  Other  part  Witnesseth 
That  the  Sd.  ^Yilliam  Ker  for  &  in  Consideration  of  the  Sum  of  One  Shilling  Cur- 
rent jMoney  of  the  province  afore  Sd.  to  him  in  hand  paid  hefore  the  Ensealing  & 
Delivery  of  these  presents  by  the  Sd.  Aaron  Mattison,  David  Ivhe,  John  Henderson 
&  Samuel  Ker  the  Kecei])t  Avlu-reof  he  the  Sd.  William  Ker  doth  hereby  Acknow- 
ledge and  himself  to  be  therewith  fully  &  Entirely  Sattisticd  Contented  &  paid  & 
thereof  &  of  &  from  every  part  &  parcel  thereof  doth  fully  Clearly  &  Absolutely 
Acquit  Exonerate  <^  Discharge  them  the  Sd.  Aaron  .Mattison,  David  Rhe,  John 
Henderson  &  Samuel  Ker  their  heirs  Exrs.  Adnns.  &  eveiy  of  them  forever  by  these 
Presents  Hath  (Jranted  liargained  c'v:  Sold  Aliened  Enfeoffed  Keleased  Conveyed  & 
Confirmed  And  Ijy  these  presents  doth  frrlly  Clearly  &  Absolutely  (irant  PJargain  & 
Sell  Alien  Enfeoffe  Release  Convey  &  Confirm  unto  them  the  Sd.  Aaron  Mattison 
David  Khe  John  Henderson  c*v:  Samuel  Ker  their  heiis  &  Assigns  forever  All  That 
Lot  or  parcel  of  Land  Scituate  lying  &  being  in  Freehold  aforesd.  Beginning  at  a 
White  Oak  Tree  Standing  to  the  North  ?]ast  of  the  Meeting  House  e^-  IMarked  on 
four  Sides  Kunning  South  Twenty  five  Degrees  West  five  Chains  thence  North 
Sixty  five  Degrees  West  two  Chains  thence  North  Twenty  five  Degrees  East  Five 
Chains  Thence  South  Sixty  five  Degrees  East  two  Chains  to  the  place  w  here  it  began 
Containing  One  Acre  being  i)art  of  a  Tract  of  Land  purchased  from  Waltar  Ker  by 
Sd.  William  Ker  &c.  Together  with  all  and  all  Manner  of  Housing  Buildings 
Structures  Edifices  Fencings  feedings  Trees  Woods  Springs  pools  I'its  f^asements 
Profits  Comodities  Liberties  Emoloments  Hereditaments  and  A))purtenances  what- 
soever to  the  Same  Belonging  or  in  any  Manner  of  Ways  thereunto  Appertaining 
And.  Also  all  the  Estate  IJight  Title  Interest  possession  property  Claim  &  Demand 
whatsoever  of  him  the  Sd.  W'illiam  Ker  either  in  Law  or  iMjuity  of  in  or  unto  the 
Sd.  Lot  of  Land  &  Granted  iv:  Bargained  ]>reinises  with  the  Appurtences  with  the 
Reversion  &  Reversions  Remainder  i*t  li'emainders  of  or  belonging  to  the  Same  or 
any  part  &  parcel  thereof  (  which  Lot  of  Land  is  known  oi'  Termed  by  the  Name  of 
White  Hill  &  a  Pj-esbeterian  .Meeting  house  thereon  Called  l)y  the  Name  of  White 
Hill  Meeting  house  Bounded,  on  all  Sides  l)y  Land  formerly  Walter  Kers  but  now 
William  Kers  To  have  and  To  hold  the  Sd.  Lot  of  Land  with  all  c'v:  Singular  the 
hereby  granted  c'^i:  liargaiiu-d  jircniises  with  every  of  their  Rights  Members  &  Ap- 
purtenances unto  them  the  Aaron  ^Mattison  David  Rhe  John  Henderson  &  Samuel 
Ker  their  heirs  &  Assigns  forever  to  the  Only  Sole  i^  proper  Use  Benefite  I'v:  Behoof 
of  them  the  Sd.  An.  ^lattison  Dd.  Rhe  Jn.  Hendeison  t^t  SI.  Ker  their  heirs  &  As- 
signs forever  And  he  tlieSd.  William  Ker  for  himself  his  heirs  I'Lxrs.  i^t  Admrs.  Doth 
Covenant,  promise,  Gi-ant  &  Agree  to  &  with  the  Sd.  An.  Mattison  i^avid  Rhe  Jn. 
Henderson  SI.  Ker  their  heirs  &  Assigns  by  these  presents  in  jManner  &  foim  fol- 
lowing (viz)  that  at  the  time  of  the  Sealing  &  Delivery  hereof  he  the  Sd.  William 
■Ker  is  Lawfully  Seized  of  the  Sd.  Lot  of  Land  and  All  &  Singular  premises  with 
the  Appurtenances  of  a  good  tSi  Sure  perfect  &  Absolute  Indenfeizable  Estate  of 
Inheritance  in  his  proper  Demesne  as  of  Fee  Simple  And  that  at  the  time  of  the 
Sealing  &  Delivery  hereof  he  the  Sd.  William  Ker  hath  in  himself  good  Right  full 
power  &  Absolute  Lawful  Authority  to  Grant  Bargain   &  Sell  the  Sd.  Lot  of  Land 


370  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

&  Granted  premises  with  tlic  Ai)i)urt('iiaiu'i's  iiuto  tlieiu  tiic  Sd.  Aaron  Mattisoii 
David  Hlie  .John  llcndfrsoii  i^  Saiiiucl  Ker  their  iieirsi'v:  Assij^ns  foiever  in  Manner 
aforcSd.  And  'liiat  tlie  Same  is  now  free  ^^  from  time  tt)  time  iS:  at  all  Times  here- 
after Shall  Remain  free  A:  Clear  to  tliem  the  Sd.  An.  .Mattison  David  Rhe  John 
llender.son  i^  Samuel  Ker  their  heirs  i*v:  Assij^ns  forever  from  all  it  all  Manner  of 
I'oriner  <.*t  other  Gifts  Grants  IJar^ains  Sales  Leases  .Mort^ajnes  &  of  and  fioni  all 
other  Tit le.s,  Troul>les.  Ciiarj^es,  Ineumhranees  it  Demands  whatsoever  had  Made 
t'ommited  done  or  SulTered  to  be  Done  1)\'  him  the  Sd.  William  Ker  or  any  other 
per.son  or  Whatsocscr  So  as  to  alter  Change  Charge  Defeat  Deternune  or  maUe  Void 
the  Same  And  further  he  the  Sd.  William  Ker  doth  Covenant  Agree  &  iSind  him- 
self his  lieirs  lv\rs.  Admrs.  &  every  of  tliem  lirndy  hy  these  Presents  To  Warrant 
and  forever  Defend  the  Sd.  Aaron  Mattison  Daxid  Ivlie  Jolm  Henderson  it  Samuel 
Ker  their  heirs  it  Assigns  forexer  in  ((uiet  it  peaceable  ])()ssessioii  of  all  it  Singular 
the  Sd.  Granted  it  Uargained  premises  against  any  .Inst  it  Lawful  Claim  or  Demand 
of  any  person  or  persons  whatsoever  In  Witness  wliereof  he  tlie  Sd.   William  Ker 

hatli  hereunto  set  his  liand  <t  Seal  the  Day  and  Year  lirst  above  Written  17:51 

Sealeil  and  Delixered 

in  the  I'resenee  of  William  Ker  , — ■ — , 

William  .MeConchy  f    ^      ,1 

The  Mark  of  X  Joshua  Nichols  t  I 

Noah  (iates  ^ — r — -' 


ROYAL  CHARTER  OF  THE   PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCHES 

OF  MONMOUTH    COUNTY. 

( i  R A N T ED  Feb.  21,   1750. 

— ' — .  GEORGE  THE  SECOND  by  the  grace  of  God  of  Great  I'.ritain,  France 

I  y  „  )  and  Ireland,  King,  1  )efi-n(h'r  of  the  Faith  ito  To  all  to  whom  these 
I  ■  ■  i  presents  shall  come,  greeting  :  Whereas  the  advancement  of  true 
- — , — '  religion  and  virtue  is  absolutely  necessary  for  the  ])rom()tion  of  the 
peace,  order,  and  ])T-os]terity  of  the  State  ;  And  Whereas  it  is  tlie  duty  of  all  Chris- 
tian jtrinc^es  and  go\ crnors  by  the  law  of  (Jud  to  do  all  they  i^an  for  the  encourage- 
ment thereof  ;  And  Whereas  sundry  of  our  loving  sul)jec.ts  inhabiting  witliin  the 
County  of  Monmouth  within  our  Colony  of  Xfnv  Jersey  in  liehalf  of  themselves  and 
others  being  of  the  Presbyterian  Persuasion  by  their  huin))le  petition  ])resented  to 
our  trusty  and  well  beloved  Jonathan  Belcher,  Esi].  our  Captain  (ieneral  and  Gov- 
ernor in  Chief  in  and  over  our  I'rovince  of  New  Jersey  itc  Chancellor  and  Vice 
Adnural  of  the  same  itc  in  Council  showing  That  the  petitioners  and  those  of  the 
same  ))ersuasion  in  the  same  County  are  very  numerous  and  consist  of  several 
ehurehes  and  (iongregations  that  the  most  advantageous sui)i)ort  of  religion  amongsi 
them  necessarily  reijuires  that  some  ])ersons  among  them  should  be  incorporated  as 
Trustees  for  the  community  that  they  may  take  grants  of  lands  and  (chattels,  thereby 
to  enable  the  ])ctitioneis  to  erect  and  repair  pul)lic  bnihlings  for  the  woislii))of  (iod, 
and  .school  houses  and  alms  houses  and  for  the  niaintainance  of  the  ministry  and 
poor  of  tludr  churches  and  other  ot'lices  of  ]jiety  and  charity,  and  that  the  .same 
Trustees  may  have  jjower  to  let  and  grant  the  same  under  a  j)ublic  seal  for  the  uses 
aforesaid,  and  that  the  same  Trustees  nuiy  plead  and  be  impleaded  in  any  suit 
touching  till  premises  and  have  ])erpetual  succession  :  Thatalso  the  known  loyalty 
of  the  ])etitioneis  and  the  Piesbyterians  in  geneial  to  us  their  iirm  alTection  to  our 
person  an<i  government  and  the  Protestant  succession  in  our  royal  house  g:iive  the 
petitioners  hoi)es  of  all   reasonable  iiululgence  and  favor  within   the  same  colony 


APPENDIX. 


371 


wliere  the  religious  riglits  of  iiiankind  are  so  happily  preserved  and  where  our  equal 
grace  and  bounty  to  all  our  Protestant  faithful  suljjects  however  dillerin<-  in  opin- 
ion about  lesser  matters  has  hitherto  been  so  sensil)Iy  felt  and  enjoyed,  the  said 
petitioners  therefore  most  humbly  prayed  our  grant  of  an  Incori)oration  to  the 
petitioners  by  the  name  of  THE  TRUSTEES  OF  THE  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH 
OF  MONMOUTH  COUNTY  witli  all  such  powers  capacities  and  privileges  as  might 
be  etTectual  in  law  for  the  ])urposes  aforesaid,  and  that  Jolni  Little,  Jun.,  Christo- 
pher Longstreet,  Jonathan  Forman,  Esq.,  John  Anderson,  Esq.,  James  Robinson, 
John  Henderson.  Stephen  Pangburn,  Esq.,  Kobert  Inday,  and  Tol)ias  Polhemus 
might  ))e  the  first  Trustees,  which  petition  signed  with  the  names  of  a  large  num- 
ber of  our  faithful  and  loving  subjects  belonging  to  the  Presbyterian  churches  and 
inhabiting  within  the  said  county,  we  being  willing  to  grant  KNOW  YE  that  we 
of  our  especial  grace,  certain  knowledge  and  mere  motion  have  willed,  ordained, 
constituted,  given  and  granted,  and  by  these  presents  for  us  our  heirs  and  successore 
do  will,  ordain,  constitute,  give  and  grant,  that  Jolin  Little,  Jun.,  Christopher 
Longstreet,  Jonathan  Forman,  Esq.,  John  Anderson,  Esq.,  James  Kobinson.  John 
Henderson,  Stephen  Pangburn,  Esq.,  Pobert  Imlay,  and  Tobias  Polhemus  from 
henceforth  and  their  successors  forever  tliereafter  .shall  be  and  remain  one  body 
politic  and  corporate  in  re  facto  and  nomine  Ijy  the  name  of  Tlie  Tiustees  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Monmouth  County  and  them  and  their  successors  by  the 
name  of  The  Trustees  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Monmouth  County  one  body 
corporate  and  in  re  facto  and  nomine  really  and  fully,  we  do  for  us  our  heirs  and 
succes.sors  erect,  make,  ordain,  constitute,  declare,  and  create  by  these  presents  and 
that  by  that  name  they  shall  and  may  have  perpetual  succession,  and  also  that  they 
and  their  successors  by  the  name  of  The  Trustees  of  the  Presljyterian  Church  of 
Monmouth  County  be  and  forever  hereafter  shall  be  persons  able  in  law  to  pur- 
chase, take,  hold,  receive,  and  enjoy  any  messuages,  houses,  buildings,  lands,  tene- 
ments, rents,  possessions,  and  other  hereditaments  and  real  estate  in  fee  and  forever 
or  for  term  of  life  or  lives  or  years  or  in  any  other  manner  so  as  the  same  exceed 
not  at  any  one  time  the  yearly  value  of  seven  hundred  and  tifty  pounds  sterling  per 
annum  beyond  and  above  all  charges  and  reprises  the  statute  of  mortmain  or  any 
other  law  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding  and  also  goods,  chatties,  and  all  other 
things  of  what  kind  or  quality  soever  :  and  also  that  they  and  their  successors  by 
the  name  of  The  Trustees  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Monmouth  County  sliall 
and  may  give,  grant,  demise,  assign,  sell,  or  otherwise  dispose  of  all  or  any  of  the 
messuages,  houses,  buildings,  lands,  tenements,  rents,  possessions,  and  any  other 
hereditaments  and  real  estate  and  all  their  goods,  chatties,  and  other  things  afore- 
said as  to  them  sliall  seem  meet  at  their  own  will  and  pleasure  :  and  also  that  they 
and  their  successors  by  the  name  of  The  Trustees  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Monmouth  County  l)e  and  forever  thereafter  shall  be  persons  able  in  law  and  capa- 
ble to  sue  and  be  sued,  implead  an<l  be  impleaded,  answer  and  be  answered  unto, 
defend  and  be  defended  in  al!  courts  and  places  before  us  our  heirs  and  successors 
and  befoie  us  and  any  of  the  judges  and  justices,  officers  and  ministers  of  us  our 
heirs  and  successors  in  all  and  all  manner  of  actions,  suits,  complaints,  pleas,  causes, 
matters,  and  demands  whatsoever  and  of  what  kind  or  nature  soever  in  as  full  and 
ample  manner  and  form  as  any  of  our  other  liege  suljjects  of  our  said  province  being 
persons  able  and  capable  in  law  can  or  may  sue  and  be  sued,  im])lea<l  and  be  im- 
pleaded, answer  and  be  answered  unto,  defend  and  be  defended,  by  any  lawful 
ways  and  meaiis  w  hatsoever  :  and  also  that  the  said  Trustees  of  the  Prestiytcrian 
Church  of  Monmouth  County  for  the  time  being  and  their  successors  shall  and  may 
forever  hereafter  have  and  use  a  common  seal  with  such  device  or  devices  as  they 
shall  think  proper  for  sealing  all  and  singular  deeds,  grants,  conveyances,  contracts, 
bonds,  articles  of  agreement,  assignments,  powers,  authorities  and  all  and  singular 
their  affairs  and  things  touching  or  concerning  the  said  corporation  :  and  by  virtue 
of  these  our  letters  patent  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  to  and  for  the  .said  Trustees 
of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Monmouth  County  and  their  successors  for  the  time 
being  as  they  shall  see  cause  to  brake,  cliange,  and  new  make  the  same  seal,  or  any 
other  common  seal  or  seals  when  and  as  often  as  to  them  it  shall  seem  convenient 


372  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

wliich  'rnislccs  1)\-  ihcsi'  jui'sciits  :iii|i<)iiitf(l  as  atonsaiil  shall  (•(iiitimic  and  iciiiaiu 
the  'rrustee  of  the  I'resbyteiiaii  C'liiufli  of  Moinnoutli  L'omity  vvitli  all  the  powers 
and  autlioiitii's  afoiesaicl  until  the  lirst  Tuesday  in  October  next  to  come  and  until 
othc-r  'I'lustees  he  duly  electecl  and  chosen  in  their  i)laces  in  such  niauner  as  herein 
aftei-  is  directed  :  anil  we  do  further  of  our  si)ecial  j^race,  certain  kuowh-dge,  and 
mere  motion  for  us  our  heirs  and  successors  will,  ordain,  ,<ii\c  and  j;raut  that  the 
minister,  elders,  and  deai-ous  of  tlie  se\eral  ])articular  l'resl)y(erian  churches  and 
con.ureuations  within  tlu-  said  county  of  Monmouth  may  and  shall  meet  and  assem- 
ble to;^et  her  at  Freehold  in  the  said  county  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  October  next 
after  the  dale  of  these  our  letters  ])atent,  and  afterwai'd  atsuch  tinu^and  times  place 
and  i)laces  within  the  said  county  as  to  them  or  the  major  })art  of  them  and  their 
successors  and  the  major  part  of  their  successors  shall  seem  meet  and  convenient 
forever  hereafter  and  then  ami  tliere  by  plurality  of  voices  or  votes  (by  ballot)  then 
meet,  elect  and  choose  o\it  of  the  inhal)itants  of  said  county  nine  Trustees  of  the  said 
Presl)yterian  (,'hureh  of  Monmontli  County  which  persons  so  hereafter  to  be  elected 
ami  chosen  Trustees  as  aforesaid  shall  lie  declared  by  indentures  \inder  the  hand  and 
seals  of  till'  majority  of  the  electors  then  ])resent  and  shall  have  all  the  ])owt'rs  and 
authorities  of  the  above  named  Trustees  ^iven  by  these  our  letters  jiatent  and  all 
and  e\ery  such  person  and  persons  so  to  be  newly  chosen  and  appointed  Trustees  as 
aforesaid  shall  serve  in  their  respectiv(>  olHces  until  other  tit  persons  be  in  the  same 
manner  chosen  and  appointed  in  their  respective  rooms  :  and  we  do  further  will 
and  ordain,  yive  and  jjrant  that  the  Trustees  of  the  said  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Monmouth  County  and  their  successors  for  the  time  bein<i  shall  from  time  to  time 
ha\i'  power  to  choose  their  President  out  of  the  Trustees  for  the  time  being  who 
shall  have  the  custody  of  the  public  seal  or  seals  of  the  said  incorporation  and  all 
books,  charters,  deeds,  and  writings  any  way  relating  to  the  said  eorjioration  and 
shall  liave  ]i(j\ver  from  time  to  time  and  at  all  tinu'S  hereafter  as  occasion  shall  re- 
quire to  call  a  meeting  of  the  said  Trustees  at  such  place  within  said  county  as  he 
shall  think  most  convenient  foi'  the  execution  of  all  or  any  of  the  power  hereby 
given  an<l  granted,  and  in  case  of  sickness,  absence  or  death  of  the  President  all  the 
powers  by  these  presents  granted  to  the  President  shall  remain  in  the  eldest  or  sen- 
ior Trustee  upon  recoid  until  the  recovery  or  return  of  the  President  or  until  a  new 
President  he  chosen  as  aforesaid  :  and  we  do  fvirther  will,  ordain,  give  and  grant 
that  all  and  every  act  and  order  of  five  of  the  Trustees  (  but  not  of  any  lesser  num- 
ber) consented  and  agreed  to  at  siu-h  meeting  of  the  Trustees  as  afoiesaid  shall  be 
good,  \alid.  and  enVctnal  to  all  intents  and  ])urposi'S  as  if  the  whole  numl)er  of  the 
said  Trustees  liad  consented  and  agreed  thereto  :  and  we  do  further  will  and  ordain 
that  all  the  acts  of  the  said  Trustees  or  any  live  of  them  shall  from  tinu^  to  time  be 
fairly  entered  into  a  book  or  books  to  be  kept  for  that  i)urpose  by  the  President  of 
the  Trustees  for  the  tinu'  being  which  l)ook  or  books  together  with  the  seal  or  seals 
of  the  siiid  coiporation  and  all  chaiters,  deeds,  and  wiitings  whatsoever  any  way 
belonging  to  the  said  cor])oration  shall  be  delivered  over  by  the  former  President  to 
the  Piesident  of  the  said  Trustees  newly  elected  for  tlie  tinu' being  as  such  President 
shall  hereafter  from  time  to  time  successively  be  chosen  :  And  we  do  further  will, 
ordain,  gi\e,  and  grant  that  if  at  any  time  heicafter  the  uurnlxM  of  the  Trustees 
shall  be  diminished  in  the  intervals  of  their  election  l)y  the  death  or  aljsence  of  any 
of  the  said  Trustees  that  then  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  any  one  minister  and 
two  elders  of  any  ])arti(ndar  Presbyreiian  church  within  the  said  county  to  call  a 
meeting  of  the  ministers,  elders,  and  deacons  of  the  several  ])articular  chirrches  and 
congregations  within  the  said  county  giving  notice  of  the  time  thereof  by  writing 
under  their  hand  to  the  ministers  of  thi!  said  several  churches  at  least  seven  days, 
V>efore  the  tinu-  of  such  meeting  which  meeting  shall  l)e  held  at  I'reehold  within 
the  said  county  who  may  then  and  there  by  plurality  of  voices  or  votes  then  meet, 
elect,  and  t-hoose  out  of  the  inhabitants  of  tlH>  said  county  so  many  Trustees  for  the 
said  Picsl)vterian  Church  of  .Monmouth  County  as  shall  make  up  the  nund)er  of 
nin(;  Trustees  living  and  inlial)iting  within  the  said  county  which  person  so  to  be 
elected  and  chosen  shall  be  declared  by  indentuies  under  the  hands  and  seals  of  the 
majoiity  of  the  electors  then  present  to  be  chosen  and  elected  in  the  place  and  room 


APPENDIX.  373 

of  such  of  the  said  Trustet's  as  are  tlien  dead  or  absent,  and  all  and  every  such  per- 
son or  persons  so  new  ly  eliosen  and  iiiijxiinted  as  aforesaid  shall  ha\e  all  the  powers 
and  authorities  of  the  aliove  named  Trustees  i;iven  hy  these  our  letters  patent  and 
shall  serve  in  their  respective  otlices  until  other  lit  ]iersons  be  chosen  and  appointed 
in  their  respective  rooms  :  and  we  do  further  of  our  especial  f>race,  certain  know- 
ledge, and  mere  motion  for  us  our  heirs  and  successors  hy  tl;ese  jjresents  give  and 
grant  unto  the  said  Tiustees  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  .Monmouth  County  and 
their  successors  forever  that  they  and  their  successors  all  and  singular  the  rights, 
privileges,  powers  and  lapacities  and  authorities  herein  before  nu-ntioned  or  in- 
tended to  be  herein-  granted  shall  and  may  forever  hereafter  have,  hold,  enjoy,  and 
use  witliout  the  impediment  of  us  our  heirs  and  successors  or  any  of  the  justices, 
sheriii's,  escheators.  coromns,  bailiffs,  or  other  otlicers  or  ministers  whatsoever  of  us 
■our  heirs  or  successors  and  that  these  our  letters  being  entered  upon  record  in  our 
Secretary's  office  of  New  .Jersey  and  the  record  and  the  enrollment  and  either  of 
them  and  all  and  everything  therein  contained  from  time  to  time  and  at  all  times 
hereafter  be  and  sliall  be  t:nn.  valid,  good,  sufficient,  and  effectual  in  law  towards 
and  against  us  our  heirs  and  successors  according  to  the  tnre  intent  and  meaning 
hereof  and  in  and  tinough  all  things  shall  be  construed,  taken,  and  expounded 
most  l)eningly  and  in  favor  and  for  the  most  and  gre^atest  advantage,  profit,  and 
benefit  of  the  Trustees  of  the  said  Presbyterian  Church  of  tlie  said  County  of  Mon- 
mouth and  their  successors  forever  as  well  in  all  courts  or  elsewhere  notwithstand- 
ing any  defect,  default,  or  imperfection  may  be  found  therein  or  any  other  cause  or 
things'whatsoever.  IN  TESTIMONY  \\  liereof  we  have  caused  these  our  letters  to 
lae  nuide  patent  and  the  great  seal  of  our  said  province  to  be  hereunto  alhxed  and 
the  same  to  be  entered  of  record  in  our  Secretary's  office  in  our  said  province  of 
New  .Jersey  in  one  of  the  books  of  records  there  renutining.  Witness  our  trusty 
and  well  beloved  .Jonathan  P)elcher,  Esc]..  our  Captain  Cieneral  and  (iovernorin 
chief  of  our  said  ]irovince  of  New  .Jersey  Chancellor  and  Vice  Admiral  of  the  same 
&c  l)y  and  witli  the  advice  and  consent  of  oar  Council  of  our  said  ])rovince  at  Bur- 
lington the  twentv-first  dav  of  Februarv  in  the  twentv-third  year  of  oui  reign. 

J.   BELCMEi;. 
I  have  perused  and  considered  the  within  drauylit  of  the  charter  of  incoiporation 
and  approve  the  .same  linding  nothing  tlierein  contained  but  ^vhat  is  consistent 
with  the  honor  and  interest  of  the  Crown. 

.JOS.   WARKELL,  Aff.   Gen. 

The  within  charter  is  recorded  in  the  Secretary's  office  at  Perth  Aniboy  in  Book 
C  No.  2  of  Commissions,  Charters  cCc  pages  190  to  19.^  inclusive. 

Examined  by  TIIOS.   BARTOW,  Siridary. 

N.  B.  the  above  Charter  was  written  on  2  sheets  of  Royal  paper  sealed  together 
&  the  Governour  signed  each  sheet  as  he  said  least  the  said  sheets  should  be  broken 
asunder. 


TITLE  FOR  A  PEW  IN  OLD  TENNENT. 

[Pi.  sample,  accurately  copied  from  a  paper  in  the  Historical  Record  Collections  of  tlie  Church.] 

"  For  and  in  consideration  of  the  sum  of  Eleven  Pounds  Ten  Shillings  New  York 
Currency  to  nie  in  hand  paid  by  Major  .James  Creige  of  the  County  of  .Monmouth, 
I  give  unto  the  said  James  Creige  full  Right  and  Title  of  a  Pew  in  the  Presbyterian 
Meeting-house  in  Freehold  in  the  County  of  JSIonniouth  aforesd.,  which  said  Pew  I 
purchas'd  of  the  Trustees  by  Orders  of  my  jNlother,  for  her  use,  and  my  own. 
Witness  my  hand  at  New  Brunswick  this  4th  Day  of  Oetol)er  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  One  Thousand  Eight  hundred  t^  four.     1H04. 

Witness:  Lewis  Forman, 

John  Throckmorton.  Jr." 


374  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

AN   ACROSTIC. 
Composed,   and   now   humbly   dedicated    unto  the  Conj^res^ation  of  the 
first  Presbyterian  Church  of  the  township  of  Freehold,  in  remembrance  of 
their  former  Pastor,  the  Rkv.   William  Tknnant,  By  one  of  the  Oldest 
Members  of  that  Church. 

When  all  our  hopes  of  life  were  fled, 

In  the  dark  mansions  of  the  dead; 

Light  yet  through  faith  to  us  arise, 

Look,  he  is  gone  above  the  skies. 

In  praising  God  with  Saints  above. 

All  full  of  joy  and  sincere  love; 

Mourn  now  no  more  for  our  dear  friend. 

Turn  here  and  view  his  happy  end; 

Ever  while  here,  belov'd  was  he. 

Never  more  faithful  man  could  be; 

Noble  in  life,  to  death  resign'd 

And  died  a  friend  to  all  mankind; 

Never  forget  his  righteous  ways. 

Turn  now  to  God,  and  add  your  praise. 


SERMON  TEXTS. 

[Exact  copy  from  note  hook  of  Rev  John  Woodhnll  see  page  182.] 
Menioraiuloni  of  Texts  preached  from  by  me  .1 .  W.  in  Freehold  1778. 

July  1  Haggai  2-7  And  I  will  shake  all  Nations  &  ye  Desire  of  all  etc — 

2.  Psanis  110,  57,  "I'liou  art  my  portion  ()  Lord 

3.  II  Cor:  i:5,  5,  ILxamiiie  yrselves  whether  ye  be  in  the  faith  etc. 
1779 

February  4  Rom :  8-1  There  is  tliereforc  now  no  condemnation  to  them  eto. 

5.  John  14-fi-I  am  the  way 

6.  I  Thesalo-4,  3  For  this  is  ye  will  of  (iod  even  ye  sanctilication  preach  at 

Capt  Hankersons  in  ye  evening — — 

7.  April  18.  Acts  10.  29-33,  I  ask  you  therefore  for  what  intent  ye  have. 

f  ent  for  me  etc The  first  sermon  after  1  came  as  their  minister. 

8.  25      Zecharh  9-9  Kejoice  greatly  O  Daughter  of  Zion  etc preparation  for 

ye  sacmt. 

9.  May  2d  Luke  22-20.  Tlii.s  ('ni>  is  tlie  New  Testament  in  my  I'.lood on 

Sacr'mt  occa'on. 

10.  (Ith  Isaiaii  21-11,  12  The  burden  of  Daina  watelnnan  wt  of  ye  Night  etc  on 

Continental  fast- 

11.     9th     ]  Thes:  5,  H  let  us  not  sleep  as  do  others  .t  P.    M  :  bong,    l-KI  Awake  O 

North  wind  etc. 
16,     12.     at  Mr  Smith's  C:  llaggai  2-7  I  will  sli:d<e  etc  &  1  Cor:  9.  24.  So  run  yt 

ye  may  obtain 


23. 

13. 

30. 

1.5 

18. 

ser 

20. 

(itli 

22. 

13. 

23. 

n». 

25. 

20. 

27. 

27. 

29. 

31. 

11. 

33. 

18. 

APPENDIX.  ,375 

Luke  13,  24  Strive  to  enter  in  etc 

Isai:  4.")-22-lo<)k  unto  ine  &  be  mav'd  etc ct  V.  iM.  1   I'eter  2-7  to  ye  yt 

believe  be  is  precious. 
June  5tb  1  Peter  4-7  ye  end  of  all  tbinjis  is  at  etc  a  fnmral  ser.  for.Iobm 

Beard  son  of  Zcbulon 

.lobn  1,  11-  be  came  unto  bis  own  etc  &  P.  M.  Prov.  H,  ;>(>  beytsinneth 

ajiainst  tub  wronf^etb  bis  own  soul 

2  C'bron.  3.5-24-25  And  Jude  &  Jerusalem  Mourned  for  Josiali  etc at 

.lobn  Hendrickson's  funeral  wbo  w'  killed  in  battle^ <fe  P.  M.  John 

3-7  Ye  must  be  born  again, 
.lames  4.  14,  for  \vt  is  your  life,  it  is  even  a  vapour  etc at  Mr  Inglish's 

funeral 

Kev:  2  5:  IJemember  therefore  from  whence  thou  art  fallen  etc.  &  P.  M, 

Heb.  11.  1.  Now  faith  is  the  substauce  of  thin»;s  hoped  for,  etc. 
Luke  10.  41-42  One  thing  is  needful A  P.  M.  2  Cor.    11.21  have  es- 
poused yo  to  one  husband  yt  I  might  present  yo  to  X 
.luiy  4tb  John    1(!.   !)  of  sin  because  they    believe  not  on    me Tw® 

sermons 

Song  5-2.  first  clause,  1  sleep  but  my  heart  waketh 

Song  5.  2  :  3  Yis  ye  voice  of  my  Beloved  yt  knocketli  saying  etc & 

P.  M.  Psni.  14.  1.  The  Fool  hath  said  in  his  heart  there  is  no  God 

34.     22.     Isa:  1.  19,  20,  If  ye  be  willing  &  obedient  ye  shall  eat  the  good  of  ye 

land  but  if  ye  refuse  and  Rebel  etc at  a  Synodical  fast 

36.     25.     Gen.  6-3.  My  Spt  shall  not  allwaies  Strive  with  Man 2  Sermons. 

38.  1st  of  August.  Matt:  5-20  Except  your  Righteousness  exceed  ye  right  of 

Scribes  and  Pha.  etc.  &  P.   M.   1  Cor'n  9.  24.  So  run  that  ye  may 

obtain 

40.  Aug't  Htb  Matt.  11.  28.  Come  unto  me  all  ye  that  Labour  &  are  heavy 

Laden  &  I  will  give  yo  rest &  8  P.  M.  Isai  55.  6-  Seek  ye  the  Lord 

while  he  may  me  found 

42.      15th  Song.  Chap.    1.   4-  L3ravv  me,   we  will  run  after  thee:  the   King   hath 

brought  me  into  bis  Chambers:  we  will  be  glad  etc  &  P.  M.  Psm.  119,  54 

Thy  Statutes  have  been  my  songs  in  the  house  of  my  pilgrimage. 
44.     22.     A  Song-5-V.  16-this  is  my  LJeloved  &  tliis  is  my  Friend and  P.   M. 

Gen;  17.  18  O  that  Isbmael  might  live  before  thee 

46.  29.     Isai.    32.  2  A  man  shall  be  as  a  hideing  ])lace  from  the  wind,  &  as  a 

Covert  from  tlie  Tempest  as  rivers  of  water  in  a  dry  place  etc Two 

Sermons 

47.  28.      Rev.  14.  13-Blessed  are  ye  dead  yt  die  in  ye  Lord Preached  at  Saml 

Pippengers  Funeral. 

Sept  5,  Matt.  5,  34.  Swear  not  at  all 2  Sermons. 

I  Pet.  1-15.  be  yc  holy  in  all  manner  of  Conversation,  .v-  P.    M.  Song  5: 

16  he  is  altogethf  r  lovely. 
I  John  3.  2.  Now  are  Ave  ye  Sons  of  God  etc &  P.  M.  John  3.  i8.   he 

yt  beleiveth  not  is  condeuined  allready 

Zepbania  1.  12.  1  will  Search  Jerusalem  with  Candle &  P.  M.   1  Cor 

11.  28.  Let  a  man  examine  himself  <fe  so  let  him  eatofyt  Bread  &  drink 

of  that  Cup. 
October  2.  Luke  12-4(1.  Be  ye  therefore  also  ready at  Mr.  Claytons 

Funeral. 
Rom.  5,  S.  (iod  Comniendetb  his  Lo\  c  to  us  in  yt  while  we  were  enemies 

X  Died  for  us Sacram't 


49. 

51. 

12. 

53. 

19. 

55. 

26, 

56. 

57. 

3. 

376  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

08.       5.      rsiiliiits  :!!)-l'i.    I   am   a  Slran^or  Ix'forc   tlicc  a  a  SojonnuT   as   all    iny 

fathers  was at  Miss  .loluistoiis  funeral 

<)().      K),      Oet.  Ileh,  1:2,   1.   Wherefoie  seeiii.n  we  also  arc  siuioiiiKled  witli   etc 

ri  Sermons 

HI.  Strive  to  enter  in  at  the  Strait    ^ate I'uncral    of  ('apt   I'ovenhoven'a 

Child 

ii;i.      1(>.      Cor      Mxaminc  \  r  ()\\  n  sel\  es  etf at  Mr.  Smiths 

(il).      17.     Tiiis  is  ye  will  of  Cod  even  \(»ur  Sanetilication at  Mr.  Smith's ' 

til.     "il.  on  \e  I'aialile  of  ye  ini])ortnnate  Widow 

^if).      :!1.      .loll.  'I'he  eyes  of  the    Lord   are   ujion   the   waies  of   Man  and   he 

seetli  all  ins  <ioin<rs 

(i(i.  Nov'br  7.  'i  Corn  .'>.  17.  If  any  man  )>e  in  X  he  is  a  new  creature  etc — — 

<)7.      I  I.     2  Corn.  .">.  "JO  N\>\\  tiien  we  are  amliassadois  for  X  asthofJod  did  beseech 

\()  hy  lis  \\f  pray  yo  in  X  stead  etc. 
()S.      11.     .lonali  1.    1-0  r.ut  ye  Lord  Sent  etc. 
(>9.     :iH.     Prov.  ;i2-()th  Train  up  a  Child  etc. 

70.  2.     Strive  to  enter  in  yc  Strit  etc.  at  yc   I'nn'l   of   Mrs.    .\ustin   near  .S|)ots- 

wood  — 

71.  Decembe  .')-.lohn  :>.   ;i  N'erily,   verily   I  say  unto  yo  etc on  a   very 

stormy  I>a,\ —    had  but  1()  hearers 

72.  !•.     .iudyes  5-2  &  :>  Praise  ye  the  Lord  for  ye  avenuiiiii  of  Israel,  etc on  a 

Continental  Tlianksgivein" 

7.'}.      12.     Cieu.  5-24.  And  ICnocli  walked  with  (lod  it  he  w  not  for  (iod  took  him. 

74.  li).      Matt:  11.  12.  The  Kingdom  of  heaven  SnlTeretli  Violence  iS:  ye  Violent 

take  it  by  force 

75.  :i(i.      Isai.  !).  (i.  for  unto  ns  a  Cliihl  is  born,  unto  us  a  C'hild  is  niven 
J  778. 

76.  .laii'y-lst  .los'     Ciioosc  .\ c  tins  1  >ay  whom  yo  will  serve  etc.      To  young 

People 

77.  I.     The  time  past  my  .Sullicc  for  wherein  we  have  wrote  ye  will  etc. 

78.  !).      Rev.  2.     Heboid  1  stand  at  ye  door  &  knock  if  any  man  etc 

79.  Ki.     I.^ai  48.  22.  There  is  no  peace  for  the  wicked  saitli  ye  Lord 

80.  2:{.     Isai  40-1  Comfort  ye  Comfort  ye  my  people  saitli  ye  Lord  etc. 

81.  :!(».     .lames  1.  22.  l»ut  be  ye  doers  of  ye  Word  etc. 

82.  funrT  Mrs.  McKnight. 

83.  Feb'ry  (i.  Eze'l.  :W-11.  .As  1  li\e  saitli  ye  Lord  I  ha\c  no  pleasure  etc. 

84.  fun'l  Mr.  W\alton. 

85.  I'.'t.     .lohn  l-i;i  Which  were  born  not  of  ))lood  nor  of  ye  will  of  ye  flesh  etc. 
8G.  Hag-2.  7.  I  shake  all  Nat.  etc  at  Mr.  Dyes 

H6.     :H).     I  Cor:  '.i.  1(1  .t  17.  wt.  know  ye  not  yt  ye  are  ye  Temples  of  God  etc. 

87.  27.     .Jerem'li  2.  li).  Thine  own  wickedness  shall  correct  thee  &  thy  backslid- 

ings  etc. 

88.  March  5.  I'sm.  ll!)-5!).  I  thouglit  on  my  waies  etc 

89.  12.     Psni  119-171.  I  longed  for  thy  .salvation,  (>  Lord  tliy  Law  is  my  delight — 

91.  19.'    Lphessans  (1:  v.  lO-ls  on  ye  Christian  Warfare 

92.  2(>.     .lohn  Hi-S.  And  w'n  he  is  come  be  will  reprove  ye  wld  <if  Sin  etc. 

93.  -April  2  Psm  1 19-9(i-  I  have  seen  an  >-\u\  of  all  i)eifectioii  but  thy  Com'fc 

is  exceed— g  broad. 

94.  i)tli     h^phesi's  2,  s.  \',y  ■;race  \'e  are  sa\cd  thio  grace  it  ,\  't  not  of  yi' ficlveseto 


APPENDIX.  377 

95.     16.     Phillip  2.  12-1;}-  Work  out  your  own  salva'u  with  fear  iV  trenihling  for 

it  God  yt  worketh  in  yr  etc. 

Hosea  4.  17.  Ephraini  is  joined  to  Idols  let  him  alone 

Jerenii'h  3-'2','>.   Truly  in  vain  is  Sall'onr  looked  for  from  yo  hils  and 

multitude  of  INIonntains rrulv  Sal'n    is  in  ye  Lord  our  (iod 

Confl  Fast 

Hell.  1.  14.  Are  they  not  all  Ministring  Spirits  ete. 

May  2.  Heb.  12.  1.  Let  us  run  with  patience  ye  race  etc at  Bedniinster. 

Zach.  I'A.  7.     Awake  O  Sword  etc. 

Kev.    22.  17.  And  ye  Spirit  &  ye  Ihide  say  come  etc.      Sacramental. 

Ha.ngai  2.  7.  I  will  shake  etc    at  Bordon  Town 

Zach.  9,  9.  rejoice  greatly  O  Daughter  of  Zion  etc.     at  .Mr.  Smiths. 
Kom.  s,  L  there  is  therefore  now  no  Condemnation  etc— at  Mr.  Smith's. 
.June  4  Lirke  !.'>.  on  ye  Parrible  of  ye  Prodigal it  !'.  .M.  Luke  12.  20 

Thou  fool  this  Night  tliy  Soul  etc. 
June  11.  Luke  15.  Par'ble  of  ye  prodig'l  &  P.  ,M.  Kom.  7,  4.  Ve  also  are 

dead  to  the  Law. 
June  IS.      Luke  15-Par'I)le  of  ye  Prodi'l  &  P.  i\l.  Kom.  s-jf  (lod  he  for  us 

who  can  be  against  us 

June  20,  Week  Day  at  JMr.  Thos  Thomson's  Kom.  1.  s-there  is  therefore 

now  no  Condemnation  etc. 
June  25-Lnke  15-Par'hl  of  ye  Prod.  &  P.  M.  Psm.  119.  1 14.  Thou  art  my 

hiding  Place  &  Shield  I  hope  in  tliy  word. 
July  2.  Matt.  (>.  9.  Our  Father  w'  art  in  heaven &  P.  M.  Psm.  49.  8. 

The  redemtion  of  ye  soul  is  precious  &  ceaseth  forever. 
Matt.  0.  Hallowed  be  thy  name  &  P.  M.  P>ehold  now  isye accepted  time 

behold  now  is  ye  Da}'  of  Salvation. 

Be  ye  also  ready luneral  of  hannah  Pipenger. 

Matt.  Thy  Kingdom  come &  P.  M.  ISIatt.   25,  45-ye  Kighteous  into 

life  Eternal 

Matt,  thy  will  be  done  on  Earth  as  it  is  in  heaven &  P.  ISI.  Ephess'u 

5-14,  Awake  thou  yt  sleepest 

Matt.  6.  Give  us  tliis  Day  our  daly  Bread.  &  P.  M.  Psm.  119.  2.  Blessed 

are  they  yt  keep  his  Testimonies,  that  seek  him  with  ye  whole  heart 

Matt.  6.  12-And  forgive  us  our  del)ts  as  we  forgive  our  etc.  &  P.  M.  Psm. 

1 19.  63  I  am  a  Companion  of  them  that  fear  thee  &  of  them  yt  keep 

thy  precepts 

Matt.  ().  13.  Lead  us  not  into  Temtation  &  P.   M.    Psm.    119.   last  v.    1 

have  gone  Astray  like  a  lost  Sheep  etc 

Matt.  ().  13.  But  deliver  us  from  Evil  &  P.  M.  lie)):  L.'.  14.  And  holiness 

witliout  which  no  man  shall  see  the  Lord 

Matt.  G,  13,  for  tliine  is  ye  Kingdom  ye  power  &  ye  Glory  for  ever  Amen. 

&  P.  M.  prov.  8-17.  1  love  ym  yt  love  me  &  those  yt  seek  me  early 

shall  find  me 

Isai-63.  10  but  they  rebelled  &  vexed  his  holy  spirit  etc preach  on  a 

Congregational  fast  about  ye  1  's  of  ye  month. 

135.  31.     Malachi  3.  7.  return  unto  me  &  1  will  return  unto  yo  saith  ye  Lord  of 

Hosts on  a  fast  Day 

136.  September  3  Song  2.  S  The  voice  of  uiy  beloved,   l)e]iold  lie  cometh  etc 

on  a  very  rainy  day— few  people 


97. 

23. 

98. 

26. 

99. 

30. 

100. 

101. 

7. 

102. 

14. 

103. 

21. 

104. 

27. 

105. 

28. 

107. 

109. 

111. 

112. 

114. 

IK). 

118. 

9. 

119. 

10- 

121. 

16. 

123. 

23. 

125. 

30. 

Aug! 

list. 

127. 

7. 

129. 

14. 

131. 

21. 

133. 

28. 

378  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


Psni.  St.  7.  Tlicy  ;r(t  from  wtniiiith  to  Htrcnjitli  etc.  X:  1'.  M.  .lolui  :'>.  '.i. 
Verily,  Vfrily  I  siiy  unto  yo  Kxcept  ;i  iiiiiu  l)e  bdrii  ajiaiii.  etc. 

Isai.  ")7.  l-;2  Tile  rijihteons  perislicth  &  no  tnaii  layctli  it  to  heait  &  ye 
uieieifnl  I'ti-.     At  ye  Point the  fnneral  of  Mrs.  Lockard 

Koin.  I).  20.  for  liy  ye  Law  is  ye  kniiwled^i*  of  sin iS:  P-  M.  Matt.   11 

2H.  Come  unto  me  all  ye  yt  Labour  &  are  heavy  L:  den  ete. 

Psm.  Sth  Lecture.  &.  P.  M.  L  Cor:  3.  23.  Ye  are  Clirists. 

Isai.  4.").  22.  Look  unto  me  ete.  at  Mr.  Smiths. 

Oetb'r  1.  Sonj:  ."..  1(1,  he  is  allto^-ether  lovely at  Mr.-  Smitlis 

Col.  1.  1!).  for  it  ])lease(l  tlie  I'^atlier  yt  w  i  liim  siiouhl  ail  fullness  dwell 
Saeranien'l. 

Sou;;;.  1.  7.  Ti-11  meO  tliou  \\lu)m  luy  soul  lo\ith  wliere  th.ou    feedestlh  — 

Isai  r>7.  1-2  The  righteous  ])erisheth  ct  no  man  layeth  it  to  heart  t^  mercy- 
full  men  etc.  funeial  foi'  Kevd  Mr.  llalsey  iV  IJev.  Mr.  Foster,  w 'o 
Died  ye  30  of  Sei)'hr  I'v  Mr.  llalsey,  2d  of  Octo'br  2 days after-1780 — 

I  Cor.  10.  4.  That  rock  was  Clnist. 


I  Timo-1-12.  I  know  in  whom  I  have  belic\ed 

12.     Col.  L  19.  for  it  pleased  the  father  yt  in  him  .sliould  all  fullness  dwell 
in  Phila'da 

Col.  1.  H).  in  ye  Eveg  at  burlinj;ton 

Matt.  22-.').  Lut  they  made  li<iht  of  it. 

This  one  tiling  I  do  forge't  ye  t]iin<;s  wh.  are  behind  I  press  forward  to- 
ward ye  mark  etc. 

l)eceiirin-3.  IJedminister Col.  1.  10.  in  him  should  all  full ne.s.s  etc. 

I'sin.  The  Lord  rei<iiietli  etc  on  a  Continental  ThanksfiivV. 

Luke.  Strive  to  enter  in  at  ye  straijihtgate at  ye  funeral  of  Miss  Kead 

Song.  9  &  10.  Thou  hast  ravished  my  heart,  etc,  etc 

Psni.  30.  12.  I  am  .a  stranger  &  sojourner  as  all  my  fathers  were. 

Titus  1-1(5-  They  profe.ss  yt  they  know  Cod  but  in  works  deny  liim   l)c- 
ing  abominable. 

The  Year  17^1. 

Kil.  .laiiu'y  7.     Song  2.  14  C)  My  Dove  yt  art  in  ye  clefts  of  the  rock  etc. 

102.      11.      IJoiii.  8.  39.  Nor  any  other  Creature  shall  be  able  to  seperate  from  ye 

Love  of  Cod  w'  is  in  X  oiu   Lord. 
1()3.  Lzek'l  33-  As  I  live  saith  ye  Lind  I  ]ia\  e  no  pleasure  in  the  Death  of  the 

Wiked  but  that  the  wicked  tuin  from  his  way  &  live  etc. 
I(i4.     2S.      lieb:  11.1.  Faith  is  the  substance  of  things  hoped  for  &  ye  evidence  of 

tilings  not  seen 

10."..  Feb.  4.  Mr.  \Vilson  Preached. 

]()(!.      11.     Song.  4.  11  Thy  li])s  ()  my  S])()use  droj)  as  ye  honey,  honey  &  milk  are 

under  etc. 
107.      1><       li'om.  ]'.].  11.  it  is  hii;li  time  to  awake —     few   ])eo])le 

Feb'y. 

KIH.      25.       ileb.  2.    I but  ye  just  shall  li\  e  by  his  faitli. 

109.  March  4  Isai.  1.  ~).  0.  the  whole  head  is  sick  t'v  the  whole  heart  is  faint  ete. 

170.      II.      I.'om.  7.  21.  1  lin  then  ii  law  that  when  1  would  do  good  evil  is  present 

w  itli  nu 


13S. 

10. 

139. 

14. 

141. 

19. 

143. 

24. 

144. 

30. 

145. 

140. 

H. 

147. 

15. 

148. 

22. 

149. 

29. 

NoM'in'bi 

150. 

5. 

151. 

12. 

1.52. 

Hi. 

153. 

19. 

154. 

2(>. 

155. 

15(i. 

7. 

157. 

9. 

15S. 

1  \o 

10. 

1  "7 

100. 

1  /  . 

30 

APPENDIX.  379 

Matt:  28.  'M.  ()  .Terusarni  .Terusalem  tho  yt  killest  the  Prophets  etc. 

April  1 .  Col.  3.  1 1.  Christ  is  all  &  in  all 

Isai.  52-3- Ye  have  sold  yrs.  for  nought  &  ye  shall  he  redeemed  witli't 
money. 

Heb.  10-20  ]'>y  a  new  and  living  way 

John — He  that  doeth  righteousness  is  righteous 

was  sick .Mr.  Fish  preached-     - 

Haggai.  2.  7.  I  will  shake  etc 

Song-he  brought  me  into  his  Banquiting  house  &  his  Banner  over  me 
was  Love 

Be  ye  also  ready — fune'l  of  Mrs.  Polly  Wicoff. 

Isai:     Wliat  could   1  have  done  to  my  vineyard,  more  y  n  1  have  done. 


Exod.  20.     1  Command  &  P.  M.  Matt.   But  they  made  light  of  it. 
2d  Command  &  P.  M.  Kev.     lie  that  overcometli  shall  inherit  all  things 
&  I  will  be  liis  God. 

July  1.  3  Command.  &  P.  M.  Mr.  AVilson  preached. 

4  Comm  d  &  P.  M.  j\Iatt.  22.  5.   But  they  made  light  of  it 

4  Com  d  &  P.  M.     except  ye  repent  ye  shall  all  likewise  perish. 

5  Command  &  P.  M.     This  is  ye  Love  of  God  if  we  keep  his  Comm  ds. 
5  Com  d  &  P.  ^I.  Song  4  120  :  Come  with  me  my  spouse,  from  Lebanon 

witli  me  from  Leljanon  etc. 

August. 

203.       5.     Exo.  :  20.  13.  Thou  shalt  not  kill.  &  P.  M:  Eccle:  12.  1.  Kemem'br  thy 

Creator  in  ye  Days  of  thy  youth. 
Exod.  20.  14.  Thou  shalt  not  commit  adraltery  &  P.  ]\I.  Mr.  Kue  preached. 
Exod.  20.  15.  Thou  shalt  not  steal  &  P.  M.  John  IG.  8  &  w'n  he  is  come 

he  shall  reprove  ye  world  of  sin 

Exod.  20.  16.  Thou  shalt  not  bear  false  Avitness  a 

Septeml)er2d  Exo:  20.  17.  Thou  shalt  not  covet.  &  P.  M.  II  Cor.  13.  5.— 
Examine  yourselves  etc. 

Lee.  of  Rom.  8.  1-9-  &  P.  M.  preach'd  John  14.  0.  I  am  ye  way. 

Sacram't  at  Allentown.  Saturday  II  Cor  :  13.  5.  Examine  vrselves, 
etc.  Sab.  M.  Col.  1.  lU-in  him  should  all  fulness  dwell,  "&  P.  M. 
John  14-fj.  I  am  ye  way. 

Song  5-  1 .  I  am  come  into  my  garden  my  sister  etc.  Sacrament. 

Song   fountains   of   gardens    well    of    Living    AVater  &  streams  etc 

Saturday  at  Mv.  Smiths. 

217.  30.     Sabbath Psin.    119.   thou  art  my    portion    ()  (iod 

Octob'r  7.  Mr.  l\hue  preached 

218.  12.     At  Bedmins'tr  II  Cor:  13.  5.   examine  y'rselves  etc. 


171. 

IS. 

172. 

24. 

173. 

174. 

8. 

175. 

15. 

176. 

22. 

29. 

May- 

177. 

6. 

178. 

13. 

179. 

19. 

181. 

20. 

183. 

27. 

June. 

185. 

3. 

187. 

10. 

189. 

17. 

191. 

24. 

193. 

195. 

8. 

197. 

15. 

199. 

22. 

201. 

29. 

204. 

12. 

206. 

19. 

208. 

26. 

209. 

211. 

9. 

214. 

16. 

215. 

23. 

216. 

29. 

38o  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

•21!».      l:'..      Hauiiai  -2.  7.  \-  1  will  shake  all  nations  etc- — 

■-'•.'1.      II.      Luke  ;.':>.   -.'(I.   This  Cup  is  yi'  N  Testament   in  my   hlooil 1^  V.  M. 

I'sm.  117.   Thou  art  my  portion  ()  (iotl. 

:i2:i.      1.").     .lohn.  1  am  ye  way.   At  Bedminster  Sac't. 

•J"il>.     "21.      II  Cor.  11).  lo.    lOxamine  yr  selves. 

•i2i.     'is.      KyeT         \-  ye  fjlory  of  ye  Lord  went  uj)  iVom  oiT  ye  Chei  iihims  to  ye 
Threshold  of  ye  house. 

•i'io.  Note  this  sermon  I  ])reached  at  I'rep.  at  .Mr.  Smith  Cranr'y 

226.  November  :>.     The  harvest  is  i)assed  \e  summer  is  ended  I'v  we  are  not 

saved. 

111.      .Mr.  K'eiu'  preaehed. 

2:27.      17. 

:2'2>*.     24.     ye  time  past  may  suffice  for  for  wherein  you  have  wrote  ye  will  "f  ye 
Gentiles. 

229.  24.      Rom.    It  is  hijili  tinu'  to  awake  out  of  sleep,    fun  1  of  I.ains  Child-— 
December. 

230.  I  I'hill  :  1:  2!!.   for  I  am  in  a  strait  betwix  two  haveing  a  desire  to  depart 

tS:  In-  with  x  we  is  far  better,  fuuu  I  of  Mrs.  Forman 

2:51.       2.     Matt.  5.  20.     except  your  righteousness  exceed  ye  righteousness  of  ye 
Scribes  &  Pha  s  ye  shall  in  no  case  enter  into  ye  kingdom  of  heaven. 


AUTOGRAPHvS. 

Autographs  are  interesting  and  suggestive  studies,  and  furnish  corrob- 
orative aids  to  the  careful  and  accurate  genealogi.st.  Over  200  ])hoto- 
graphic  facsimiles  are  given  on  the  following  pages. 

The  first,  second,  and  third  plates  are  reproductions  from  the  three  pages 
of  the  subscription  paper  used  in  gathering  the  funds  to  build  the  present 
Old  Tennent  edifice.  The  3  photographs,  from  which  these  3  plates  were 
made,  were  taken  b}'  L.  R.  Cheeseman.  For  further  facts,  in  studying 
these  3  plates,  see  pages  46  and  17S. 

The  fourth  plate  here  given  presents  the  autographs  of  some  early  Scotch 
settlers  in  Monmouth  Co.  These  were  collected  by  James  Steen,  Eaton- 
town,  N.  J.,  who  had  them  photographed  from  original  documents,  chiefly 
wills,  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  vState,  Trenton,  N.  J.,  and  this 
list  shows  autographs  made  between  the  years  lyco  and  1720.  The  patch- 
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APPENDIX.  385 

DECLARATION  OF  TRUST. 

[  In  the  chapter  on  "  The  Old  Parsonage  "  reference  is  made  to  the  efforts  of  the  congrega- 
tion to  secure  the  parsonage  farm  in  legal  and  continual  po-^session.  The  old  record  book  of 
the  congregation  (still  presrrved)  gives  an  extended  and  complete  account  of  this  matter  writ- 
ten in  John  Henderson's  hand.  The  record,  as  copied  out  and  here  presented,  begins  at  the 
point  immediately  following  the  statement  of  the  purchase  of  the  farm  for  ^5oo(see  on  page 
53).  It  will  be  noticed  here  that  many  of  the  words  and  parts  of  words  are  missing;  they  could 
not  be  read  because  of  the  stained,  worn  and  broken  condition  of  the  pages  in  the  old  record 
book.     This  copy  was  carefully  Tuade  and  compared  bj'  F.  R    Symmes.] 

"  Aud  John  Hendeisou  Drew  tlie  Articles  of  Sale  and  was  Desired  to  Draw  the 
Deed  in  Convenient  Time  which  he  Did  Sz  pnt  Mr.  Fornians  c*t  Mr.  Craigs  Name  — 

the  Deed  it  left  a  Blank  to  pnt  in  two  other  persons  Names of  Mr.  Cnmmings 

&  Mr.  Rhe's  becanse  Sd.  Cnniining  &  Rlie  were &  he  tlio't  itinqjroper  for  them 

to  make  Instruments  of &  be  parties  in  Both  But  wlien  they  Met  to  Sign 

Henderson's  Reasons  could  prevail  nothing  But  the  Deed  was the 

above  Named  four  &  the  full  Consideration  of  five  pounds  put  in.     Against 

which  the  Sd.  Henderson  protested  All  the  people  of  the  Congregation  Gave 

their  Bills  to  the purcliars'  for  tlie  Sums  by  them  promised  for  purchassing 

Sd.  Pla —  Excei)t  Sd.  Hendei.son  for  the  Reasons  protested  &  Sd.  purcha—  Gave 
.Bond  to  Sd.  Cowenhoven  for  Sd.  £500," 

(Just  here  is  inserted  the  record  of  the  ordination  of  David  Hhe  I'v:  John  Hender- 
son to  the  eldership,  see  page  o3). 

"Second  Tuesday  in  March  \73o-6  The  above  Purchars  and   Some at  the 

House  of  John  Fen  ton  to  Consider  &  See  whether  the Due  would  make  the 

next  payment  &  when  they  took found  none  from  Sd.  Henderson  then  De- 
manding his &  gave  him  liberty  (  without  interruption  whicli  he  nev — 

to  give  them  ;  Shewed  liow  the  ]\Iethod  they  had  taken  the  whole  De- 
sign of  the  Purchase  tK:  that  If  he Plantation  Secured  according  to  the  Inten- 
tion of  the  Congregation  who  paid  their  Money  and  the  IT.se  they  Designed  it  for 
viz.  for  a  Continual  Parsonage  for  a  Presbyterian  Minister  he  was  as  Ready  as  any 
to  pay  his  Share,  but  if  that  was  not  done  as  he  coxild  not  See  they  were  likely  to 
do  it  by  the  methods  they  followed  he  Still  adhered  tO'  his  former  protest.  After 
further  Opening  the  Matter  the  ?ifajority  were  Convinced  by  his  Reasons  &  ime- 
diately  Complyed  it  he  V)eing  ((uickly  going  to  New  York  Gave  him  Money  to  give 
to  Mr.  Smith  tlie  Lawyer  there  for  his  Direction  &  Assistance  how  to  Secure  the  Sd. 
Plantation  for  the  Use  Designed  which  accordingly  he  did  ami  laid  the  whole  mat- 
ter before  Sd.  Mr.  Smith  ct  Gave  him  the  Money  who  undertook  the  Same  who  ac- 
cordingly Sent  a  Letter  to  Mr.  Tennent  with  Instrument  of  Sale  it  Trust  therein 
Inclosed  which  Letter  &  Instruments'  are  as  followeth  viz.      IJev.  Sir — 

New  York  .'51  th  :\larch  1736. 

I  Send  herewith  the  Deed  to  the  Trustees  &  their  Declaration  of  the  trust  which 
I  have  Contrived  in  the  liest  manner  — ould  to  guard  it  against  the  advantages  that 
have  heretofore  —  n  taken.     I  don't  See  how  in  this  way  the  end  proposed  can  be 

— ed  itnless  the  Elders  it  Deacons  in  whose  Hands  the  Secret is  Lodged  Should 

be  so  unfaithful  as  to  betray  that  Confidence  --ch  hereby  is  reposed  in  them,  but 
this  I  liope  there  will  never  be  any  — son  to  fear.  The  Reading  of  the  Declaration 
of  the  trust  — ill  Shew  the  design  of  it  &  it  may  be  from  theme  Collected  that  the 
— state  in  Law  will  descend  to  the  Surviving  Trustees  &  his  — eirs  &  that  the  power 

&  Atithority  to  Appoint  the  Uses  of trust  will  ultimately  centre  in  the  Ser- 

viving  Elder  or Deacon  &  his  Heirs  wherefore  it  will  be  proper  when  the  — t 

is  in  Such  hands  or  by  the  Deatli  of  the  Trustees  dike —  to  fall  into  Such  hands  as 
will  not  be  convenient  tliat  the  — ing  Elders  it  Deacons  Do  appoint  a  Conveyance 
to  New it  then  that  the  New  Trustees  make  a  New  Declaration  — ers  &  Dea- 
cons for  the  time  being,  and  thus  the  Estate be  perpetuated  in  private  Hands 

Consistant  with  the n,  witli  only  the  inconveniency  of  a  new  Deed  or  two 

e  in  an  Age  which  any  ordinary  Scribe  may  Draw  from — ith  Sent  & 

in  this  ]\Iethod  the  necessity  of  an  inco —  Incorporation  may  be  avoided  which  is 

Notwithstamling method  of  Conveying  Such  Estates  to  Such  uses  if 

at  any  time  hereafter  obtained. 


386  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

For  tlie  I'rfsciit  I  inhisr  that  1  he  Srssiini  <j;cl  ;i  UddU  i^        -    tliiMr  Deeds  in  it  witli 

the  .Suhstaiu-i'  ol'  tliis  Lcttci'  iK:  that icail  i*v:  iinilerstDixl  hy  llxcrv  iiiemliei-,  that 

So  when  there  Sliall need  tlie  Directions  herein  jiixcii   may  lie  oliserx cd.     The 

Con — of  tills  Selieiiie  lias  took  up  a  jjood  deal  of  my  time  imt        —  understood  & 

Applied  will  (  I  douht  not)  EfYectually  answer the  ends  proposed,  I  have  not 

made  You  any  party  to  the  pre—  \Vritinj;s  herewith  Sent  because  you  and  the  Suc- 
ces —  nisters  must  have  your  Deeds  for  the  Terms  of  your  Minis —  from  the  trustees 
&  their  Su(X'essors  aecordin.i;  to  the  appoint--  of  the  I'llders  «.*t  Deacons  t*t  their  Suc- 
eessois  in  ))er])etua —  who  are  as  they  oujiht  to  be  the  S])rin<i  tliat  must  jiut  eve — 
wheel  in  Motion.  I  hope  my  Service  in  this  jiarticu —  will  be  acceptable  to  all 
eoneerned  t^  am 

To  the  U'evd.  Kevd.  Sir  your  \'eiy  ilumltleServ — 

Mr.  Win.  Tenneiit  at  I'reeliold.  Wm.  Smith. 

I'^ntry  of  the  above  mentioned  Deed. 

JplIS    IJ^/DEI^TURE:    made  the   VAght  Day  of  May  in    —     ninth  Year  of  the 

Jiei<j;ii  of  our  Soxeiinn  Lord  (ieoi;ae  the by  the  (irace  of  God  of  Great  Hritain 

France  I'c  Ireland  K Defender  of  the  Faitln^c  Annoque  Domini  17:Uil>etwe 

Archibald  Graifi  and  Jonathan  Forinan  Fscjuiresand  David  Kbe  and Gumming 

Gent,  all  of  Freehold  in  the  County  of  Monmouth  in  Eastern   Division  of   the 

Province  of  New  Jersey  of  the  one John  Anderson  of  the  County  of  Monmouth 

Fsqr.  and  I'eter of  the  County  of  Middlesex  (Jent.  of  the  other  ])art  witnes — 

tliat  they  the  Said  Archil)ald  Crai.n  and  Jonathan  I'orman  and Rlieand  K'obert 

Cumminji;  for  diverse  <j;ood  causes  and  Co —  and  also  for  the  Sum  of  Tne  Shillings  to 

them  in  hand  tlie  ensealin";  and  delivery  of  these  Tresents  by  them  John 

Anderson  and  Peter  (rordon  the  re(H'ii)t  Avhereof  th —  Archibald  Ciaifi'and  .Jonathan 

Forman,  and  David  Khe  and Cummimi  do  hereby  acknowledjic and  themselves 

— 11  Sattislied  CJontented  and  paid  And  tli~ very  part  and    itarcell 

thereof  do  fully  clearly  and  .Absolute —   —     Exonerate  and  Dischari;e  them  the  Said 

John  Anderson  and  (iordon  their  Heiis  Executors  .Vdministiatorsand  livery  of 

them  for  Ever  by  these  Presents  Have  jiianted  l)ar<!;ained  and  Sold  .Mieiied  iJifeofTed 
Released  Conveyed  and  (^ontirmed  .And  by  tiiese  Presents  do  fully  Clearly  and  Ab- 
solutely Grant  llarjiain  and  Sell  Alien  l']nfe()iTe  Release  (Jonvey  and  Conlirm  unto 
them  the  Said  .lolm  Andeison  and  Peter  (iordon  their  Heirs  and  Assigns  for  lOvcr 
All  that  tract  of  Land  Scituate  Lyin<>'  and  being  in  the  (!ounty  of  Moninouth  afore- 
said betwixt  Sjmtswoods  Middle  Prook  and  his  South  P.rook  Supposed  to  Contain 
One  Hundred  and  Fifty  Acres  be  the  Same  more  or  less  Beginning  NVliere  the  two 
brooks  doth  meet  and  runniufi  up  the  Aliddle  Prook  Eiiihty  Chains  thence  Scnith 
West  and  ))y  \Y est  and  three  Dejiiees  more  Southerly  ai)out  Sixty  Chains  to  the 
South  P.rook  And  thence  as  tlie  Said  South  llrook  runs  about  Fifty  cliains  to  the 
jJace  where  it  tii>it  lu'jian   Bounded  Soiitheily  and  and  Northerly   by   the  aforesaid 

Spotswoods  mid and  South  brooks  and  Easterly  by  some  head  Land   l)elon,ning 

to  Several  ]»er.s(ms  Together  witli  all  and  all  manner  of  houses  buildinj;s,  ICdilicea 
l'>arns  Stables  Orchards  fencinus  feediiiiis  Pastures  Woods  Underwoods  Trees  Waters 
Water  ("ourses  Water  falls  Ponds  Pools  Pits  Easements  PioiittsCIommodities  Liber- 
ties A(lvantai!,es  Royalties  fraiu^hieses  ICmolumeiits  llereditamentsand  .A])purteiian- 
ces  wliatsoesei'  to  the  Same  belonginjr  or  in  anywise  tliereunto  ai)i)ertainin,i;  .\iid  also 
-1  the  Estate  Ri<;htTitle  Interest  po.ssessioii  i)roi)erty  — laiin  and  Demand  Whatsoever 
of  them  the  Said  .\rehibald  -  lai.n  and  Jonathan  l-'oiinanand  David  K'heand  R'olx'it 
Cumming  and  their  Heirs  in  and  to  the  Same  or  any  part  or  pareell  thereof  w  ith  the 
Keversion  and  Re\t'isions  lemainderand  remainders  thereof  To  Have  and  to  Hold 
the  — id  Tract  of  Land  and  (iranted  and  Barfj;ained  I'remises  — th  their  and  ICvery 
of  their  iii;;hts  Meml)eisand  Apinirte—es  unto  them  the  Said  John   Andcr.son  and 

Peter  Gordon  their and  Assij^ns  for  Ever  to  tlie  only  proper  Use  l)enelite  and 

— f  — f  them  the  Said  Jolin  Anderson  and  Peter  Gordon  their Assij^ns  for  Ever 

And  they  the  Said    .Arciiibald   C'raij;  and   Jonathan    Forman  and   David     Ivlie    and 

Robert  Cnmminjj by  for  themselves  their  Heirs  Executors  and   Administra 

— nant  Promise  Grant  and  .Ayree  to  and  with  the  Said  John and  Peter  (Jordou 


APPENDIX.  387 

their  Heirs  and  Assigns  that  they  th Craig  and  .Jonathan  Fornian  and  David 

Rhe  and  Kobert  Gumming Notwithstanding  any  Act  matter  or  thing  wliatso- 

ever Coniniitted  or  wittingly  or  -willingly  Suffered  by  them  to at  the 

time  of  the  Ensealing  and  Delivery  of  these  Pres and  Stand  Lawfully  and 

KightfuUy  Seized  of  and  in  all  and the  before  hereby  (iranted   or  intended  to 

be  Granted  Pre their  and  Ever^'^  of  their  A])purtenances  of  a  good  Sure 

perf full  absoh^te  and  indefeazaltle  Estate  of  Inheritance  in Simple 

without  any  manner  of  Condition  or  Limitation  of or  Uses  power  of  revocation 

or  any  other  matter  or  thing to  alter  Change  Charge  Defeat  Determine  or  make 

Void Estate  In  witness  Whereof  the  Parties  to  these  Presents hereunto 

iuterchangeatjly  Set  their  Hands  and  Seals  the  Day year  first  above  written. 

Archibald  Craige 
Sealed  and  Delivered  in  the  Presence  of  us  ,Tonn.  Forman 

John  McGallird  William  Cowenhoven.  David  Phe 

Robert  Cumming 

Here  foUoweth  a  Record  of  the  Declaration  of  Trust  for  the  Above  Deed  &.c. 

JO  f\\\  QtjrlstiaQ  people  to  whom  these  — Sents  Shall  Come  We  John  An- 
derson of  the  County mouth  Esqr.  &  Peter  Gordon  of  the  County  of  Mid- 
dle  tleman  Send  Greeting  Whereas  by  Indenture  beari —  Date  the  Eight  Day 

of  May  in  the  Ninth  Year Reign  of  Our  Soveraign  Lord  George  the  Second 

—  the  Gnice  of  God  of  Great  Brittain  France  & King  Defender  of  the  Faith 

&c.  Annoqe.   Domi 1736  Made  Between    Archibald  Craig  &  Jon —  Forman 

Esqrs.  &  David  Rhe  &  Robert  Cumming  —  Freehold  in  the  County  of  Monmouth 

in  the  Ea —  Division  of  the  Province  of  New  .lersey  of Part  &  us  the  Said 

John  Anderson  of Monmouth  Esqr.   &  Peter  Gordon  — ddlesex  Gentleman 

of  the  other  Part  Witnesseth they  the  Said  Archibald  Craig  &  Jonathan  For- 
man &  David  Rhe  i^  — bert  Cumming  for  diverse  good  Causes  &  Consider.ations  & 

also  for  the of  five  Shillings  to  them  in  hand  paid  before  tlie  P^nsealing  and 

— elivery  thereof  by  them  the  Said  John  Anderson  &  Peter  Gordon  The  — eceipt 

whereof  they  the  Said  Archibald  Craig  &  Jonathan  Forman  and Rhe  &  Robert 

Cumming  did  thereljy  acknowledge  &  themselves  to  be  — th  fully  Sattisfied  Con- 
tented &  paid  &  thereof  &  of  &  from  Every &  parcel  thereof  did  fully  Clearly 

&  Absolutely  accjuit  Exonerate  &  Discharge  us  the  Said  John  Anderson  &  Peter 
Gordon  our  heirs  Ex — tors  Administrators  &  Every  of  them  for  Ever  by  the  Same 
Writing  — ad  granted  baigainded  &  Sold  Aliened  Enfeoffed  released  Conveyed  & 

Confirmed  &  thereby  did  fully  Clearly  &  Absolutely  Grant  Bargain  & Alien 

Enfeoffe  release  Convey  &  Confirm  unto  us  the  Said  .lohn  Anderson  &  Peter  Gordon 
our  Heirs  &  Assigns  for  Ever  All  That  Tract  of  Land  Scituate  Lying  &  being  in  the 
County  of  Monmouth  aforesaid  betwixt  Sputswoods  Middle  brook  <t  his  South 
brook  SupiKJsed  to  Contain  One  Hundred  and  Fifty  Acres  be  the  Same  more  or  less 
Baginninj  where  tlie  Said  two  Brooks  meet  &  running  up  the  Middle  Brook  Eighty 
Chains  Thence  South  West  &  b}'  West  &  three  Degrees  more  Southerly  about  Sixty 

Chains  to  the  South  Brook thence  as  tlie  Said  South  Brook  runs  a])ont  fifty 

Chains  to  the  — e  where  it  began  Bounded  Southerly  &  Northerly  by  the  — esaid 

Spotswoods  Middle  &  South  Brooks  &  Easterly  )jy  Some land  belonging  to 

Several  persons  Together  with  all  &  all  — ner  of  Houses  Buildings  Edifices  Barns 
Stables  (Orchards  fenclniis  feedings  pastures  Woods  underwoods  Trees  Waters  Water 
Courses  Water  fall  Springs  ponds  po;)ls  pitts  Easements  profits  Commodities  Liber- 
ties Advantages  Royalties  Franchises  Emoluments  hereditaments  and  AppurtenaneeH 
whatsoever  to  the  Same  belonging  or  in  any  Wise  thereunto  Appertaining  and 
Also  all  tlie  Estate  Right  Title  Interest  possession  property  Claim  &  Demand  what- 
soever of  them  the  Said  Archibald  Craig  &  Jonathan  Fornian ■   Rhe  &  Robert 

Cumming  &  their  Heirs  in  &  to  the  Same  or or  parcel  thereof  with  the  revei-sion 

&  reversions  Remainder  thereof   To  Have  and  to  Hold  the  Said  Tract  of 

Bargaiiied  Premises  with  their  &  Every  of  their urtenances  unto 

us  the  Said  John  Anderson  & &  Assigns  for  Ever  To  the  Only  proper  use 

Benefit  &  behoof  of  us  the  Said  John  Anderson  &  Pete —  Heirs  &  Assigns  for  Ever 


38«  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

nn  liy   the  Same    Iiideiitiiri's    rel —  llierciiiito    had    may    mow    fully    Apjicai    And 

Whereas  —     Conveyance  was  made  to  us  tlie  Said  Joliu  Anderson  iS:  Pe & 

our  Heirs  to  tlie  intent  that  we  tt  our  Heirs  Should of  the  Premises  with 

their  Appurtenances  to  and  for puposes  as  Shall  from  time  to  time  be  Lim- 

itted  c*t  Appo Elders  &  Deacons  of  the  l*resbyterian  Church  of  I'^ieehold 

aforesaid  I'v:  no  other  NoW  Therefore  KnOW  Y Presents  that  we  the  Said  John 

Andeison  i^  I'etei- (iordon Declare  i^  Aj^ree  that  we  and  Our   Heirs  will   from 

h^  Stand  Seized  of  i^  interested  in  the  al)ove  nianted  and  1!-  Premises  in  ti  ust  to 
and  for  Said  Waltar  Ker  Charles  (J—  — —  Hutton  K'obert  Cummiui;  David  Khe 
John  Henderson  the  )) —  Killers  of  the  Said  Chuich  William  Ker  i\;  Samuel  Ker  the 
p —  Deacons  of  the  Same  Churcli  &  tlie  iS:  the  Survixours  i^  Surviv —  them  i'<:  the 

Heirs  of  Such  Survivour  to  &  for  the  only  proper l>enelit  i^   P>elioof  of  the  Said 

Waltar  Ker  Charles  (Jordon  John  — ton  K'obert  Cummin^  David  K'lie  John  Hender- 
son William  —  it  Samuel  Ker  &  the  Heirs  &  the  SurvivoursiV  Survivour  of  the — the 
Heirs  of  Such  Survivour  for  l']\er  And  We  the  said  —  Anderson  I'v;  Peter  (Gordon 
for  our  Selves  Severally  i'<:  our  re  -     Heirs  lOxecutors  *S:  Administrators  Do  Coxcnant 

Promise  \-  A<i-  <Sz  with  the  Said  Waltar  Ker,  Charles  (Gordon,  John Ciimming 

David  K'he  John  Henderson  William  Ker Ker  .t  the  Survivours  it  Survivour 

&  the  Heirs  of  Sucli  S —  Tiiat  we  the  Said  John  Anderson  .v  Peter  (iordon     

Heirs  at  the  pro])er  Costs  i<«  Charges  in  the  Law  iV  ui)on  th —  — able  request  &  De- 
mand of  the  Said  Walter  Ker  Charles  John   Hutton    Robert  Cuniming  David 

Khe  John   Henderson Ker  &  Samuel  Ker  &  the  Survivours  &  Survivour  of 

Heirs  of  such  Survivour  will  Crant  &  (!onvey  in  due Law    the  above 

mentioned  Tract  of  Land  it  premises  with  — tenances  A  I'^veiy  part  iV:  ]jarcel  there- 
of to  Such to  &  for  Snch  Uses  &  purjjoses  eitlu-r  for  Years  or    or  in  any 

other  manner Hutton  liol)ert  Cumming  David   Iv'he  John   Henderson 

— m  Ker  it  Samuel  or  the  Major  part  of  them  or  the  Major f  Such  Sur\  ivours 

or  the  Survivour  of  them  or  the  Heir h  Survivour  Shall  by   Writing  under 

their  Hands  or  Hand  — ibed  in  the  presence  of  two  Witnesses  Nominate  &  Ai)i)oint 
the  Said  John  Anderson  &  Peter  Gordon  for  themselves  — tively  &  their  Re- 
spective Heirs  Do  further  Covenant  pro —  &  Agree  to  &  witii  the  Said  AValtar  Ker 

Charles  Cordon Hutton  Robert  dimming  David  Khe  Jolm  Henderson  — m  Ker 

&  Samuel  Ker  &  the  Survivours  of  them  *  the of  Sucli  Sur\  ivonr  Tliat  they  the 

Said  .John  Anderson  & Cordon  or  either  of  them  have  not  done  or  Suffered  to 

— e  nor  will  they  Do  or  Suffer  to  be  done  any  Act  .Matter  — ng  \\herel)\'  tiu'  above 
Mentioned  jn'emises  nuiy be  Charged — mbred  or  I'Aicted  whereby  the  trust  lieieby 
Declared  maybe  — veyed  Defeated  or  made  Void  without  the  Consent  of  the  Said 
Waltar  Ker  Charles  (!ordon  John  Hutton  I\o])ert  Gumming  David John  Hen- 
derson William  Ker  &  Samuel  Ker  or  the  Survivours  — em  or  the  jMajor  part  of 
Such  Survivours  or  the  Survivour  of  them  or  the  Heir  of  Such  Survivour  Signified 
by  W^riting  under  their  Hands  respectively  Subscribed  in  the  Piesence  of  two  Wit- 
nesses   aforesaid  In  Testimony  whereof  the  Said  John  Anderson  it  Peter  (iordon 

have  hereunto  Set  their  Hands  .v  Seals  the  Eight  Day  of  May  in  the  Ninth  Year  of 
the  Keign  of  Our  Sovereign  Lord  George  the  Second  i)y  the  (irace  of  God  of  Great 
Brittain  France  &  Ireland  King  Defender  of  the  Faith  ,tc  Annocie.  Domini  17:ifi. 


and  Delivered  in  tlu'  Presence  of  us  Jolm  Anih-rson  L.  S. 


—  McGallird  William  Co\\('idiovcn.  I'eter  (iordon  L.  S.    , 

— hove  Letter,  J)eed  of  Sale  it  Deelaiation  of  Trust  was  Entered  — ook  of  Records 

for  the  Presbyterian    Church  in  Freehold  March  174r)-()  by  me  John  Henderson 

Session  Clerk  &  D.  Prothono  — f  the  Pleas  &  D  C'lerk  of  the  Peace  for  the  County  of 
— mouth  &  exatnined  bv  the  Sd.  Jno.   Henderson  D.  ('Ik.  i*r." 


389 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES. 


These  Notes  are  not  complete  genealogies,  but  rather  collections  gath- 
ered from  different  sources,  and  put  together  in  this  form  for  use  and  assist- 
ance in  genealogical  studies.  Notes,  either  brief  or  extended,  will  herein 
be  found  concerning  about  60  different  families,  and  the  student  will  ob- 
serve that  they  can  be  compared  and  connected  b}-  reason  of  the  intermar- 
riage of  families,  and  frequently'  hints  will  be  suggested  in  still  other 
genealogical  lines.  The  author  has  endeavored  to  make  these  records 
perspicuous  by  setting  them  in  the  shape  the}-  are  and  uniform  through- 
out; and  he  has  exercised  much  care  in  arranging,  copying,  and  proof  read- 
ing them  in  order  to  be  accurate:  and  3'et  errors  and  anachronisms  may 
possibly  have  occurred  by  inadvertence,  or  lack  of  exact  information  as 
in  all  compilations  of  like  character.  It  must  be  noticed  that  in  almost 
every  instance  the  authority  is  given  for  the  record  presented,  and  to  all 
of  these  for  their  generous  aid  the  compiler  is  sincerely  grateful.  By  con- 
sulting the  various  lists  of  Baptisms,  Burials  &c,  in  the  Appendix  much 
further  genealogical  matter  maybe  obtained.  The  autographs  of  some 
of  the  persons  mentioned  in  these  Notes  ma}-  be  studied  on  p.  381,  382, 

The  abbreviations  herein  used  may  be  explained  as  follows  :  b.^born, 
d.^died,  md. ^married,  unmd.=unmarried,  s.=son,  dau. ^daughter, 
w.=wife,  wd.^widow,  bur.=:buried,  bap.=baptized,  chldr. ^children,  a 
man's  name  in  brackets^paternal  ancestor,  a  woman's  family  name  in 
brackets=her  maiden  name.  A  line  across  the  page  from  edge  to  edge 
indicates  that  the  foregoing  record  is  completed.  When  enumerating  the 
children  of  an  individual  family  their  names  for  the  most  part  are  set  in 
capital  letters  in  order  to  ensure  precision. 


390  HISTORY    OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

WALTER  KER'S  DESCENDANTS. 

[At  present.  (1904)  they  have  reacheti  possibly  to  20,000  or  30,000.] 

ONE  LINE  OF  THE  DESCENT  IS  HERE  GIVEN. 
Abbreviations  :     b  =born.     d.=died.     md.=niarried.     bap. ^baptized.     de.s.=descendants. 

Walter  Khk.  b.  1656,  d.  June  10,  174.S,  and  was  buried  on  a  billy  point 
of  grouiul  abont  one  half  mile  east  of  the  present  Tennent  church  })uild- 
ing.  Me,  with  other  Scotch  nonconifonnists,  was  deprived  of  his  prop- 
erty and  exiled  under  perpetual  banishment  upon  the  accession  of  James 
the  Ilnd.  in  1685.     Came  to  New  Jersey  and  settled  in  Monmouth  County. 

md.  Marg'aret  b.  1661,  d.  1734.     As  nearly  as  can  be  ascertained 

left  four  sons,  William,  SAMUEL,  Joseph,  John. 

IInD    (iKNKRATIOX. 

William  Ker.  (See  Baptismal  Records  in  Appendix).  He  had  9  chil- 
dren: Margaret,  bap.  April  18,  1731,  the  first  baptised  in  the  new  meet- 
ing-house on  White  Hill.  INIary,  bap.  Nov.  4,  1733.  Nathan,  b. 
Sep.  7,  1736,  d.  1804.  The  first  of  second  wife's  children.  Educated  at 
Princeton.  Ordained  bj-  Presbyter}-  of  New  Brunswick  Aug.  17,  1763. 
Was  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Goshen,  N.  V.,  for  38  years. 
Left  5  children.  Elizabeth,  bap.  Mar.  ig,  1738;  Hannah,  bap.  Aug.  31, 
1740;  Lydia,  bap.  Feb.  7,  1742;  Sarah,  bap.  Sep.  18,  1743;  Nathaniel, 
bap.  Sep.  15,  1745;  Waltar,  bap.  Dec.  18,  1748. 

Samuel  Ker.  md.  Catherine  Mattison  dau.  of  Aaron.  He  had  11  chil- 
dren: Waltar,  bap.  Mar.  12,  1732;  William,  bap.  Mar.  25,  1733;  JOSEPH, 
bap.  Sep.  22,  1734;  Elizabeth,  bap.  Nov.  15,  1735,  d.  Dec.  31,  1755;  Isbela 
bap.  Mar.  20,  1737;  Jacob,  bap.  Dec.  17,  1738;  Samuel,  bap.  Dec.  6,  1740, 
d.  Nov.  18  1763;  RacireT713apTJirne^2l)rT74T;  John,  bap.  Feb.  12,  1744; 
Catharine,  bap.  Mar    16,  1746;  Stephen,  bap.  April  28,  1731. 

Joseph  Ker.  md.  Margaret  Craig  dan.  of  Archibald.  She  was  b.  1711, 
d.  Dec.  20,  1745.  He  had  ir  children;  Mar}',  bap.  Oct.  20,  1734;  Mar- 
garet, bap.  June  4,  1738;  Ursula,  bap.  1742;  Sarah,  bap.  July  8,  1744; 
Waltar,  bap.  Aug.  11,  1745;  Euphunea,  bap.  Mar.  13,  1748,  the  first  child 
of  2d  wife;  Ursulla,  bap.  Aug.  6,  1749;  Anna,  bap.  Jan.  i,  1751;  Ebenezar, 
bap.  Nov.  25,  1754;  Lydia,  bap.  Sep.  19,  1756;  Rachel,  bap.  March  23,  1760. 

John  Ker.  He  had  2  children:  Rebecca,  bap.  July  19,  1732;  Joseph,  bap. 
May  5,  1734. 

HIrd  Generation. 

JosLi'H  Kerr,  son  ofSamuel,  b.  1733,  d.  1824.  md.  F^lsie  Hampton,  b.  1734, 
d.  1796.  He  left  10  children:  SAMUEL,  b.  1757,  d.  1824,  many  des.  ; 
Elizabeth  (Kerr)  Green,  b.  1759,  many  des.;  William  Hampton,  b.  1761, 
d.  1798,  man}'  des.;  Catherine  (Kerr)  Beavers,  b.  1763,  many  des.;  Ger- 
trude (Kerr)  Plazen,  b.  1765,  man}'  des.;  Lewis,  b.  1768,  many  des.; 
Jacob,  b.  1771,  d.  1855,  many  des.;  Lydia,  b.  1774,  d.  1796;  Aaron,  b.  1776, 
many  des.;  Joseph,  Jr.,  b.  1778,  d.  1802. 

IVth  Generation. 

Samuel  Kerr,  son  of  Joseph,  b.  1757,  d.  1824.  md.  Rhoda  Becherer  b,  Jan. 
12,  1757.  He  left  lochikiren  :  Joseph,!).  1781,  many  des. ;  John,  b.  1782, 
nodes.;  Robert,  b.  1784,  no  des.;  SAMUFX,  b.  1786,  d.  1844,  many  des.; 
Abram,  b.  1788;  (iertrude  (Kerr)  Scott,  b.  1789,  had  12  children,  and  a 
large  number  of  des.;  Jacob,  b.  1792;  Lewis,  b.  1794;  Aaron,  b.  1796,  many 
des.;  Walter,  b.  1798,  many  des. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  391 

Vth  Generation. 

Samuel  Kerr,  son  of  Samuel,  b.  1786,  d.  1844.  md  Jane  Nevin,  b  1789,  d, 
1868.  He  left  II  children  ;  Margaret  (Kerr)  Pew,  (i.st  husljand)  and  Sat- 
terlee  (2d  husband),  b.  1815,  d.  1890,  many  des.;  John  N.,  b.  1822,  d.  1890, 
no  des.;  Joseph  H.,  b.  1824,  d.  1895,  two  children;  I\lar\' Jane  (Kerr)  Mc- 
Clure,  b.  1825,  d.  1S86,  many  des.;  Andrew  W.,  b.  1827,  two  children; 
George  H  ,  b.  1829,  nodes.;  Martha  M.  (Kerr)  Fleming,  b.  1832,  many 
des.;  Sarah  E.  (Kerr)  Marshall,  (ist  husband)  and  Putnam  (2d  hus- 
band), b.  1834,  three  children;  Charlotte  I.  (Kerr)  McKee,  b.  1836,  no 
des.;  SAMUEL  M,  b.  1839,  two  children;  Robert  A.,  M.  D.,  b.' 1841, 
many  des. 

VlTH  Generation. 

Samuel  M.  Kerr,  son  of  Samuel,  b.  1839.  md.  Marv  r3earment,b.  1841. 
He  had  two  children:  FRANK  MELVILLE,  b.  1866;  Jennie  Nevin.  b. 
1868  md.  W.  G.  McKee. 

VIlTH  Generation. 

Frank  Melville  Kerr.  L).  D.,  son  of  Samuel  AL,  b.  1866.  md.  Evelyn 
Nichols.  He  is  now  (1904)  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Hemp- 
stead, Long  Island.  He  has  one  child:  Samuel  Stewart  Melville  Kerr, 
b.  1893. 

[Note — The  above  list  was  prepared  by  >Samuel  M.  Kerr,  Adanisville,  Pa.,  wlio  earnestly  de- 
sires correspondence  with  allpeisons  that  are  able  to  give  authentic  information  concerning 
the  Kerr  family  in  order  to  complete  the  genealogy.] 

Some  lines  of  the  Kerr  family  traced  back  to  Walter  the  first,  the  exiled 
immigrant,  the  ruling  elder  in  Old  Tennent.  These  notes  were  obtained 
from  various  sources. 

Margaret  McClintock  Kerr  &  Emma  Robinson  Kerr  daus.  of 
William  Wallace  Kerr  3'ounger  bro.  to  Thomas  Robinson  Kerr,  M.  D.  of 
Verona,  Pa.  sons  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Preston  Kerr  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.  bro. 
to  William  W.  Kerr  of  Beaver  Falls,  Pa.  sons  of  Thomas  Gallagher  Kerr 
s.  of  Nathaniel  Preston  Kerr  d.  near  Erie  Pa.  in  the  War  of  1812  s.  of 
Nathaniel  s.  of  William  s.  of  Walter  the  ist. 

Stephen  Collins  of  Baltimore  was  s.  of  John  Collins  who  md.  Peggy 
Kerr  who  was  2nd  dau.  of  Jacob  s.  of  Samuel  s.  of  Walter  the  ist. 

Mrs  Frank  (Stella  Ker)  Applegate  of  Princeton,  N.J.  was  the  dau. 
of  Joseph  Ker  s.  of  Isaac  s.  of  Joseph  E. 

Thomas  J.  Kerr  of  Uniontown,  Pa.  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Boyd  Mercer 
Kerr  b.  1822  d  1892  pastor  of  Presbyterian  church  Brownsville,  Pa.  who 
was  the  youngest  of  8  children  of  Joseph  Kerr  b.  May  31,  1781  d.  Aug 
28,  i860  buried  at  Pbg.  Pa.  md.  Feb.  2,  1804  Mary  Henry  b.  Nov.  12,  1784 
d.  May  5,  1840;  Joseph  was  s.  of  Samuel  Kerr  &  Rhoda  Bescherer,  she 
was  b.  1757  d.  Nov  16,  1819;  Samuel  was  s.  of  Joseph  Kerr  &  Elsy 
Hampton,  who  was  s.  Samuel  s.  of  Waller  the  ist. 

Walter  C.  Kerr  of  New  York  City  was  the  s.  of  Rev.  Aaron  H.  Kerr 
who  was  bro.  to  Rev.  Joseph  who  were  sons  of  Aaron  s.  of  Joseph  & 
Elsie  s.  of  Samuel  s.  of  Walter  the  ist. 

Rev.  Jacob  Kerr  d.  1738  Somerset,  Md.  s.  of  Samuel  s.  of  Walter  the  ist. 

Rev.  Isaac  Candor  md.  the  grand-dan.  of  Elizabeth  (Kerr)  Green  who 
was  dau.  of  Joseph  &  Elsie  s  of  Samuel  s.  of  Waller  the  ist. 


392  HISTORY    OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Rev.  Oliphant  Todd  was  the  grand  s.  of  Aaron  Kerrs.  of  Joseph  iS:  Ivlsie 
s.  of  Samuel  s.  of  Walter  the  ist. 

Rev.  Saml.  P.  Bakackman,  U.  P.  minister  Trenton,  Ohio,  md  Mar}'  P'ree- 
inan  dan.  of  Hampton  Freeman  s.  of  Lydia  Kerr  who  was  dau.  of  Wni. 
Hampton  Kerr  who  was  s.  of  Joseph  &  I''lsie  s.  of  Samuel  s.  of  Walter 
the  I  St. 

Walter  Kicrr  of  New  York  City  was  s.  of  (i.  W.  Kerr  s.  of  Jacob  Kerr  s. 
of  Joseph  &  Elsie  s.  of  Samuel  s.  of  Walter  the  ist. 

Rev.  D.  K.  Frei^man,  D  I),  of  Huntingdon,  Pa.  was  s.  of  Lydia  Kerr 
who  was  dau.  of  Wui.  Hampton  Kerr  who  was  s.  of  Joseph  &  Elsie  s.  of 
Samuel  s.  of  Walter  the  ist. 


From  a  research  l)y  I'.  Nan  Derveer  I'eiriiie,  I'reeliold.  N.  J. 

John  Perine  of  Monmouth  Co.  had  land  adjoining  Hoffman's  cemetery  at 
F;uglishtown.  where  John  «^  his  wife  are  bur  His  will  was  probated 
April  19.  1779.     He  md. ,  &  had  10  children  : 

JOHN  b.  Oct.  20  [722,  d.  Apr.  26,  1804.  HENRY  d.  Aug.  iS,  17S5. 

JAMES  d.  about   1816.         DANIKL.  JOSHPH  b.    1733  d.  Sep.  4, 

1791.         WH.LIAM.         MARGAKbrr  md. Wilson,  6chi](lren. 

REBECCA  md.Jo.seph Story,  4 children.  HANNAH  md.  Wm.  Dey. 
ANNIFv  md.  James  Abrams. 

John  Perrine  (John)  b.  Oct.  20,  1722  d.  Apr.  26,  1804  bur.  at  Hills,  md.  June 
3,  1755  Mary  Rue  b.  March  17.  1736  d  Apr.  18,  1824  bur.  at  Old  Tennent: 
had  7  children  : 

ANN  b.  May  14,  1757.  REBECCA  b.  Aug.  3,  1759.  JOHN  b. 
March  ^o,  1762  d.  Nov.  17,  1848-  HANNAH  b.  Apr.  28,  1765. 
PETER"^b  March  3,  1768  d,  Sep.  6,  1846.  MATTHEW  b.  May  19. 
1770  d.  1809.         JOSEPH  b.  Oct.  28,  1775  d.  Aug.  1.  1821. 

Ann  Perrine  (John.  John)  b.  May  14,  1757  md.  W'm.  Johnson  had  2 
children  : 

WILLIAM  md.  Lydia  dau.  Capt.  David  Baird.  CATHERINE  md. 
Wm.  Gaston  s.  Lydia. 

Rebecca  Perrine  (John,  John)  b  Aug.  3,  1759  md.  John  Rue  of  ^Nlatcha- 
ponix  had  3  children  : 

JOSEPH.         ISAAC.         JOHN. 

John  Perrine  (John,  John)  b.  Mar.  30,  1762  d.  Nov.  17,  1848  bur.  at  Old 
Tennent,  owned  large  tract  of  land  now  the  residence  of  Louis  Ryno  ;  md. 
Aug.  5,  1781  his  first  w.  Ann  Stout  b,  Aug.  12,  1761  d.  Dec.  28,  1822  bur. 
at  Old  Tennent  dau.  David  Stout  and  his  w.  Catherine  (Barclay),  had  9 
children  : 

JOHN  b.   Inly  22,  1782.  DAVID  b.    [an     10,    1784  d.   Aug.  4,    1843. 

WILLIAM  I.  b.  1786.  LEWIS  b.  1788.  MARY  b.  Feb.  19,  1790 
d.  Apr.  20,  1823.  ENOCH  b.  i8o[  d.  1856.  CATHERINE. 
JESSE  b.  1793  d.  young.         BARCLAY  b.  1793  d.  young. 

md.  about  1825  his  second  w.  Catherine  Perrine  (John,  Joseph,  John)  b. 
Dec.  17,  1803  d.  July  23,   1843  bur.  at  Old  Tennent,  had  6  chiUlren  : 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  393 

GEORGE  WASHINGTON  b.  Sep.  19,  1826  d.  March  13,  US49  bur.  at 
Old  Ten.  ISAAC  b.  Apr.  19,  1828.  ANN  ELIZA  b.  Jane  19.  1831 
d.  Jan.  5,  i8q6  md.  Feb.  i^,  1854  Archibald  Fornian  Jobs  s.  R.  M. 
MARY  MATILDA  b.  Jnlv^^i.  "183:;  d.  Feb.  24,  1852  nid.  James  H. 
Laird.  CATHERINE  HENRY  b  Apr.  -,o,  1837  d.  Jan.  27,  1870. 
SYMMES  HENRY  b.  April  30,  I837  d    Oct. '9,  1839. 

John  Perrine  (  John,  John,  John)  1).  July  22.  17S2  d.  Fet).  4.  1862  bur.  at 
Perrineville,  ind.  Sarah  Ely  b.  June  14,  1785  d.  Feb.  4.  18(12  bur.  at  I'errine- 
ville,  dau.  Allison,  had  8  children  : 

ALLISON  F;LY  b.    1805  d.    Feb.   6,    1881    nid.    Mis.s    Marv    Patterson. 

BARCLAY  md.  ist.  Theodsia ,  2nd  Mary  Bauij)ton.        ELEANOR 

T.  md.  Wm.  T.  MILLS.  JOHN  RUE  b'jan.  27,  1812  d.  Feb.  27, 
1896  md.  March  10.  1842  Jane  \'aiiDorn  4  children.  LP'AVIS  C.  b. 

Sep.  15,  1815  d.  Sep.  24,  1889  md.  Annie  E.  Pratt  b  Jan.  1823  d.  May 
2,  1S95.  :;  children.  SARAH  ANN  b.  1818  d.  Dec.  27,  1841'rad  John 
T.  Mill,'^^  JAMES  ANDERSON  md  Rebecca  Ann  Combs4chiidren. 
ACHSAH  b.  1823  d.  Feb.  9,  1827. 

David  Perrine  (John,  John,  John)  b.  Jan.  10,  17S4  d.  Au.^;.  4,  1843  bur.  at 
Perrineville  md.  Mch.  31,  1808  Phoebe  Baird  b.  Nov.  14,  1790  d.  Dec.  17, 
1855  bur.  at  Perrineville  dau.  David  &  Lydia  (Tapscot)  Ciaston  Baird,  had 
12  children  : 

LYDIA  ANN  b.  Jan.  21,  1809  d.  July  1882  md.  Wm.  Snowhill  3  chil- 
dren. JOHN  D.  b.  Apr.  3,  181 1  d.  May  31,  1892  md.  Sep.  5,  1833 
Mary  Matilda  Mount  b.  Oct.  1814  d.  Feb.  16,  1902  bur.  at  Old  Ten., 
dau.  Peter.         MARY  b.  Apr.    13,    1813  d.   Nov.   30,    18^6.  DAVID 

CLARK  b.  at  Clarksburg  Oct.  20,  1816  d.  July  6,  1888  bur.  at  Old  Ten- 
nent  md  Feb.  5,  1851  Hannah  Matilda  Vanderveer  b.  June  4,  1829  d. 
Mch.  15,  1900  buried  at  Old  Ten.  dau.  David  I.  &  his  \v.  Mary  (Cono- 
ver),  of  the  5  children  4  are  bur.  at  Old  Ten.  William  Conover  b.  Apr. 
16,  1855  d.  May  6,  1856.  John  Rhea  b.  May  23,  1857  d.  Mch.  23,  i86[. 
MaryConover  b  Apr.  17,  1863  d.  Feb.  5,  1873.  Arthur  D.  b.  Apr.  28, 
1868  d.  Aug-.  13,  1869.  D.  Vanderveer  is  still  living.  ALFRED  b. 
Sep.  14,  1819  d.  Dec.  14,  1879  md.  Elizabeth  C.  ^Nlore  b.  Dec.  20,  1824 
d.  Mch.  29,  1899,  9  children.  REI  BAIRD  b.  Sep.  18,  1820  d.  Oct. 
29,  1829.  DEBORAH  ELY  b.  July  zt,.  1822  d.  Mch.  19,  1893  md. 
1st  Richard  Mount  2  children  :  2nd  Gilbert  Woodhull  Mount  b.  Oct.  11, 
1821  d.  Dec.  29.  1894.  DeLaFAYETTE  b.  July  19,  1824  d.  Nov.  11, 
1829.  CAROLINE  b.  Feb.  13,  1826  d.  Apr.  1861  md.  Jan.  11,  1844 
Gilbert  Woodhull  Mount  b.  1821  d.  1894.  7  children.  CHARLES 
b.  Sep.  29.  1829  d.  Apr  10.  1872  in  N.  Y.  City,  md.Jan.  5.  1858  Miss 
Maria  A.  Matlock  d.  Aug.  t,,  1901  in  N.  Y.  Citv,  both  buried  at  St. 
Louis,  Mo.  EDWIN  A.'^STEVENS  b.  Mav  \.  1832  d.  Nov.  1881. 
MARGARET  COOK  md.  &  has  3  children. 

"William  I.  Perrine  (John.  John,  John)  b.  1786  md.  ]Miss  vSara  Jobs,   had  11 

children  : 

CHARLES  b.  Jan.  20,  1809  d.  uNlay  13,  1893  md.  ist  vv.  Hannah  E.  b. 
Jan.  29,  1816  d.  May  13,  1852.  child  Mary  H.  b.  Jan.  23,  1849  d.  Aug. 
20,  18^0  :  ni<l.  2nd  \v.  Cornelia  Brown  b.  Oct.  24.  1822  d.  Oct.  18.  1858, 
child  Cornelia  Brown  b.  Oct.  17,   1858,  d.   Feb.    10.   1859  JOHN  J. 

b.  Aug.  30,  1819  d.  Dec.  2^.  1900  md.  Margaret  Voorhees  b.  1S19  d. 
Apr.  II,  "^[885,  dau.  Peter,  9  children.  WILLIAM  H.  DAVID  M. 
b.  Dec.  25,  i8i2d.  Mch.  26,  1895  md  Martha  Ives.  2children.  RED- 
FORD  bi^Jan.  25,  1825  d.  June  30,  1903.         ANN  md.  John  W.  Davis. 


394  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

LICWIS  nul.  luiiilKuiia.  CATHHKINK  d.  Aujj.  22,  1904  iiul.  John 
B.  Johnson.  GHORGK  B.  b.  Oct.  1S34  d.  Jan.  t,i,  1900  nid.  Margaret 
A.  De3'  d.  i\Iay  iS,  1S93,  2  children.  PHOKBK  md.  Feb.  18,  1852 
John  \'.  Fisher  b.  Sep.  2.  1818  d.  1875  s.  Henry  >S:  Lydia  (Voorhees) 
Fisher,  2  chilchtn.  MARY. 

Lewis  Perrine  ( Jolm,  John,  John)b.  Mch.  20,  1788  d.  Jan.  20,  1837  t)ur.  at 
Perrineville  nid.  Deborah  Fh'  b.  Feb.  8,  1791  d.  Dec.  26,  1840  bur.  at  Per- 
rineville,  no  children. 

Mary  Rue  Perrine  (John,  John,  John)  d.  .Apr.  20,  1823  nid.  June  1814  John 
L  Ely  b.  Mch.  21,  1792  d.  P'eb.  21,  1873,  3  children  : 

SARAH  ANNIE  b.  1815.  ENOCH  b.  Oct.  18,  1816  d.  Julv  23,  1894. 
JOHN  PERRINE  b.  uSigd.Jan.  25.  1884. 

Enoch  Perrine  (John,  John,  John)  b.  1801  d.  1856  nid.  Dec.  8,  1823  Mary 
Ely  b.  1806  d.  1861,  8  children. 

Edmund  R.  Perrine  (Enoch,  John,  John,  John)  b.  1828  d.  1878  md.  F'eb.  5, 
1855  Lavinia  Abranis  b.  1828  d.  Ma\-  19,  1886  dan.  William,  9  children. 

Samuel  Ely  Perrine  (Enoch,  John,  John,  John)  b.  1832  d.  Feb.  26,  1898. 

Abijah  Perrine  (PZnoch,  John,  John,  John)  b.  July  11,  1835  d.  Aug.  19,  1823 
md.  F"eb.  12,  1862  ist  w.  Rebecca  S.  Rue  b  July  1843  d.  1873  dau.  Jacob  S. 
md.  2nd  w.  Amanda  Davison  d.  Feb.  22,  1904  dau.  Daniel,  one  child. 

Catherine  Perrine  (John,  John,  John)  nid.  Enoch  Allen  b.  1799  d.  May  30, 
1886,  2  children. 

Isaac  Perrine  (John,  John.  John)  b.  .\pr.  19,  1828  md.  Sarah  Adelaide  Jobs 
dau.  Mount,  i  child. 

Hannah  Perrine  (John,  John)  b.  Apr.  28,  176s  md.  Dr.  James  English,  i 
child  : 

JOHN  md.  Jan.  19,  1820  Mary  Perrine  (Matthew,  John,  John)  b.  July 
19,  1799. 

Peter  Perrine  (John,  John)  b.  March  3,  1768  d.  Sep.  6,  1846  md.  Catherine 
1).  June  9,  1784  d.  Apr.  2,  1849,  2  children  : 

JAMES  M.  b.  1809  d.  Jan.  6,  1887  bur.  at  Manalapan  md.  Jan.  11,  1838 
Sarah  Ann  Hutchinson  d.  Jan.  12,  1903  dau.  Isaac,  6  children. 
JANI^  G.  d.  Aug.  20,  T848  md.  Franklin  E.  Owen,  2  children. 

Matthew  Perrine  (John,  John)  b.  May  19,  1770  d.  1809  md.  Catherine  Knott 
b.  Mch.  18,  1776  d.  Oct.  8,  1805  dau    David  (S:  Annie,  5  children  : 

STEPHEN  b.  Apr.  9.  1793  d.  Mch.  13,  1879  md.  i  child. 

LYDIA  b.  May  10,  1797  d.  Oct.  23,  :88o.  MARY  b.  July  19,  1799 
md  Jan.  19,  1820  John  English  s.  Dr.  James  &  Hannah  (Perrine) 
(John,  John),  7  children.  JOHN  M.  b.  April  19,  i8o2d.  vSep.  5,  1870 
Sherift',  owned  farm  adjoining  Old  Ten.  grounds,  md.  Jan.  5,  1840 
Mary  Ann  Drnmmond  b.  Jan.  5,  1805,  d.  July  20,  1891.  PETICR  b. 
July  18,  1804  d.  Oct.  10,  1805. 

Joseph  Perrine  (John,  John)  b.  Oct.  28,  1775  d.  Aug.  i,  1821  nid.  Apr.  26, 
1797  Elizabeth  Cook  b.  Jan.  8,  1780  d.  Apr.  23,  1866,  10  children  : 

MARY  b.  Mch.  27,  1798  d.  Sep.  7,  1881  nid.  Win.  Hankinson,  —  chil- 
dren. DAVID  C.  b.  Mch.  3,  1800  d.  Mch.  2,  1831  bur.  at  Perrineville. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  395 

MARGARET  b.  Jan.  27.  1802  d.  Dec.  22,  1888  md  1823  Tobia.s  S.  Hen- 
drickson  d.  1849,  9  children.  JOHN  (Yankee)  b.  Feb.  5,  1804  d. 
March  31,  1847  "i<^-  Phebe  Newell  b.  1807  d.  Jan.  19,  1890,  4  children. 
PETEK  b.  Feb.  17.  1806  d.  Oct.  11,  1847  bnr.  at  Perrineville,  nid.  Maria 
Campbell  d.  Apr.  6,  1862  ;  she  was  latterly  the  w.  of  Rev.  C.  F.  Wor- 
rall,  no  children.  WILLIAM  I.  b.  Mch.  18,  1808  d.  Mch.  6.  1849 
md.  Sarah  E.  Forman  b.  1810  d.  Nov.  22,,  1898  dau.  Peter  b.  1781,  6 
children.  MATTHEW  b.  May  23,  1810.  STEPHP:n  b.  Dec.  20, 
1812  d.  Jan.  26,  1884  md.  Mary  C  Dey  b.  1818  d.  Aug-.  6,  1887.  one  child. 
HANNAH  b.  May  3,  1816  md.  Hezekiah  Mount  b.  Sep.  1806,  6  chil- 
dren. CAROLINE  E.  b.  July  8,  1821  md.  Zebulon  Baird,  lives  in 
southern  Illinois. 

Joseph  Perrine  (  John)  b.  1733  d.  Sep  4,  1791  bur.  at  Hills  near  English- 
town  md.  Margaret  McFarren  bap.  JuU'  11.  1736  d.  1815  dau.  Hugh  & 
Margaret,  8  children  : 

ROBERT  b.  May  28,  1764  d.  Sep.  18,  1824.  JOSEPH  b.  Feb.  s,  1766 
d.  June  28,  1824.  WILLIAM.  JOHN  b.  Tune  15,  1771  d.  Feb.  24, 
1842.  MARGARET.  HENRY  I.  b  May  17,  1776  d.  July  19.  1827. 
JAMES  b.  1778  moved  to  Albany,  N.  Y.         CATHERINE. 

Robert  Perrine  ( Joseph,  John)  b.  May  28,  1764  d.  Sep.  18,  1824  bur.  at 
Old  Ten.  md.  Catherine  Anderson  b.  July  27,  1771  dau.  Capt.  John  (John) 
&  Anna  Lloyd  Anderson,  8  children  : 

ANN  R.  md.  Jan.  26,  1809  Wm.  Rogers  by  Rev.  (L  S.  Woodhull. 
ELIZABETH  md.  John  Dill.  MARY  d.  1836  md.  Sep  8,  1818  Char- 
les Craig  b.  1793  d.  Sep.  I,  18S2  s.  Samuel  Craig  &  nephew  of  Col. 
David  Rhea,  8  children.  CATLIERINE.  JOHN  LLOYD,  one 
Lloyd  Perrine  md.  Jan.  3,  1827  Lvdia  Gordon  by  Rev.  Joseph  H.Jones. 
JOSEPH.         WILLIAM.         ROBERT. 

Joseph  Perrine  (Joseph,  Jolm)  b.  Feb.  5,  1766  d.  June  28,  1824  at  Root, 
Montgomry  Co.  md.  Mary  Perrine  (Peter,  Peter  V.)b.  July  25,  1765  d  Dec. 
4,  1855,  had  7  children  : 

ROBERT  I.  b.  Mch.  7,  1790  d.  July  14,  1868  bur.  at  Old.  Ten.  md.  June 
25,  1817  Elizabeth  English  McChesney  b.  Jan.  22,  1792  d.  Apr.  i,  1849, 
9  children.  SARAH  b.  Nov.  29,  1791  d.  Feb.  15,  1877  N.  Y.  State, 
md.  Peter  W.  Dey,  2  children.  PETER  J.  b.  Apr.  22,  1794  d.  Nov. 
27,  1845  Root,  Montgomey  Co.  N.  Y.  md.  Ann  Carson,  11  children. 
JOSEPH  b.  Aug.  5,  1796  d.  June  30,  i86r  md.  Nov.  28,  1822  Sarah 
Parks  b.  Nov.  20,  1801  d.  Oct.  30.  1877  Root  N.  Y.,  7  children. 
ENOCH  b.  Jan.  12,  1799  d.  Apr.  26,  1882  Root.  N.  Y.  md.  Julia  Conklin 
Carson  b.  Oct.  31,  1813  d.  Dec.  11,  1876,  2  children.  MARGARET 
b.  Mch.  15,  1802  d.  Sep.  9,  1876  md.  Dec.  3,  1821  Isaac  Walker.  12  chil- 
dren. JOHN  b.  Sep.  2T,,  1804  in  Root,  Montgomey  Co.,  N.  Y.  d. 
Jan.  13,  1898  in  Ripon,  Wis.  md.  Elizabeth  DeGraw  (Sarah  Degraff)  ?. 
II  children. 

William  Perrine  (Joseph,  John)  md.  Jan.  14,  1786  Elizabeth  Anderson  b. 
May  3,  1774  dau.  Capt.  John  &  Anna  Lloyd  Anderson,  sworn  date  of  will 
Apr.  I,  1823,  2  children: 

HANNAH.         MARGARET. 
John  Perrine  (Joseph,  John)  b.  June  15,  1771  d.  F'eb.  24,  1842  bur.  at  Plill's 
yard,  md.  Anna  Anderson,  b.  Oct.  14,  1775  d.  Sep.  23,  1849  dau.  Capt.  John 
&  Anna  Lloyd  Anderson,  bur.  at  Hill's  formerly  Story's  burying-  ground 
near  Englishtown,  N.  J.,  lochildren: 


396  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

JOSEPH  I.  b.  Apr.  2^5,  171^4  d.  May  9,  1N41  lud.  Hannah  Bowne  Ander- 
son d.  Oct.  20,  iS6.^dau.  .Major  John  Llo3d  Anderson  &  Mary  Rue  An- 
derson, 5  children.  GERTRUDE  b.  May  2,  1796  d.  Aug.  14,  1833 
nid.  Feb.  19.  US15  Charles  Clarke  h.  Sep.  9,  1794  d.  Nov.  30,  ICS72  s. 
Benjamin  of  Trenton.  8  children.  JOHN  b.  Nov.  7,  1798  d.  Jan.  29, 
1S84  md.  March  17,  1830  Sarah  I).  Applegate  b.  Jnly  19,  1809  dau. 
Thomas  iV  Sarah  Baird  Applegate,  6  cliildren.  ANNIE  b.  Nov.  12, 
180U  d.  Jnlv  9,  1836  bur.  at  Old  Ten.  md.  Robert  E.  Craig-  b.  July  31. 
1793  d.  Apr.  28,  1877  bur.  at  old  Ten.,  9  children.  CATHERINE 
b.  Dec.  17,  1803  d.  July  2^,  ^843.  the  2nd  w.  Major  John  rernneljohn, 
John)  b.  Mch.  30.  1762  d.  Nov.  17,  1848,  both  bur.  at  Old  Ten.,  6  chil- 
dren. ROBERT  b.  Feb.  28,  i8c6d.  Jan.  9,  1892  nid.  ist  \v.  Annie 
Fvliza  Smith,  3  children,  md.  2nd  w.  Mrs.  Lucinda  Miller,  2  children, 
md.  3rd  \v.  Mrs.  Ida  Lucas.  ELIZABF:TH  b.  June  19,  1808  d.  Jan. 
20.  18^2  md.  Lewis  Burlew  of  I'nion  Springs,  N.  V.  d.  Oct.  16,  1874,  9 
children.  MARGARET  b.  Oct.  28,  uSiod.  Apr.  8,  1826.  LEWIS. 
WILLIAM  b.  Aug.  31,  1815  d.  Dec.  21,  1895  bur  at  Hill's  md  Jan.  4, 
1838  istw.  Harriet  T.  Baker  b.  May  25,  i8i4d.  Oct.  7,  1854,  6  children; 
nid.  Dec  25,  1836  2nd  \v.  Rachel  W.  Dye  b.  Nov.  14,  1819  d.  F'eb.  11, 
1881,  2  children. 

Margaret  Perrine  (Joseph,  John)  md.  Feb.    15,    1798  Henry  Dillentash  by 

Wm.  Ayers. 

Henry  I.  Perrine  (Joseph,  John)  b.  May   17,   1776  d.  July   19,    1828  bur.  at 

Old  Ten.  md.  Margaret b.  Oct.  3,  1778  d.  Jan.   20,    1857  bur.  at  Old 

Ten.     [Note:  One  Henry  Perrine  Jr.  md.   Margaret  Herbert  of  Freehold 
June  2,  1799  by  Rev.  John  Woodhull.]     9  children: 

DANIEL.  HERBERT.  JOSEPH.  HENRY.  JOHN. 

MARIA.         DOROTHY  ANN  md.  John  lUirtis  Stout,  bed.  Feb.   21, 

1898,    2    children.         MARGARET  md.  Samuel    Longstreet  of  New 

York.         MATILDA  md.  Cooper  Mount. 

William  Perrine  (John)  md.  1763  — 6  children: 

WILLIAM.  MATTHEW.  JOHN.  DANIEL.  CATHERINE. 
REBECCA. 

Matthew  Perrine  (Wm.,  John)  b.  Nov.  6,  1767  d.  Sep.  28,  1824  md.June  12, 
1798  Hannah  Morford  b.  Nov.  19,  1770  d.  Aug.  2t„  1849,  5  children. 

THOMAS  MORFORD  b.  1799  d.  Aug.  i,  1874  md.  Feb.  21,  1821  Elea- 
nor Cook  b.  1799  d.  Apr.  12,  1883  dau.  Genl.  Cook,  3  children. 
F:LF;AN0R  b.  Dec.  25,  1800  d.  July  2,  1877  md.  Joseph  I.  Rue  b.  Feb. 
14,  1794  d.  Feb.  25,  1861,  6  children.  REBECCA  ^  ESTHER  H.  ? 
WILLIAM  M.? 

Note:  The  children  of  Joseph  vStory  iS:  Reljecca  Perrine  (Jolinj  were 

JOSF:!'!!  d.  Oct.  14.    182S  aged  74  vrs.   6  nios.    13  da.  WILLIAM. 

DANIEL  e^   ELIZABETH   APPLEGATE. 


Henry  Perine  of  Cranbury,  will  recorded  Mch.  7,  1753,  possibly  the  bi 
of  John  Perine  who  d.  1779.     Henry  md.  Martha ,  had  8  childi 


brother 
Iren: 

HENRY  1).  Jnlv   22,    1730  ANTHONY.  NANCY.         JOHN. 

WILLIAM  b.    1744.         JOSEPH.         MARTHA.         JAMES  b.   1752. 

Henry  Perine  b.  July  22,  1730  d.  1818  at  Auburn,  N.  Y.  "of  medium  Stat- 
ure, round  slightly  florid   face,   d;nk  full  blue  eyes  and  dark  hair"   owned 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  ,^97 

land  adjoiniiio:  Tennent  ch.  now  in  possession  of  Dr.  Isaac  S.  Long,  &  ad- 
joining lands  in  all  about  800  acres:  md.  1757  Abigal  LaRue  dan.  Joseph 
and  Sarah,  &  sister  to  Mar}-  who  md.  June  3,  1755  John  Ferine  b.  Oct.  20, 
1712  s.  John:  had  8  children: 

JOHNb.  July22,  i;6o.  LEWIS  b.  I7s8d.  July  23,  1804.  JOSEPH, 
a  bachelor.  MATTHEW  LaRUE  d.^  Feb.  11,  1836.  SARAH  b. 
Feb.  22.  1762  md.  Rev.  Ira  Condict,  D.  D.  of  New  Brunswick,  N.  J., 
had  a  daughter  Sarah.  LVDIA  b.  Feb.  ii,  1767  md.  Rev.  John 
Carle  of  New  Brunswick  b.  1769.  MARY  nid.  June  7,  1796  Rev. 
Wm.  Sloan  of  Essex  Co  REBECCA  nid.  Ogden. 

John  Perrine  (Henry,  Henry)  b.  Jul\'  22,  1760  in  Freehold,  N.  J.  d.  Dec. 
183 1  in  Michigan,  a  merchant  in  Freehold  until  1798,  md  ist  w.  Apr.  1781 
Catherine  Williamson  b.  Sep.  13,  1759  dau.  Judge  David  &  Eleanor  (Schuy- 
ler) Williamson.     She  was  bur.  at  Old  Ten.     They  had  4  children  : 

ABIGAL  b.  June  i,  1782  d.  :\Ich.  11,  1786.  ELEANOR  WILLIAM- 
SON b.  Jan.  28,  1784  md.  May  7,  1805  Judge  John  Cooper  ;  one  of  her 
4  children  was  John  G.  Cooper  b.  1819  at  one  time  a  ver}-  successful 
dealer  in  Books,  Stationer}-  &  Holiday  Goods  in  Freehold.  HENRY 
b.  Jan.  24,  1786  md.  Apr.  3,  1807  Esther  Gilbert  b.  June  24,  1792  in 
Salem,  N.  Y.  d.  June  24,  1858  ;  12  children,  one  of  whom  Wm.  Henry 
was  a  Methodist  D.  D.  &  a  Prof,  in  Albion  College,  Michigan. 
DAVID  WILLIAMSON  b.  Dec  17,  1789  d.  Nov.  20,  1883  in  central 
Illinois,  a  soldier  of  the  war  of  1812,  md.  Margaret  D.  Reed,  4children, 
a  grandson  Samuel  Alden  Perrine  is  a  Baptist  Missionary  at  Impur, 
Nagar  Hills,  Assam,  India. 

John  Perrine  md.  his  2nd  w.  Mary  Ely,  had  7  children. 

Lewis  Perrine  (Henry,  Henry)  b.  1758  d.  July  23,  1804  bur.  at  Old  Ten. 
md.  June  19,  1786  INIary  Woolsey  b.  July  27,  1759  d.  Mch.  20,  1804  dau. 
Jeremiah  of  Pennington,  N.  J.,  had  6  children,  they  all  moved  to  West 
Jersey  : 

HENRY.  JEREMIAH  WOOLSEY,  of  Lawrence,  N.  J.  will  pro- 
bated May  13,  1869  md.  Mary ,  2children.         JOHN.         MARY'. 

HANNAH.         LEWIS. 

Rev.  Matthew  LaRue  Perrine  (Henry,  Henry)  d.  Feb.  11,  1836  bur.  at 
Auburn,  md.  Nov.  28,  1797  Anna  Thompson,  no  children.  He  was  a 
faithful  minister  of  the  Gospel,  called  from  a  pastorate  in  a  New  York 
City  ch.  to  the  chair  of  Civil  &  Ecclesiastical  History  in  Auburn  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  N.  Y. 

James  Perrine  (Henry)  b.  1752  d.  Aug.  12,  1835  a  Wagoner  in  the  New 
Jersey  troops  during  the  Revolution,  md.  Isabel  Clayton  b.  Mch.  3,  1755 
d.  Dec.  4,  1825  sister  of  Jonathan  Clayton,  had  10  children  : 

HENRY  b.  Jan.  24,  1778.  REBECCA  b.  July  5,  1779  d.  May  9,  1861 
md.    David   Clayton  DAVID  b.    Apr.  21,   1781   d.    Dec.   21,    1866. 

MARTHA  b.  Apr.  21,  1783  d.  Feb.  8,  1806  md.  David  Erricson. 
WILLIAM  I.  b.  Dec.  24,  1784  d.  Oct.  20,  1847.  MARGARET 
b.  Jan.  21,  1790  d.  Jan.  31,  1870  md.  Edward  Hulshart.  ANNA 
b.  May  6,  1791  d.  Mch.  8,  1842  unmarried.  CATHERINE  b.  Oct. 
23.  1793-  HANNAH  b.  July  22,  1795  d.  Apr.  1877  md.  Samuel 
Brand  Jan.  20,  1838.  ISABEL  b.  Oct.  20,  1798  d.  Feb.  13,  1879  md. 
Levi  Knott. 


398  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

David  I'errine  (Jaine.s.  Henrv)  b.  Apr.  21,  1781  d.  Dec.  21,  1S66  re.s.  West 
Freehold,  iiul.  Mary  Conover  b.  May  8,  1788  d.  Feb.  25,  1854  dan.  Lewis, 
had  5  children  : 

JAMICS  b.  Sep.  2,  1817  d.  Feb.  26,  1835.  LlvWIS  CONOVKR 
b.  1818  nid.  Catherine  A.  Dey  d.  Oct.  10,  1885  ag:ed  57  years,  dau. 
James,  6  children.  RACHEL  d.  190.3  nid.  1840  Jacob  Lane  Pitten- 
ger  b.  Mav  6.  1815  d.  Sep.  12,  1892,  3  children.  ISABEL  nid.  Wra. 
H.  Clayto'n,  he  d\sprinor  of  1881,  s'children.  ICLEANOR  b.  1830 
d.  Jan.  25,  1882  md   Jan.  19,  i860  Charles  A.  Robinson,  4  children. 

William  I.  Perrine  ( James,  Henry)  b.  Dec.  24,  1784  d.  Oct.  20,  1847  md. 
Catherine  Davis,  had  8  children  ; 

JOHN  F.  nnmarried.  JAMES  W.  b.  Jnly  25,  1813  d.  June  2,  1893 
md.  Deborah  Ann  Dey  d.  May  31,  1899  dau.  Baird,  4  children. 
THOMAS,  settled  in  Illinois  md.  Achsah  Dey  (James)  md.  2nd  Helen 
Kelso  VandertMir^:  4  children.  DAVID  died  young:.  WILLIAM 
RUE  b.  1818  d.  July  13,  1S55  bur.  at  Old  Ten.  md.  Mary  Conover  d. 
Mch.  14,  1879  in  her  67th  year,  bur.  at  Old  Ten.,  dau  Joseph  I.,  2 
children.  ALFRF;D  d.  1S69,  to  Illinois  &  then  further  west,  md. 
Mary  E.  Dev  dan.  James.  MARY  d.  May  24,  1904  md.  Wm.  W. 
Furnian,   2  children.  INIARTH.A   d.    1882  md.  James    Robinson,    3 

children. 

Peter  V.  Ferine,  lived  iS:  died  in  Cranbury,  N.J.  oneof  the  first  five  Ruling 
Elders  of  the  First  Pres.  ch.  of  that  place.  Sworn  date  of  will  at  Perth 
Amboy,  N.  J.  June  7,  1776,  md.  Margaret ,  children  named  in  will: 

PETER.  WILLIAM.  ISAAC.  HENRY.  ELIJAH. 

MARGAKET.  8.\RAH.  LYDIA.  DANIKL,  .Ik. 

Peter  Ferine  (Peter  V.)  b.  Jan    5,   1737.     Proof  date  of  wnll  Sep.  20,   1817; 

during  the  Revolution  a  Capt.  in  Middlesex  Militia,   N.  J.     Capt.   Daniel 

Dey  a  son-in-law,  .Samuel  Perrine  a  witness  to  the  will;  md.    1760  Sarah 

b.  1741,  had  12  children: 

MARGARET  b.  Apr.  4,  1761  md.  Dev.         ANDREW  b.  May 

I,   1763  not  named  in  will.         CATHP;RINE  b     May    19,    1764    md. 

McKnight.         MARY  b.  July  21,    1765    md.   Joseph    Perrine. 

LEWIS  b.  Oct.  2,  1766  not  named  in" will.         JANE  b.   Nov.    14,    1767 

md.  Dey.         ELIZABETH  b.  June  22,  1769  md. Mount. 

ENOCH  b.  Dec.  5,    1770  d.  Sep.   29,    1853.         REBECCA  b.  Feb.   20, 

1772  md.  bey.         S.^RAH  b.  Jan.    6,    1774    md    Rue. 

PETER  b.  Nov.  4,  1776  not  named  in  will.         LYDIA  md. Dey. 

Peter  Ferine  (Peter  V.)  md.  2nd.  w.  Hannah  Holnian. 

Andrew  Perrine  (Peter,  Peter  V.)  b.  May  r,  1763  md.  Mary  —  b.    1771 

d.  Julv  15.  1S48,  her  will  recorded  at  Freehold  Nov.  14,  1845,  she  bur.  in 
Baptist  plot  near  Freehold,  had  7  children: 

SAMUEL  b.  Aug.  27,  1792  d.  Aug.  14,  1845.  DAVID  A.  b.  July  31, 
1794  d.  Apr.  I.  i8s2  md.  Mch.  17,  1824  (Gertrude  V.  Stults  b  Dec.  21, 
1802  d.  Jan.  18,  1862.  7  children.  THOMAS  b.  1809  d.  Mch.  6.  1844. 
PP:TER.  R1':BECCA  b.  June  10,  1812  d.  Aug.  29,  1838  md.  Charles 
Havens.  IvLIZABIiTH    md.    Feb.     18.    1818    Matthias    Davison. 

ROSETTA  b.  Apr.  2,  1799  d.  Oct.  19,  1865  md.  Enoch  Davi.son. 

Samuel  Perrine  (Andrew,  Peter,  Peter  V.)b.  Aug.  27,  1792  d.  Aug.  14,  1845, 
Deacon  in  Fir.st  Pres.  ch.  Freehold,  N.  J.  from  April  14,  1841  to  his  death, 
md.  June  19,  1816  Jane  Griggs  b.  Mch.  5,  1791,  had  7  children. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  399 

ANDREW  b.  Ma}'  21,  1S17  d.  Jan.  22,    1898,   a   Ruling  Elder  in   P'irst 
Pres.  ch.  Freehold  from  Jan.  18,  1846  till  hi.s  death,  md.  Feb.   22,    1844 

m„ IT r^ ;.  _  u     -v  i _/c      .o_.    a     \i _.      ,    j i .  ,.     .. 


dau.Jane  E^d.  Mch.  6,  1861  aged  4  yrs.  e'^da.  "'^'m.A.RY  D.-\vTsON 
b.  June  7,  1824  d.  April  23,  1895  md.  John  S.  Davison.  REBECCA 
b.  Oct  28.  1826  md.  Thonia-s  Curtis.  CORNELIA  WOODHlTLLb. 
Jan.  12,  1829.         LYDIA  GRIGGS  b.  July  2,  1834. 


From  a  research  by  D.  Van  Derveer  Perriue.  Freehold,  N.  J. 

Robert  Rhea,  the  settler,  "Bought  headland  in  1688  of  John  Keighn.  In 
i6gi  he  had  land  from  the  Proprietors  May  26,  169 1  he  had  land  from  the 
noted  George  Keith  who  then  lived  in  Philadelphia  &  in  1693  the  Propria 
tors  confirmed  the  title."  SubsequentU' he  is  frequently  named  in  ancient 
records  &  in  some  deeds  he  is  called  a  carpenter.  "The  ancient  Rhea 
farm  since  called  the  Kerr  or  Carr  farm,  &  owned  in  late  3ears  by  D.  D. 
Denise  is  situated  a  short  distance  southwest  of  Freehold  on  the  Hights- 
town  road.  On  this  farm  the  main  part  of  the  Battle  of  Monmouth  took 
place,  and  here  the  old  family  burying  ground  is  situated."  (Salter's  His- 
torj'  &c).  Note:  Carr  (not  Kerr)  was  the  tenant  on  the  family.  Robert  d. 
Jan.  18,  1719&  was  bur.  in  the  family  plot.  His  will  in  Sec.  of  State  office, 
Trenton,  Book  A  p.  119  was  made  Apr.  10,  1718,  a  memorandum  taken 
May  2-j,  lyig  &  recorded  June  20  1719  &  gives  the  name  of  his  w.  and 
children  as  follows;  w.  Jannet.  had  6  children: 

DAVID.  ELIZ.\BETH.  CATHERINE.  MARGARET. 

ISABEL.         MARY. 

The  following  taken  from  the  journal  of  Geo.  Keith  as  recorded  in  Ellis 
History  of  Monmouth  p.  412.  Jan.  4,  1703.  I  came  to  the  home  of  Robert 
(Rhea)  Rey  in  Freehold  in  East  Jersey  accompanied  with  Thomas  Boels, 
and  lodged  at  his  house  that  night.  At  his  &  his  wife's  desire  I  baptized 
all  his  children,  some  boj's  &  some  girls  in  number  five.  His  wife  is 
come  over  to  the  Church,  but  he  was  not  then  thoroughly  out  of  Quakerism. 

Janet  Rhe,  w.  Robert,  d.  Jan.  15,  1761  aged  93  3'ears.  Her  will  was  pro- 
bated Sep.  4,  1761;  she  names  in  this  will  her  s.  David  Rhe,  her  dan.  Eliz- 
abeth?, her  s. -in-law  James  English,  her  grand-daus.  Janet  Rhe,  Margaret 
Gordon,  w.  John  Y^etman  Anne  YanSkyack  &  her  great  grand  dau.  Isa- 
bella VanSkyack  dau  John  Y'etman.  This  Janet  Rhe,  w.  Robert,  Sr.,  was 
the  dau.  John  Hampton  who  came  to  America  from  Scotland  prior  to  1683 
as  he  recorded  the  importation  of  his  children  in  that  year  to  Perth  Amboy, 
viz.  Janet,  Elizabeth,  Lydia,John&  David:  the  mother  of  his  children  was 
Martha.  Records  show  that  John  Hampton  bought  considerable  land:  he 
d.  1702  &  Robert  Rhe  is  named  in  his  will  as  executor.  Robert  Rhe  md. 
Nov.  9,  1789  Janet  Hampton  at  Shrewsbury  (see  Quaker  Records  of  Shrews- 
bury) About  1880  a  relic  was  exhibited  at  Sandy  Hook  near  Red  Bank: 
"A  large  chair  of  dark  wood  supposed  to  be  cherry,  bearing  the  Rhe  initials 
ornamented  with  Scotch  thistle." 

David  (i)  Rhea  (s.  Robt.  Rhea  &  Jannet  Hampton)  d.  May  15,  1761  aged 
64  yrs.  &  2  mos.  bur.  in  Rhea  family  plot;  was  nominated  Judge  of  Com- 
mon Pleas  Mch.  16,  1756  by  Jonathan  Belcher;  ordained  Elder  in  Old  Ten. 
ch.  June  i,  1735  (see  Ellis  History  p.  685);  his  will  was  recorded  Jul}-  27, 


400  HISTORY   OF  OLD   TENNENT. 

1761  naminy  as  executor  his  sons  John  &  Robert  <S:  Rev.   Wni.  Tennent, 

&  mentions  his  wife  &  children.     He  nul.  Anne ,  d.  Ano^.  26,    1777; 

he  boug'ht  land  of  (ieo.  Hampton  Dec.  16,  1731  &  also  of  Win.  Covenhoven 
Feb.  iS,  1750  John  Rhea  a  witness;  had  7  children: 

DA\'II)  bap.  Sep.  22,  1740  d.  June  14,  1S21  in  Sist  )-r.  unmarried,  wa.s 
Lieut.  Col.  in  Battle  of  .Nlonmouth,  sheriff  of  Monmouth  Co.  178s,  bur. 
at  Old  Ten.         JOHN  a  merchant  in  Phila.  Pa  d.    177s.         ROHKRT 

(2)  d.  Sep  21,  1777.  ELEANOR  bap.  Dec.  30,  1733.  JANET  b. 
Apr.  10,  7^6  bap.  May  16,  1736  d.  Jan.  ^i,  i<Si3  in  77th  3'r.  bur.  at  Old 
Ten.         ANNA  bap.  Mch.  6,  1743.         JONATHAN  bap.  Sep.  26,  1731. 

Catherine  ( Robert ;  supposed  the  dan  ofRobt.  cS:  Janet)  d.  Sep.  29,  1784 
not  known  where  bur. 

Margaret  (i  Rhea,  dau.  Robt.  (  n  cS:  Jannet,  nid.  Peter  (iordon,  had  3 
children  ; 

JONATHAN  RHEA,  b.  1717  md.  Margaret  Cole  dau.  Wm.  Cole  (see 

•'New  Jerse\'  Coast,"  Vol.  2  p.  182).         ROBERT  md.  Patience — . 

MARGARET  md.  John  Yateman  (see  Baptismal  Record  under  Rev. 
Wm.  Tennent). 

Robert  (2)  Rhea  of  Allentown  d.  Sep.  21,  1777  s.  David  (Robert)  &  Anne 
Rhea,  was  a  farmer;  he  &  his  w.  1772  owned  land  the  title  of  wh  began 
at  Tennent  parsonage;  Robert's  will  was  probated  Dec.  8,  1777.  md.  Dec. 
18,  1744  Mary  Forman  d.  Sep.  24,  1777  dau.  Jonathan  &  Margaret 
(Wyckoff)  Forman,  marriage  recorded  at  Trenton,  had  10  chldr: 

MARCiARET  bap.  Aug.  24,  1746  d.  Nov.  10,  1747  aged  i  yr.  3  mos.  17 
da.  bur.  in  the  family  plot.  DAYID  bap.  Sep.  18,  1748  d.  Aug.  11, 
1752  aged  3  yrs.  11  mos.  20  da.  bur.  in  family  plot.  MARGARET 
bap.  Mch.  17,  1751  d.  Aug.  16,  1752  aged  i  yr.  6  mos.  7  da.  bur.  in 
family  plot.  ANNE  (2)  bap.  Sep.  9,  1753  named  in  will,  md.  as  2nd 
w.  to  Major  Ben.  Ledyard.  MARY  (2)  bap.  Dec.  6,  1755  riot  named 
in  will,  md.  Major  Wm.  Montgomery.  JONATHAN  (2]  bap.  Apr. 
9,  1758  named  in  will,  inherited  90  acres.  JAMES  bap.  Sep.  28, 
1760  named  in  will,  inherited  ',  of  farm  =  350.  DAVID  (3)  bap. 
Mch.  10,  1763  named  in  will,  inherited    '<  of  farm^35o.         ROBP^RT 

(3)  bap.  Dec.  15,  1765  named  in  will,  inherited  '(  of  farm^35o  except 
90  acres  conveyed  to  Jonathan.  MARCiARET  (3)  bap.  June  26, 
1768  not  named  in  will,  md.  Michael  Johnson. 

Eleanor  Rhea,  probably  dau.  David  (Robert)  &  Anne,  d.  Mch.  14,  1807  in 
74th  yr.  bur.  at  Old  Ten.  md.  May  28,  1753  Wm.  Craig  s.  Archibald  d.  Oct. 
18,  1806  bur.  at  Old  Ten.,  had  12  children: 
(See  under  Craig  Notes). 

Janet  Rhea.  dau.  David  (i)  &  Anne,  b.  Apr.  10,  1736,  d.  Jan.  31,  1813  md. 

Feb.  II,  1757  Aaron  Davis  d.  Jan.  26,  1803  in  8oth  yr.,  they  lived  on  the 

John  Bowne  property  near  Freehold,  &  had  7  children: 

ANNA  b.  Feb.  15.  1758  md.  Alexander  Low,  a  carpenter,  owned  Joel 
Parker  property  at  Freehold.  CATHERINE  b.  Dec.  25,  1759  un- 
married. PHEBE  b.  Dec.  31,  1761.  ELEANOR  b.  Mch.  15,  1766 
rad.  Aaron  Casler.  P^LIZABETH  b.  Dec.  28,  I768md.  (iarret  Denise 
s.  Daniel.  JANICT  b.  Apr.  29,  1774  d.  Jan.  16,  1858  md.  Wm  Coven- 
hoven s.  John.         AARON  b.  P'eb    25,  1777. 

Jonathan  ( i )  Rhea,  yeoman,  s.  David  &  Anne,  d.  May  2^,  1767  aged  35  yrs. 
9  mos.  I  da.  bur.  in  family  plot,  md.  Oct.  8,   1753  Lydia  Forman  b.  1734 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  401 

dau.  Aaron  Forman  b.    1693  &  Ursilla,  will  recorded  at  Trenton  July  8. 

1767  children  mentioned  in  the  will  : 

DAVID  (4)  bap.  May  11,  1755.  AARON  bap.  May  8.  1757  graduated 
at  Princeton  Coll.  1776.  JOHN  (2)  bap.  Apr.  4.  1762  graduated  at 
Princeton  Coll.  1780.  ESTHER  bap.  July  29.  1759.  ANNE  (3) 
bap.  Oct.  25,  1767.  They  had  another  dau.  named  Anne  who  d.  when 
5  mos.  of  age,  bur.  in  Rhea  familj-  plot. 

Anna(i)  Rhea,  dau.  David  (Robert)  &  Anna,  md.  Nov.  i,  1763  Henry 
Robinson,  s.  James,  d.  Apr.  3,  1768  in  his  27th  yr.,  recorded  at  Trenton, 
had  issue  : 

CHARITY  bap.  Apr.  14,  1765. 
One  Anna  Rhea  md.  to  Jacob  West,  had  issue  : 

ANN  b.  May  28,  1774  d.  April  12,  1854  md.  John    Buck  b.  July  7.  1768 
(see  'N.  J.  Coast"  Vol.  3  p.  11). 

Jonathan  (2)  Rhea,  s.  Robert  (2)  &  Mary  (Forman)  Rhea,  b.   Apr.  12,  1758 

md.  Maria  Matilda  — ,  had  children: 

Probably  GERTRUDE  MARIA  ist  w.  Major  Hallet.  ROBERT  (4) 
IMLAY  b.  at  Freehold  1783  admitted  to  Society  of  Cincinnati  July  4, 
1816  d.  Dec.  12,  1816  at  Charleston  Harbor,  So.  Carolina.  3rd.  A 
daughter  md.  Garret  Dorset  Wall  b.  Mch.  to,  17S3  d.  Nov.  12,  1850  at 
Burlington,  N.  J  ,  s.  James  Wall. 

Mary  (2)  Rhea,  dau.  Robert  (2)  &  Mary  (Forman)  Rhea.  md.  June  13,  1778 
Major  Wm.  Montgomery  of  Monmouth  Co.  b.  1750  d.  1815,  had  7  children: 
WILLIAM  W.  b.  Dec.  7,  1778  d.  186—  of  New  Orleans,  La.  md  Marie 
Louise  Pulcheri  Augustine  dau.  Jean  Baptiste  Michael  Piver  d'Elin- 
court,  Kings  Attv.  in  San  Domingo  under  Louis  XVI.  MARY  b. 
1784    d.    1862  md".   Col.  James  Hay  of  Monmouth    Co.  ROBERT 

RHEA  b.  1786  d.  1857  of  New  Orleans,  La.  md.  Eliza  McCutcheon 
dau.  Samuel  of  Louis'iana.  JONATHAN  b  1788  of  New  Orleans, 
La.  unmarried.  ANN  b.  1790  d.  1861  md.  John  K.  Thompson  of 
Iberville  Parish,  La.  DAVID  b.  r792d.  i862of  Kentucky.  MARIE 
MATILDA  b.  1798  md.  John  Titus  of  Trenton,  N.  J. 

Margaret  (2)  Rhea,  dau.  Robert  (2)  (David,  Robert)  &  Mary  (Forman) 
Rhea,  bap.  June  26,  1768  md.  Michael  Johnson  about  17S5  to  1790  &  moved 
to  Herkimer  Co.  N.  Y.,  had  children  : 

JANE  md.  Calvin  Thayer.         A  second  child,  name  not  known. 

James  Rhea  bap.  Sep.  28,  1760  s.  Robert  (2)  &  Mary  (Forman)  Rhea,  in 
1790  lived  in  ]\Iiami  Western  Territory. 

David  (3)  Rhea  bap.  Dec.  15,  1763  s.  Rcjbert  (2)  &  Mary  (Forman)  Rhea,  d. 
before  June  g,  1801,  living  in  Orangeburgh,  So.  Carolina. 

David  &  Elizabeth  Rhea  signed  a  deed  to  Joseph  Page  Dec.  5,  1780:  query, 
Which  David  Rhea  had  a  w.  Elizabeth  ? 

Esther  Rhea,  dau.  Jonathan  &  Lydia  (Forman)  Rhea,  d.  Apr.   10,  1838  in 
her  79th  yr.  md.  Major  James  Craig  d.  Sep.   28,    1839  in   his  86th  yr.   had 
children  : 
.  .    ELIZABETH    d.   186-,    md.   1808  Thomas    C.  Throckmorton  d.  t868. 

JAMES. 
George  Rhea  member  in  Old  Ten.  Apr.  21,    1739,  appointed  constable  for 
Freehold  Jan.  1756,  had  5  children  : 


402  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

See  Baptismal  Records  under  Rev.  Wm.  Tennent.  Geo.  Rhea's  dau. 
Margaret  md.  Apr.  20,  1767  Samuel  Henderson,  had  sons  David  & 
William,  see  Baptismal  Records. 

Hannah    Rhea  d.    1824  md.   Joseph    Hankinson   s.    Capt.    Kenneth,    had 

children  : 

ELIZA  d.  Mch.  18,  1858  in  her  44th  yr.  md.  John  Reid.  THRODRR 
md.  Hannah  Wainwright,  had  sons  John  H.  &  William. 

One  James  English  md.  Elizabeth  Rhea.     Some  students  claim  that  James 

English  md.  Margaret  Rhea.     Query :  Which  is  correct,  or  are  both  correct? 

For  further  notes  on  Rhea  Genealogy  see  Record  Lists  in  this  book.  For 
information  about  the  Rheas  in  the  Revolution  see  Genl.  Stryker's  book 
"Officers  and  Men  of  New  Jersey  in  the  Revolutionary  War." 


From  a  research  and  collection  by  Frank  C.  Laird,  Englishtown,  N.  J.  with 
notes  added  by  James  Steen,  Atty.,  Eatontown,  N.  J.,  and  by  Joseph  T.  Laird, 
Freehold,  N.  j'. 

Alexander  Laird,  it  is  said  by  ancestral  tradition,  came  to  America  in  the 
Caledonia,  from  the  County  of  Fife,  Scotland. 

Probably  it  was  William  Laird  that  had  2  .sons,  Thomas  and  William  who 
came  to  jNIonmouth  and  perhaps  their  father  William  came  also.  Thomas 
had  2  sons,  William  b.  about  1730?  &  Moses  bap.  May  19,  1734. 

William  Laird  d.  Aug.  t6,  1772  (see  Map  of  seats  in  Old  Ten.  1755)  md.  & 
had  10  children  : 

ALEXANDER  b.  1733  d.  Sep.  8,   1771   md.  Lydia  James  dau.   Robt. 

James.         MOSES  b.  1736  d.  1798  md.  Sep.  4,  1765  Elizabeth  English 

d.  Sep.  1771  dau.  James.         SARAH  md.  Archibald  Leard.         JANE 

b.  1740  d.  Sep.   23,    1823  md.  Jan,   29,    1761  John  Henderson  d.    1815. 

ELIZABETH    md.    Jan.  21,   1763  Jonathan  English.         MARY  md. 

Moses  Sproule.         MARGARET.         BEAVAN  bap    May  22,    1748  d. 

Sep.    21.    T774.  WILLIAM    md.    Sep.    18,    1765   Jane    McKnight. 

SUSANNA  bap.  Apr.  21,  1754  md.  as  his  2nd  w.  Moses  Sproule. 

Alexander  Laird,  s.  Wm.,  md.  Lydia  James  dau.  Robert  James,  had  6 
children  : 

WILLIAM  bap.  1756.  ROBERT  bap.   17S8.  RICHARD  bap. 

June  22,   1760.  AMIE  bap.  Sep.  26,   1762.  ELISABETH   bap. 

Apr.  14,  1765.         LYDiA  bap.  Apr.  7,  1771. 

Robert  Laird,  s.  Alex.,  b.  Apr.  7,   1754  d.  June  3,    181 1   bur.  at.  Old  Ten. 

md.  Elizabeth  b.  May  12,  1754  d.  Apr.    13,    1833.     Their  home  was 

at  Englishtown,  &  had  6  children  : 

JOHN  A.  b.  June  s.  i779  d.  in  South.  SARAH  b.  Aug  3,  1781 
d.  Mch.  8,  184s  md.' Thomas  Walton.  BENJAMIN  b.  July  4,  1783 
d.  at  Long  Branch.  SAMUEL  b.  Feb.  8,  1787  d.  July  5,  1859. 
CHARLOTTE  b.   Apr.  6,    1790  md.  James  Herbert.  ELISHA  b. 

Feb.  24,  1792  d.  Sep.  12,  1863  at  Colts  Neck. 

Samuel  Laird,  s.  Robt.  b.  Feb.  8,  1787  md.  Eleanor  Tilton,  had  11  chldr  : 
SARAH  b.  vSep.  12,  1815  d.  Aug.  7,  1852.         BENJAMIN  b.  Sep.  22, 
1817  d.  June   26,    1818.         ALICE   b.  Oct.    6,    T819    d.  Jan     2,    1856. 
JOHN  T.  b.  Nov.  26,  1821  d.  Feb.  21,  1846.        JOSEPH  T.  b.  Feb.  12, 
1824  d.  Oct.  n,  1894.         ELIZABETH  b.  Aug.  2,  1826  d.  Sep.  3,  1855. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  403 

JAMES.  MALVINA  b.  Feb.  23,  1831  d.  Feb.  29.  1848.  MARY 
b.  Apr.  2S,  1833  d.  May  29,  1839.  ROBERT.  MARY  S.  b.  Dec. 
23,  1839  ^-  '"^^P-  4-  i''^63. 

Moses  Laird,  s.  Win.,  b.  1736  md.  ist  w.  Sep.  4.  1765  Elizabeth  English 
dau.  James,  had  3  children  : 

DAVID  ENGLISH  b.  Apr.  15,  1767  d.  Feb.  10,  1841  md.  Rebecca 
Herbert  b.  Apr.  30,  1775  d.  May  8,  1852  dau.  Daniel  &  Ann  Dorothy 
Herbert.  WILLIA^I  b  Oct.  9,  1768.  MARGARET  b.  Sep.  25, 
1770  d.  June  21,  1857  md.  Feb.  1788  Joseph  Reid  b.  1767  d.  Sep.  2,  1826. 

Moses  Laird,  s.  Wm.,  md.  as  his  2nd.  w.  Catharine  (Hutchinson)  English 
b.  1736  d.  Nov.  T2,  1829  dau.  Wm.  &  Ann  Hutchinson,  &  wid.  of  James 
English  (this  James  English  was  a  brother  of  Elizabeth  English  ist  w.  of 
Moses  Laird);  they  had  children  : 

CATHARINE  b.  1775  d.  Jan.  14,  1852  md.  Abrara  Tyson  b.  1776  d. 
Nov.  30,  1841.  LYDIA  b.  1777  d.  Jan.  24,  i84(  md.  Geo.  Rankin  b. 
1782  d.  Apr.  II,  1850.         ELIZA  d.  21  yrs.  of  age. 

Note  :  The  father  of  Elizabeth  English,  ist  w.  of  Moses  Laird,  was  James 
English,  was  the  original  proprietor  of  the  land  on  which  Englishtown  is 
built,  and  the  town  received  its  name  from  his  family.  Moses  Laid  is 
mentioned  as  one  of  the  soldiers  of  the  Revolution  :  he  was  a  guide  to 
(tcu.  Washington  during  the  march  before  the  Battle  of  INIonmouth  ;  his 
wife  and  daughters  prepared  a  collation  of  which  Washington  and  his 
officers  partook  in  the  house  lately  occupied  by  John  H.  Laird  deceased, 
and  now  the  home  of  Wm.  E.  Mount  ;  the  house  has  been  remodelled 
since  that  date,  but  contains  considerable  of  the  old  material.  Moses 
Laird  was  one  of  the  signers  in  1778  to  articles  of  agreement  for  the  pur- 
poses of  retaliation  on  the  pine  robbers  and  tories,  the  original  of  which 
is  on  record  in  the  office  of  the  Sec.  of  State,  Trenton,  N.  J. 

William  Laird,  called  "Gentleman  Billy,"  s.  Wm.,  md.  Jane  McKnight 
bap.  1747  dau  Wm.  (S:  Sarah  (James)  McKnight,  mar.  license  dated  Sep. 
18,    1765,  they  had  children  : 

ALICE  1).  Dec.  2.  1788  d.  Feb.  22,  1864  md.  1808  Joseph  W.  Conover 
b.  .\ug.  3,  1786  d.  May  2.  1849  S-  Wm.  P.  Covenhoven  b.  Aug.  13,  1735 
d.  Feb.  14,  1823  &  Altia  Jewell  b.  1744  d.  Mch.  4,  1813;  Jos.  Conover 
was  grandfather  of  Wm.  Laird  Conover  and  B.  Dey  Conover  of  En- 
glishtown.        ANN  md    DeBow  whose  s.,   Wm.  Laird  DeBow 

b.  1815  d.  Oct.  30,  185S  was  a  practicing  physician  in  Englishtown. 
MARY  md.  John  W.  Maxwell.  CATHARINE  d.  unmarried,  aged 
80.         ELIZABETH  b.  1780  md.  Denise  I.  Forman  b.  1768  d.  1S19. 

Margaret  Laird,  dau.   Moses,  b.  Sep.  25,    1770  d.  June  21,    1857  md.    1788 

Joseph  Reid,  had  children  : 

ELIZABETH    ENGLISH.  JAMES.  SARAH    LAWRENCE 

b.  1792  d.  Dec.  I,  1820  md.  Abijah  Appleton  b.  1795  d.  Nov.  7,  1821. 
ANN.  MARY.  H.-XRRIET  b.  Mav  30,  1802  d.  Nov.  2.  1883  md. 
John    Reid  Jewell    b.    July    17,    1802   d'    Apr.    1890.  SUSANNA 

SPROULE  md.  Crilbert  H.  Applegate.  MARGARET  ENGLISH 

md.  Benjamin  B.  \'anCleaf. 

David  English  Laird,  s.  Moses  &  p;iizabeth,  b.  Apr.  15,  1767  d.  Feb.  10, 
1841  md.  Rebecca  b.  Apr.  30,  1775  d.  May  8,  1852  dau.  Daniel  Herbert  b. 
Aug.  18,  1743  d.  Aug.  28,  1803  &  his  w.  Ann  Dorothy  (Merchant)  b.  Sep. 
15,  1750  d.  Sep.  25,  1S05;  they  had  5  children: 


404  HISTORY  OF  OlJ)  TKNNKNT. 

ELIZABETH  E.  b.  Mcli.  3,  1794(1.  Mch.  3,  18S0  md.  Stephen  Voor- 
hees  d.  June  22,  i<S4i.  DAVID  b.  Mch.  9,  1797  d.  Jan.  2,  1879  md. 
Eliza  Herbert  b.  July  28,  1804  d.  Auo^.  7.  1875.  NANCY  C.  b.  Jan. 
II,  1799  d.  Dec.  19.  1813.  DANIEL  H.  b.  Nov.  ^.  1S02  nid.  Mar}' 
Matchett.  WILLIAM  H.  b.  Sep.  5,  1805  d.  iNIay' 8,  1S52  nid  Mar- 
garet Suydatn  who  aftervvard.s  md.  Solomon  Sutphin  and  d.  at  Entjlish- 
town. 

Note:  Danikrl  Herbert  wa.s  a  private  in  Walton's  Lij^ht  Horse.  Mon.  Rev. 
War  Battle  of  Monmouth  :  and  2nd.  .s.  of  Jame.s  Herbert  who  died  in  New 
Brunswick  in  1746. 

David  Laird,  s,  David  E.  &  Rebecca,  md.  Hli/a  Herbert  dau.  James  «S: 
Sarah  (Dey)  Herbert;  had  10  children: 

MARY  ELLEN  b.  Oct.  i,  1823  d.  Mch.  7,  1897  md.  John  M.  Rue  b. 
July  14,  1822  d.  Sep.  25,  1867.  JAMES  HERBERT  b.  June  27,  1827 
d.  Aug.  8,  1887  md.  Catharine  Herbert.  REBECCA  b.  Nov.  11,  1832 
d.  Sep.  22,  1891  nid.  Cornelius  E.  Dey  b.  Oct.  16,  1833  d.  Feb.  4,  1897. 
DANIEL  E.  b.  Apr.  10,  1836  d.  July  5.  1859  unmarried:  he  was  Lieu. 
Col.  on  the  staff  of  Gov.  Newell,  at  the  time  of  his  death.  WILLIAM 
H.  b.  Dec.  27,  1837  md.  Mary  Eliza  Barkalow.  JOHN  H.  b.  Oct.  26, 
1839  d.  Apr.  20,  1895  md.  Mary  Conover.  SARAH  JANE  b.  Apr. 
16,  1841  d.  Oct.  20,  1891  md.  Ransford  E.  VanCiieson.  DAVID  b. 
Dec.  16,  1842  md.  Frances  Keeler.  GILBERT  D.  b.  Apr.  4,  1846  d. 
Jan.  14,  1868  unmarried.  ELIZABETH  VOORHEES  b.  Oct.  4,  1847 
d.  Sep.  5,  1886  unmarried. 

John  11.  Laird,  s.  David  &  Eliza,  member  of  the  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution  and  prominent  in  different  County  and  State  public  oflSces. 
md.  Marv  Conover  dau.  vSaniuel  b.  1808  and  Matilda  (Reid)  Conover  b. 
1819;  —  had  children: 

FRANK  C.  b.  Mch.  19,  i860  md.  Sep.  4,  1904  FCthel  M.  Davison  b. 
May  22,  1888.  DANIEL  E.  md.  Lillie  Norman.  GILBERT  DEY 
md.  Georgianna  Parrish.  SAMUEL  CONON'ER  md.  Helen  For- 
man.         JOSEPHINE;  A.  md.  Geo.  Haywood  Carpenter. 

Note:  The  Laird  homestead  occupied  by  "(ientleman  Billy"  Laird  and  his 
father  Win.  before  him,  comprised  what  is  now  the  Charles  Woodward, 
John  Okerson,  &  John  A.  Orr  farms,  about  500  acres.  After  the  death  of 
"Gentleman  Billy"  the  Maxwells  lived  there  for  a  number  of  years,  and 
afterwards  moved  to  California. 

For  further  information  about  Laird  see  Record  Lists  in  this  book. 


From  a  research  by  Geo.  V.  W.  Voorhees,  D.  D.  S.,  New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 

Richard  Laird  md.  Lucy  Dey,  she  lived  to  be  102  yrs.  of  age  bur.  at  l^nion 
Valley;  they  had  children; 

ALEXANDER!).  May  7,  1786  d.  Mch.  30,    1846.         JOSEPH  b.   Feb. 
6,  1796. 

Ephraim  Robtjins  md.  Margaret  ,  had  1  child: 

RODAH  b.  July  6,  1787  d.   Apr.    19,    1823   md.    1st.    Wm.   Holloway  & 
had  4  children,  John  b.  Mar.  7,  1811  was  md.  twice;  William  b.  Sep 

20,  1812  md.  Mary  Robinson;  Ann  md.  Hayes;  Sarah  md.  

Ehrhardt. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  405 

Alexander  Laird,  s.  Richard,  rad.  Dec.  29,  iSi.s  rst  w.  Mrs.  Rodah  (Robbins) 
Holloway  wid.  Wni.,  had  5  children: 

EPHRAIM  b.  Oct.  2,  1814  unmarried.  RICHARD  b.  July  6,  1816 
md.  Amelia  Ann  Emmons.  GEORGE  SNOWHILL  b.  May  18,  1818 
nid.  Sarah  Havens.  CAROLINE  b.  Nov.  29,  1S20  md.  Jo.seph  Cot- 
trell.         RHODAH  b.  Apr.  11,  1823  md.  John  Robinson. 

Alexander  Laird,  s.  Richard,  md.  Oct.  14,  1824  Ann  Van  Deventer  b.  Dec. 
20,  1787,  had  I  child: 

ELIZABETH  b.  Nov.  12,  1825  md.  Jas.  Long-street  Cole  b.  Jan.  10, 
1825  d.  Aug.  31,  1870,  &  had  4  children:  Ann  Elizabeth  b.  July  4,  1851 
md.  Aug.  II.  1875  A.  Craig^  Voorhees,  2  children  Dr.  (xeo.  V.  W.  & 
Edward  C.  Edward  b.  Oct.  7,  1854  d.  May  12,  1857.  Mary  Cath 
arine  b.  Mch.  9,  1858  md.  Charles  W.  Harvey,  2  children  Willard 
Craig  &  Mabel  Elizabeth.  Sarah  Ella  b.  Aug  31,  1S61  md.  Jas.  B 
Archer,  3  children  Ellen  Easton  d.  Jan.  10,  1889,  Clara  Elizabeth  & 
Melita. 

Joseph  Laird,  s.  Richard,  md.  Phoebe  Anderson  b.  Sep.  18,  1796  dau.  Maj. 
Anderson,  had  10  children  : 

JAMES  R.  b.  June  27,  1815  md.  Ann  Bergen.  MARY  A.  b.  Jan.  2, 
1S17  md.  1st  John  Carr  2nd  James  Ackerman.  AMANDA  b.  Apr. 
3.  1819  md.  Jacob  Waters.  JOHN  R.  b.  June  2.  1S21,  living  at 
Hightstown.  ALEXANDER  b.  Aug.  28,  1823  d.  June  20,  1900  md 
Hannah  White.  WILLIAM  P.  b.  Aug.  7,  1826  md.  Ellen  Laird. 
HANNAH  R.  b.  Mav  18,  1832  md.  Jos.  Gibson.  MATTHEW  b. 

Mch.  ID,  1835  md.  Ellen  McChestney.  GEORGE  K.  b.    Mch.    19, 

1837,  living  at  Dutch  Neck.         HARRIET  P.  b.  Apr.  18,  1840. 

Alexander  Laird,   s.  Joseph  &   Phoebe,  md.   Hannah   White.   &  had   10 
children  : 

MARY  ELEANOR  b.  June  4,    1848  d.  Sep.  20,   1852.  JAMES    A. 

b.  Apr.  II,  i8sod.  Sep.  22,  1852.  THOMAS  E.  P.  b  Julv  23,  1853 
md.  I.  Navlof.  JOHN  C.  H.  b.  June  28,  1856  md  Carrie  Van  Note. 
SARAH  A.  md.  Jacob  Navlor.  PHOEBE  E.  b.  Nov.  13,  i860  d. 
Apr.  9,1861.  HENRIETTA  md.  Edgar  Gordon.  FLORA  md. 

Charles  Gordon.  CARRIE  LOUISE  md.  Lyman  Cronk.  MARY 
E.  K.  b.  Oct.  9,  1870  d.  Nov.  29,  1872. 


From  ^Memorials  prepared  1860  by  Robert  Patterson  DuBois  of  New  London, 
Pa.  and  Wm.  Ewino-  UuBois  of  Philadelphia  ;  but  not  containing-  a  complete  gene- 
alogy : — with  added  notes  from  records  in  possession  of  Henrj'  ^Yilliam  Herbert. 
Englishtown,  N.  J. 

Louis  DuBois  ab.  1630-1696  Catherine  Blancon,  had  10  children  : 

ABRAHAM  1657-1731  md.  Margaret  Deyo.  ISAAC  1659-1690  md. 
1683  Marie  Hasbrouck.  JACOB  1661-1745  md.  Gerritje  Gerritsen 
van  Nieuwkirk.  SARAH  1664  md.  Joost  Jansen.  DA\'ID  1667, 
descendants  in  Rochester,  Lester  Co.  SOLOMON  1669- 1759  md. 
Trintje  Gerritsen  sister  of  Jacob's  w.  REBECCA  1671  died  young. 
RACHEL  1675  died  young.  LOUIS  ab.  1677  m.  1701  Rachel  Has- 
brouck. MATTHEW  ab.  1679,  md.  Sarah  Mattheysen  had  a  son 
Louis  1697. 


4o6  HISTORY    OF  OLD  TKNNENT. 

Solomon  DiiBois  (Louis)  nid.  Trintje  (Territsen,  had  8  children  : 

JACOMVNTJH  169s  nid.  Harent  I).  S  ch.  ISAAC  settled  at  Per 

kiona.  Pa.  (Perkionien  ?)  4  dans.  HKNJAMIN  settled  at  Cattskill. 

SARAH    nid.   Siiuoii   \'an VVay;etieii   of  New  Paltz.  HKLP^NA  or 

MAGDALRNA  md.   Josiah    \i\Uu\y  of  New  Paltz.  CATHKRINK 

nid.  Peter  Low  of  New  I'alt/..  CORNHLIl'S  nid.  Mar^-  Houo^tey- 
lin.u^.         HRNDRICUS  md.  Janitje  Hoosteylin.a:. 

Cornelius  DuBois  (Solomon,  Louis)  md.  Marj?.  Hoos^teylin^-  (now  written 

Honghtalinj^)  had  9  children  : 

WILHELMUS.  lOSIAH.  lANlTJKmd.J    Hasbrouck  of  New 

Paltz.         CORNELIUS  md.   Ciertrnde   Hruyn.  CATIII^RINE  md. 

Jonn  Hasbrouck  of  Nevvburjj.  RACHPUv  md.  Louis  DuHois,  Marl- 

borough. LI^AH  md.  Cors.  Wynkoop  of  Hurley-.         vSARAH  md. 

Jac.  Hasbrouck,  Marbletown.  JACOMVNTJR  md.  Andries  Revier 
of  Wawarsinjj. 

Cornelius  (Cornelius,  Solomon,  Louis)  md.  (yertrude  Bruyn,  had  7  children: 
JANE  md.  Jacob  Hardenburgh  of  N.  Paltz.  MARCiARET  md. 
Abm.  Hardenburgh  of  Shawangunk.  JOSIAH  1781  md.  3  times. 
SARAH  md.  John  N.  Lefevre,  N.  Paltz.  HANNAH  md.  Andries 
Lefevre,    N.    Paltz.  MARY    md.    \Vm.    McDonald,    Wawarsing. 

CORNELIUS  d.  unmarried. 

losiah  DuBois  (Cornelius.  Cornelius.  Solomon,  Lcniis)  md.  ist.  Eliz.  Has- 

Ijrouck.  had  3  children  : 

One  died  in  infancy.  SARAH   md.   Rev    John   S.   P)aston,    Lewis- 

town,  Pa.         P.\MF;LA  md.  A.    Hasbrouck,    Shawangunk. 

md.  2nd  Cath.  Winfield,  *S:  had  8  children  ; 

Two  died  in  infancy.  P:LIZABETH  md.  Ur.  Isaac  Reeve.  GIL- 
BERT md.  Maria  l)ill.  EDWARD.  JOSIAH  md.  Pmima  Catlin. 
ANTOINETTE.         JANE. 

md.  3rd  Nancy  Wiltsie. 

Jacob  DuBois  (Louis)   ]66i-i745  md.   Gerritje  Gerritsen   van   Nieuwkirk, 

had  1 1  children  : 

M.\GDALENA  1690.  BARENT  1693-1750  md.  1715  Jacomyntjedau. 
Solomon  D.,  had  8  ch.  Jonathan  their  5th  ch.  1727-1772  was  pastor  of 
Ref.  D.  church  in  Bucks  Co.,  Pa.  LOUIS  i695-i784md.  1720  Marg. 
Jan.sen.         (tIvRRITJE    1697    died  young.  SARAH    md.    Conrad 

IClniendorf.  decendants  living  at  Hurley,  Ulster  Co.  ISAAC  1702 
one  .son.  GERRIT    1704  had  ich.  CATHERINE  nid.    Petrus 

Sniedes.         REBP'.CCA  1708.         NEELTJE.         JOHANNES  7  ch. 

Louis  (Jacob,  Eoiiis)  1695-1784  nul.  1720  Marg.  Jansen,  had  11   children  ; 
JACOB   1720  had  8  ch.  MATTHEW    1722.         ANNA    1724    md. 

Rev.  :\Ir.  Marenus  3  ch.  (iERRITJE    1726.  JOHN   1728-1746. 

ELIZABP:TH  i730-i786md.  1754  (iarret  Newkirk  6  ch.  CORNELIUS 
17326  ch.  PfiTER  1734-179S  md.  Amev  Cireenman.  JOvSRPH 
1737.  BENJAMIN  [739-1828  md.  Phebe  Deni.se  loch.  SAMUEL 
1  74 1 -181  I  had  3  ch. 

i^eter  DuBois  ( Louis,  Jacob,  Louis)  1734-1795  nid.  Amey  (ireenman,  had 
7  children  : 

JOEL  1759-1808  md.  liliz.  Sparks  8ch.  JP:RP:MIAH  1760-1844  md. 
ist  Sarah  Shutenid.  2nd  Rachel  Yanmeter,  5ch.        SARAH  1762-1837. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  407 

THOMAS  1764-1S46  md.  Sarah  Foster  7  ch.  SAMUEL  1766-1833 
md.  ist.  Mary  Rosenid.  2d.  Mrs.  Keziah  Dickerson,  12  ch.  URIAH 
1768-1821    md.    Martha  Patterson  AjNIEY   1772-1808  md.  Samuel 

Dare  3  ch. 

Uriah  DuBois  (Peter,  Louis,  Jacob,  Louis)  1768-1821  md.  Martha  Patterson. 

had  8  children  : 

CHARLES  1799  md.  Mary  S.  Latta  11  ch.  EMILIA  i8o3-i83omd. 
Samuel  Aaron  4  ch.  ROBERT  i8os  md.  Jane  H.  Latta  7  ch. 
SAMUEL  1808.  WILLIAM  1810  md.  Susanna  Eckfeldt  4  ch. 
MATILDA  1813  md.  Silas  M.  Andrews  4  ch.  LOUIS  1814  md. 
Henrietta  S.  Cox  4  ch.         MARY  1817  md.  S.  H.  Thompson  3  ch. 

Benjamin  DuBois,  pastor  of  Ref.  D.  church  Marlboro,  N.J.  (Louis.  Jacob, 

Louis)  1739-1828  s.  Louis  &  his  w.   Marg.  she  d.  July   17,    1780  :  he  md. 

Oct.  19,  1765  Phebe  Denise  b.  Aug.   11,    1743  dau.  Teunis  &  Franscyntie, 

had  10  children  : 

JOSEPH  b.  July  9,  1767  d.  Aug.  27,  1798.  FRANSCYNTIE  b.  June 
6,  1769  md.  Dec.  4,  1787  Teunis  G.  VanDerveer  b.  Aug.  12,  1757. 
MARGERET  b.  Apr.  13,  1771.  TEUNIS  DENISE  b.  Feb.  23,  1773. 
SOPHIA  b.  Nov.  12,  177s.  DANIEL  b.  Feb.  23,  1778.  BENJA- 
MIN b.  Mch-  4,  1780.  'CATHERINE  b.  Mch.  8,  1782.  ELIZA- 
BETH b.  Mch.  3,  1785.  MARY  b.  Jan.  14,  1790  md.  George  Cono- 
ver,  had  a  son  John  b.  Oct.  14,   1820. 

Garret  VanDerveer  md.  Jane  Voorhess,  she  was  b.  vSep.  17,  173s  &  d.  Mch. 

3.   1813. 

Catherine  DuBois  (Benjamin,  Louis,  Jacob,  Louis)  md.   David  G.  Vander- 
veer,  had  12  children  : 

ELIZABETH  1803-1862.         GARRET  1805-1886.         SARAH  J.  1807. 

PHEBE  A.  1807-1892.         JOSEPH  D.  b.  Mch.  2,  1809  d.  Mch.  2,  1894 

TUNIS    jSii.  BENJAMIN    1814-1888.  HENRY    1816-1878. 

SOPHIA    1819-1881  JOHN     1822-1889.  MARGARET    1824. 

CATHARINE  A.  1830-1893. 
John    Vanderveer  s.   David  G    &  Catharine,    1822-1889  md.  Jan.  8,    1S46 
Elizabeth  Brown,  had  9  children  : 

EDGAR    A.  WHITED    B,  ABRAHAM    W.  MARIAH. 

SARAH  JANE.         MARY  CATHARINE.         ELEANOR.         HEN- 

DRICK  A.         GARRET  D. 

Mary  Catharine  Vanderveer,  dau.  John  &  Elizabeth,   md.  Feb.  4,  1874  W. 
Denise  Herbert,  had  3  children  : 

HENRY  WILLIAM  md.  Sara  Laird  Dey.         MARGARET  DENISE. 

JOHN  VANDERVEER  b.  Dec.  i,  1886  d.  July  14,  1887. 

Tunice  D.  DuBois  b.  Feb.  23,  1773  d.   Sep.   11,    1843  s.  of  Rev.   Benjamin, 

md.  ist  Dec.  21,  1796  Sarah  Vanderveer  b.   Nov.  3,    1780  d.   Apr.  30.    1806 

had  4  chldr: 

CATHERINE    b.    Feb.    24,    1798  PHOEBE    b.    May    11,    1800. 

ELLEN  b.  June  7,  1802.         DAVID  b.  Apr.  18,  1804. 

he  md.  2nd  Mch.  10,  1807  Sarah  Smock  b.  Dec.  24,  1786  d.  Jan.  7,  1867  had 

7  chldr: 

HENRY  b.  Apr.  4,  1808.  BENJAMIN  b.  Mav  s,  1810.  SARAH 
b.  June  8,  1812.  JOHN  b.  July  6,  1816.  ELIZABETH  b.  Aug.  26, 
1820  d.  Jan.  23,  1824.         TEUNIS  V.  b.  Nov.  11,  1822.  LIVINGS- 

.     TON  b.  Apr.  18,    1827. 


408  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Livingston  DuBois  s.  Tnnice  I),  nid.  Dec.  6,  1S54  Mary  Hunt  had  jchldr; 
WILLIAM  H.  nid.  Dec.  1S93  Ella  Taylor.  JOHN  H.  md.  :Mch.  s. 
1884  Anna  Conover.  GKORGE  L.  nid.  Dec.  10,  i88s  Elizabeth 
Ketchani  JOSEPH  E.  md.  [ulv  1,  1886  Helen  Perrine"^^  WIL- 

SON   Cr    (1,  Jan.  7,    i88r.         ANNA    H.   md.   Dec.  Harry  E. 

Taylor.         ERANK  13.  md.  Feb.  22,  1893  Helen  Hunt. 


From  a  research  by  Miss  Mary  G.  WoodhuU,  Camden,  X.  J. 

Rev.  John  Woodhull,    D.D.  md.  May  28,  1772  Sarah,  only  child  of  Capt. 
George  Spofford  of  the  Royal  Navy,  after  whose  death  his  widow  became 
the  3rd  wife  of  Rev.  Gilbert  Tennent,  D.D.     John  &  Sarah  had  6  children  : 
GEORGE  SPOFFORD,  clergyman,  b.   Mch.   31.    1773.  JOHN  b. 

July  10.  1776  d.  same  day.  WILLIAM  HENRY  b.  Dec.  i,  1778  d. 
same  day.  SARAH  b.  Mch.  28,  1781.  JOHN  TENNENT,  phy- 
sician, b.  Aug.  24,  1786.  GILBERT  SMITH,  physician,  b.  Jan.  11, 
1794. 

Rev.  George  Spofford  Woodhull  (Rev.   John),   grad.   Princ.   Coll.   1790,   d. 

Dec.  25,  1834,  md.  June  4,  1799  Gertrude  dau.   Col.  John   Neilson  of  New 

Brunswick,  of  Revolutionary  fame  :  had  4  children  : 

WTLLIAM  HENRY,  clergyman,  b    Mch.   4,    1802.  CORNELIA 

NEILSON  b.   May   18,    1803  d.   Nov.  5,    1824.  JOHN  NEILSON, 

physician,  b.  July  2s,  1807  grad.  Princ.  Coll.  1828  &  Med.  Dept.  Un. 
Pa.  1832,  d.  Jan. '12?  1867  unmarried.  ALFRED  ALEXANDER, 

physician,  b.  Mch.  25.  1810. 

Sarah  Woodhull  (Rev.  John)  md.  Sep.  2,  1S06  Major  Wm.  Gordon  Forman 
s.  of  Joseph  of  Shrewsbury,  N.  J.,  had  i  child: 

SARAH  WOODHULL  b,  Mch.  16,  180S  md.   Apr.    1829  Rev.   Clifford 

Smith  Arms,  no  living  descendants. 

John  T.  Wof)dhull,  M.  D.  (Rev.  John,)  reed.  A.  M.  from  Princ.  Coll.  1812 
&  grad.  Med.  Dept.  L^n.  Pa.  1S09  d.  Nov.  18,  1869  md.  Jan.  22,  1812  Ann 
3rd  dau.  of  Capt.  Wni.  Wikoff  &  w.  Hannah  dau.  of  Col.  John  Scudder, 
M.  D.  of  RevolutionarN'  fame  :  had  14  children  : 

WILLIAM  WIKOFF b.  i8i2d.  June  16,  1813.  MATILDA  WIKOFF 
b.  Nov.  3,  18 1 3  d.  May  24,  1864  md.  Judge  Joseph  Combs.  Hon. 

GEORGE  SPOFFORD  b.  Dec.  25,  i8i4grad.  Princ.  Coll.  1833  d.  Mch. 
4,  1881  md.  Caroline  Mandeville  Vroom  dau.  Guysbert  Bogert  \>oom 
&  Catalina  Delemater  grand  dau.  of  Col  Peter  Dumont  Vroom  of 
Revolutionary  fame   Somerset  Co.  N.  J.  JULIA  b.   Mch.  25,    1816 

d.    Dec.    16,    1840   md.    Rev.   James    Clark    pastor   in    Old    Tennent. 
WILLIA?kI  WIKOFF  b.  July  28,  1817  d.  May  1886  grad     Princ.   Coll 
1833  rtcd.  Ph.D.  from  same  1867  md.  Ellen  Conover  of  F'reehold,  N.J. 
no  children.  JOHN  b.  Jan.   25,  1819  d.   Sep.   13,  1822.  ?yIARIA 

vSCUDDF^R  b.  Mch.  20.  1820  d.  June  2,  1873  "i^^-  C,ilbert  Combs  of 
Freehold,  N  J.  CHARLES  FREDERICK  h.  Aug.  4,  1821  grad. 
Princ.  Coll.  1842  d.  Eel).  27,  1890  unmarried.  JOHN  b  April  5, 
1823  md.  Margaret  Schureman  Nevius;  living  at  F'reehold.  N.  J. 
HANNAH  WIKOFF  b.  Jan.  24.  1826  grad.  Mt.' Holyoke  d.  May  10, 
r89i    unmarried.  Rkv.    GILBERT  TENNENT,   D.D.  b.    Feb.   18, 

1827  grad.  Princ.  Coll.  i8s2  Princ  Sem.  i8s5  reed.  D.D.  from  Prinr. 
1881  d.  Feb.  II,  1898  md.  Elizabeth  Waldo  of  N.  Y.  ANN  AMELIA 
b.  Oct.  7,  1S29  d.  Jan.  16,    1831.         SARAH  WIKOFF  b.  Apr.  1,  1S30 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  409 

d.  Jan.  t6.   1831.         ADDISON  WADDELL,  physician,  b.  Aujr.   13. 
183  I  Rrad.  Pnnc.  Coll.  1854  &  N.  Y.  Med.  Vn.  1856  with  hijrhest  hon- 
ors, nid.  Emma  Elli.s  dan.  of  Daniel,  of  Freehold,  N.J. 
Gilbert  Smith  Woo.lhull  M.  D,  (Rev.  John)  grad.   Princ.   Coll.    1823  &  at 
Jeff.  Med.  Coll.  d.  Oct.  13,  1S30  nid.  Nov.  25,   1817  Charlotte  4th  dan".  Capt. 
Wm.  WikoflF&  Hannah  (Scudder),  had  4  children: 

HENRY  WILLIAM  BECK  M.  D.  b.  Oct.  3,  1819  grad.  Princ.  Coll. 
1838  &  Coll.  Phvs.  &  Snrtj.s.  N.  Y.  City  184s  "if^-  Azelia  dau.  Jo.seph 
Girard.  SARAH  SPOFFORD  b.  An^.  15,  1821  nid.  B Throck- 
morton. ANNA  MATILDA  WIKOFF  b.  Jnly  24,  1824,  d.  July  31 
1898  unmarried.  CHARLOTTE  GILBERTA  b.  August  3,  1829, 
•Still  living. 

Rev.  William   Henry  Woodhull  (Rev.  Geo.  S.,  Rev.  John)  grad.  Princ. 
Coll.  1822  &  Princ.  Sem.  1824  d.  Jan.  4,   1835  ™d.   Oct.  26,    1825  Amanda 
youngest  dau.  Capt    Wm.  Wikoff  &  Hannah  (Scudder),  had  4  children  : 
WILLIAM  WIKOFF  b.  Sep.  24,    1826  d.   lune  30,    i8s6.  SPOF- 

FORD EUGENE  b.  Mch.  28,  1828.  JOHN  NEILSON  b.  Apr.  8, 

1830  d.  Mch.  24,  i860.  CORNELIA  NEILSON  b.  Apr.  26,  1832  d. 
Jan.  26,  1835. 
Alfred  Alexander  M.  D.  (Rev.  Geo.  S.,  Rev.  John)  md.  Feb  26,  1833  Anna 
Maria  dau.  Dr.  Derick  G.  Salomons  of  St.  Eustacia  W.  I.  md.  2nd.  Susan 
dau.  Rev.  Samuel  Stanhope  Smith  D  D.  uid.  3rd.  Ann  dau.  Rev.  John 
Witherspoon  D.D.  :  he  had  i  child  : 

ALFRED  ALEXANDER  M.  D  b.  Apr.  13,  1837  Srad.  Princ.  1856  & 
Med.  Dept.  Un.  Pa.  1856  Col.  U.  S.  A.  reed.  LL.D.  from  Princ.  1894 
lecturer  at  Princ.  Un.  md.  Miss  Ellicott,  no  children. 

From  a  research  copied  by  and  in  pos.session  of  Miss  M.  Anna  Nevius,  Freehold, 
N.  J.  with  notes  added  from  a  family  Bible  record  in  possession  of  Mrs.  James. 
Hartshorne,  Maualapan,  N.  J. 

William  Bovvne  &  his  w.  Ann  &  s.  Capt.  John  ist  came  from  Yorkshire 
England  and  settled  at  Salem  Mass.  163 1.  Afterwards  he  settled  at 
Gravesend,  I^ong  Island  where  he  bought  a  plantation  Nov.  12,  1646  & 
his  s.  John  bought  one  Sep.  20,  1647.  Early  in  1665  William  with  his 
sons  John  &  James  came  to  Mon.  Co.  N.  J.  on  a  tract  of  land  for  vvh.  they 
obtained  a  patent  &  wh.  they  purchased  of  the  Indians  :  they  named  the 
place  Hoimdel  after  Lydia  Holmes,  wife  of  Capt.  John  ist.  William  & 
Ann  had  4  children  : 

Capt.  JOHN  b.  in  England  d.  Jan.  3,  1684  bur.  in  Old  Pres.  cemetery 
at  Middletown,  N.  J.  his  gravestone  oldest  in  that  yard  ;  very  promi- 
nent man  in  the  Countv.  J.AMES  bap.  in  Salem,  Mass.  Aug.  25, 
1636  d.  1692  md.  1665  Mary  Stout  &  had  4  children  James.  Andrew 
whose  ist  w.  was  Ann  S. 'Whitlock,   John,   William.  ANDREW 

bap.  in  Salem,  Mass.  Aug.  12.   1638  settled  in   Mon.  Co.  before  1692- 

commissioned  Governor  N.  J.  d.  1708  md.  Elizabeth had  a  dau. 

Elizabeth  who  became  ist  w.  of  her  cousin  Obadiah.         PHILIP   b. 
1640  possibly-  lived  in  Flushing,  L.  I. 
William  Bowne  md.  2nd  July  12,  1669  Mary  H.  Felt,  &  he  d.  1677. 

Capt.  John  Bowne  ist  (Wm.)  md.  Lydia  Holmes  dau.  Rev,  Obadiah  &  bad 
5  children  : 

Capt.  JOHN  2nd  b.  Apr.  i,  1664  d.  1716  md.  Frances  Bowman,  no 
issue.         OBADIAPI  b.  July  18,  1666  d    1726  md.  ist  his  cousin  EHza- 


4IO  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

hetli  dan.  Andrew  Howne,  liad  3  children  Jolm  "Indye"  in  Mon.  Co. 
1740.  Ann.  Lvdia  :  nid.  2r.d  Hli/.alielh  Lonjrfi^ld  &  had  4  cliildren 
Ohadiah.  Thomas,  Cornelius  &  Marv.  DKHORAH  l).'Jan.  26,  1668. 
SARAH  b.  Nov.  27.  1669.  CATHARINK. 

Peter  Bf>\vne  had  5  children  : 

JO.SKPIIb.  May  17,  I735d.  Oct.  8.  1S12.  JONATHAN.  DAVID. 
LVDIA.         Another  dau.  name  not  known. 

Jcseph    Bowne    (I'eter)    md.    Hannah    Anderson    h.   Jan.   2^,    1740    niarg. 

license  Jan.  18,  1763,  had  9  children  : 

HANNAH  b.  I\Ich.3i.  176^  OBADIAH  h.  Au^r.  19,  176^.  JOHN 
]).  Sep.  2.  1767  d.  1857.  ANNA  b.  Mch.  23.    1770.         ^  PETKR  b. 

Inne  27,  1772.  |.^]Ml'-vS  b   Sep    20,   177s  d.  .\pr.  22.  i8s3.  DA\'ID 

b.  Oct.  I.  1777.  '  CATHARINE  h.  June  12.  1779.  LVDIA  b.  Feb. 
28,  1781. 

John  Bowne  (Joseph,   Peter)  was  a  physician,  nid.   1794  Nancy  Corle  b. 

Mch.  5,  1770  d.  Feb.  18,  1856,  had  2  clildr  : 

"CORNRLIA  b.  1795  d.  1802.  JOS.  CiARDINF^R  b.  1804  d.  18S8. 

Jos.  (iardiner  Bowne  (John,  Joseph,  Peter)  md.  ist  1830  Mary  Barber,  had 
2  chldr. 

JOHN    INIILTON  b.1831  d.  1863.         C0RNF:I,IA  b.  Aui^.  20,  1833  .still 

living. 

Jos.  (jardiner  Bowne  md.  2nd  1846  .Sarah  Kirkpatrick,  had  i  chid   : 
•    JACOB   K.  b.  Dec.  10,  1846  still  living. 

John    Milton    Bowne  (Jos.,  John,  Jos..  Peter)   md.    1852  Anna  M.   Fisher, 
had  5  chldr : 

.1 A MKS  OSWALD.         .lOSEPH  HOLME«.  MAliV    HAlil'.KK  1..    1K58  d. 

lH(;;i         .lOHN  ADDISON.         CORNELIA   M.  ' 

James  Bowne  (Joseph,  Peter)  md.  ist  Lydia  Mount  d.  Mar.  11,  1810  in  her 

3r.st  year,  had  4  chldr  : 

.MARV    b.    Jan.    14,    1802.  CORxNELIA    ANN  b.    Feb.    7,    1803. 

LVDIA  b.  Aug.  7,  1804.         RICHARD  b.  Feb.  21,  1810  dead  born. 

James  Bowne  md.  2nd.    Mary  Craig  d.  Feb.  3,  1869  aged  88  \rs.  10  nios.  7 

da.,  had  4  chldr.  : 

ELENOR  b.  Feb   8    1814.  HANNAH   b.  Julv  24,  1816  WIL- 

LIAM C    b.  Dec.  1818  JOSEPH   H.  b  Jan.  26.  1827. 

For  further  information  ste  Old  Ten.  Lists  in  Appendix. 


From  (lata  finiiislicd  liy  Charles  T.  Clayton,  Keyport,  N.  J. 

Thomas  Claxton  md.  Mary the}'  lived  for  many  years  at   Runison, 

and  aUerwards  on  a  farm  near  Robertsville,  N.  J.,  they  had  5  chldr  . 
TAVLOIJ.         .lOSEl'lI  T.         RACHEL.         REBECCA.         LYDIA. 

Josepli  '!".  Clayton  (Thomas)  md.  Lucy  Ann  d.  Aug.  30.   i8>^o  aged  85  yrs. 

9  mos.  17  da.  dan.  .Adam  Pease  &  his  w.    Rebecca,   had   10  chldr.  in  order 

as  follows  : 

.MAIO'   1).  .Iiilv  1.-),  lsi;;,L  Apr.  :{(),  1S!)L  .MAIiGAKET.  JAMES., 

liEllECCA.         .I()Sl':iMI.  rilO.MAS  ,].  SAIJAll  .lANi:.  ALICE. 

EL  I  AS.         CI  I  ARISES  T. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  ^tt 

From  date  fiirnislied  by  Miss  Bessie  A.  line,  Eiifilislitown,  N.  .1. 
Edward  Riggs  b.  in  England  about  1590  md.  Elizabeth  . 


One  of  their  sons,  Edward  Riggs,  b.  in  England  about   1614  came  to 
Boston,  Mass.  1633  md.  1635  Elizabeth  Rousa. 

One  of  their  sons.  Edward  Riggs,  b.  at   Roxbury,  Mass.  about  1636 
md.  ]Mary . 

One  of  their  sons,   Edward   Riggs,   b.   at   Newark,    N.  J.   about   1668 
married  Alphia  Stoughton. 

One   of  their  sons,   David   Riggs,   b.   at    Basking  Ridge,    N.  J.    1709 
married  Elizabeth  Cox. 

One  of  their  sons,  Philip  Riggs  b.  1744  md.   Mar\-  Pierce.  ' 

Their   dau.    Mar}-    Riggs,    b.    near    Hightstown,    N.   J.  md.    Abram 
Johnson. 

Their  son  Jacob  Johnson  b.  1805  d.  1874  md.  1845  Margaret  A.  Reid. 

Their  dau.  Julietta  Johnson    md.   Charles  H.   Rue  &  lived  at  Man- 
alapan. 

Their  son  Louis  Rue  made  the  architectural  drawing  of  Old  Tennent 
church.     (See  p.  52.) 


From  Family  records  furnished  by  Mrs.  G.  S.  Reid,  English  town,  N.  J. 

Garret  Denises.  Daniel,  b.  Aug.  28,  1772  d.  of  yellow  fever  Jan.  24,    1813 

Old.  Elizabeth  Davis  b.  Dec.  28,  1768  d.  Apr.  2(\  1854  dau.  Aaron  &  Janet 

(Rhea)  Davis,  had  8  chldr  : 

CATHERIN  S.  b.  Jan.  15,  1796.  JANE  b.  Sep.  18,  1797  d.  Nov.  26, 
1797.         ANNb.  Sep.   12,   1798  WILLIAM  G.  b.  Sep.  7,   1800  d. 

July  2,  1886.  JANE  b.  Sep.  6,  1802.  ELIZABETH  b.  Nov.  24. 
1804  d.  June  19,  1830.  MARGARET  b.  Apr.  16,  1S07  md.  Wm.  D. 
Herbert.         ELENOR  b.  Aug.  14,  1810. 

Joseph  Van  Cleaf  b.  Feb.  6,  1760  md.  Lienor  Schanck  b.  Feb.  19,  1760,  had 

12  chldr  : 

LENEAH  b.  Aug.  2,  1783.  ANN  b.  Feb  21,  178=;  md.  John  Schanck. 
LYDIA  b.  Dec.  23,  1786  md.  John  Lane.  BENJAMIN  b.  Aug.  22. 
1788  MARIA   b.   July    18,    1790   md.    Ruliff  Conover.  MAR- 

GARET b.  Sep.  19,  1792  md.  Cornelius  Aumack.  JOHN  b.  Oct.  29. 
1794  md.  Alice  Conover.  ELENER  b  Feb.  16,  1797  md  Ruliff  Con- 
over  as  his  2nd  w.         HARRIET  b.   Feb.   23,   1799  md.   Arthur  Van 

Dorn.         JOSEPH  b.  Feb.  19,  1801  md. Casler.         SARAH  JANE 

b.  July  10,  1804  d.  Mch.  7,  1875.  WILLIAM  b.  Dec.  13,  1806  md. 
Jane  Denise. 

William  G.  Denise  (Garret)  b.  Sep.  7,    1800  md.  Jan.   17,   1828  Sarah  Jane 

dau.  Joseph  &  Eleanor  (Schanck)  Van  Cleaf,  had  9  chldr  : 

HENRY  b.  May  25,  1829  d.  May  21,  1854.  ELIZABETH  b.  Aug. 
30,  1830  md.  Jan.  2,  1851  G.  Spafford  Reid.  SARAH  b.  June  10,  1832 
d.  Feb.  13,  1816.  Twins.  JOSEPH  b.  Mch.  26,  1834  d.  Feb.  18,  1836 
&  GARRET  b.  Mch.  26,  1834  d.  Mch.  4,  1836.  SARAH  b.  Feb.  20, 
1837.  GARRET  b.  Mch.  5,  18^9.  JOSEPH  b.  Julv  19,  1842  d. 
July  9,  1871  md.  Elizabeth  Applegate  d.  July  8,  1869.  'SIDNEY  b. 
Mch.  24,  1844  md.  Sep.  1871  Sarah  Jane  Vanderveer.  " 


412  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

In  connection  with  the  above  Notes  an  ancestral  tradition  nia}-  here  be 
given  as  told  by  R.  Perrine  Crai^,  of  Tennent  ; — Garret  Denise  lived  near 
the  Old  Tennent  chnrch  on  what  was  known  in  1902  as  the  ICphraim 
Laird  farm.  He  was  a  farmer  and  also  a  cofiin-maker.  It  is  told  of  him 
that  he  was  once  at  James  Rowne's  liome,  whose  mother  was  very  ill  and 
not  expected  to  live.  Charles  Craig;  in  the  evening-  had  come  in  from  a 
long  ride  in  the  rain  to  Amwell,  N.  J.  after  a  second  ])hysician  who  was  a 
son  of  Mrs.  Bowne.  .^s  Mr.  Craig  sat  by  the  fire  drying  his  clothes,  Mr. 
Denise,  who  did  not  feel  very  well,  complained  of  distress  in  his  head  and 
said  to  Mr.  Craig  "I  think  I  had  better  go  home  and  get  to  work  on  the 
coffin  for  INIrs.  Bowne.  for  it  will  keep  me  np  most  all  night  to  make  it  : 
and  I  think  I  can  gness  at  abont  what  size  it  nuist  be."  He  went  home 
and  made  the  coffin  for  Mrs.  Howne,  who,  to  the  surprise  of  all,  did  not 
die  bnt  recovered  and  lived  for  some  years  afterward  But  in  the  strange 
dispensations  of  human  life,  i\Ir.  Denise  had  no  sooner  made  the  coffin 
than  he  was  taken  sick  and  died  of  yellow  fever  within  a  few  days,  and 
Mr.  Charles  Craig  assisted  to  lay  him  in  the  coffin  he  had  unconsciously 
made  for  himself 


Frojii  a  research  furnished  by  James  W.  S.  Campliell,  Freehold,  N.  J. 

John  Campbell  b.  Nov.  6,  1719  d.  Mch.  31,  1804  s.  John  &  Bridget,  Mon- 
mouth N.  J.  md.  Jan.  22,  1746  Rachel  Walker  of  the  same  place,  had  5 
chldr.  all  baptized  in  the  Episcopal  ch  : 

GEORGE  W.  (Walker)  b.  Jan.  7,  1747  d.  Sep.  22,  179S  nnmariied  : 
commissioned  Surgeon  in  Hospital  at  Flving  Camp,  Continental 
Armv.  Apr.  11,  1777  &  served  to  June  20,  1780  ;  commissioned  Fhysi 
cian  &  Surgeon  in  General  Hospital  Sep.  20,  1781  ;  served  to  close  of 
Revolutionary  War:  Original  member  of  the  Societv  of  the  Cincinnati. 
JOHN  b.  Feb.  5,  1750  d.  Mch.  28,  1783.  DUNCAN  b.  1753  d.  Jan. 
12,  1813  served  as  private  in  Capt.  Waglum's  Co.  2d.  Regmt.  Middle- 
sex Co.  N.  J.  Militia  Sep.  16,  1777,  during  the  Revolutionary  War. 
ELIAS  b.  Dec.  10,  1755  d.  June  1774.  ELIZABETH  b.  Jan.  "1758  d. 
Sep.  1760. 

Rachel  Campbell  w.  John  d.  May  10,  1761.  Her  father  d.  Dec.  11,  1824  (?;, 
Jonn  Campbell  md.  2d.  Nov.  30,  1761  Hendrika  dan.  Wm.  &  Elizabeth 
Covenhoven,  b.  Apr.  12,  1726  d.  Dec.  7,  1805,  had  4  chldr.,  bajjtized  in  Old 
Tennent : 

RACHEL  b.  Dec.  20,  1762.  WILLIAM  b.  Jan.  20.  1765  served  as 
Drummer  &  Drum  Major  in  the  Mon.  Co.  N.  J  Militia,  during  the 
Revolutiouarv  War,  wounded  in  shoulder  in  Battle  of  Monmouth. 
ELIZABETH  b.  Dec.  10.  1767  d.  Sep.  18,  1769.  BENJAMIN  C.  b. 
Nov.  8,  1769  d.  Jan.  11,  18m. 

John  Campbell  was  commissioned  Ouartermaster  in  ist  Regmt.  Mon.  Co. 
N.  J.  Militia  An<r.  4.  1777  ;  resigned  Oct  9.  1777;  commissioned  Assistant 
Commissary  in  Hospital  at  Flying  Camp,  Continental  Army  Oct.  18,  1777; 
during  the  Revolutionary  War;  discharged  Dec.  i,  1780.  (See  "Stryker's 
Men  of  the  Revolution"  p.  161.)  John  Campbell,  Capt.  Holmes  Co  4th 
Battalion,  2nd  Ivstablishment,  2nd  Regmt,  transferred  to  invalid  corps. 
Continental  Army  June  11,  1780  discliaiged  Dec.  i,  1780  disability.  'Note 
of  J.  W.  S.  C."  I  think  John  b.  1719  was  Quartermaster,  &  his  s.  John,  of 
Capt.  Holmes  Co.  afterward  cominissioned  Commissary,  discharged  1783, 
as  this  John  d.  Mch.  28,  1783,  (although  dates  do  not  seem  to  correspond). 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  413 

A  certain  John  Campbell  was  one  of  the  Judo:es  or  Justices  of  the  Court  of 
Common  Pleas.  Monmouth  Co.  Oct.  1725  to  1744,  the  Court  Records  from 
that  date  to  1777  are  missing^. 

William  Campbell  b.  Jan.  20.  i765nul.  1787  Margaret  Cook  of  Terrineville, 

N.  J.  b.  Nov.  1 ,  1771.  had  9  chldr  : 

JOHN  b.  June  i,  1788  d.  July  27,  1823.  GEORGE  b.  May  17,  1791. 
RACHEL  b.  Aug-.  29,  170:5  d.  Oct.  23,  1793.  THOMAS  b.  Jan.  14, 
179s  d.  Nov.  8,  1829.  NANCY  b.  Nov.  4.  1798.  WHXIAM  b. 

Aug.  3,  1800  d.  Feb.  i.  1870.  MARIA  b.  Jan.  12,  1805.  CARO- 

LINE b.  Apr.  19,  1808.         RUE  b.  Apr.   24,  1S13  d.  Feb.  25,  1882. 

William  Campbell  b.  Aug.  3,  1800  md.  by  Rev.  John  Woodhull  May  21, 
1822  Hannah  Bowne  dan.  Peter  Bowne  by  his  ist  w.  Ann  Thompson  (2nd 
w.  Amelia  Craig)  b.  Apr.  3,  1805  d.  Mch.  13,  1886,  had  9  chldr: 

MARGARET  ANN.  JANE  THOMPSON.  HENRY.  PETER 

BOWNE.  AMELIA  AUGUSTA.  JOHN  THROCKMORTON.  WIL- 
LIAM.        MAIHA.         CAROLINE. 

Peter  Bowne  Campbell  md.  by  Rev.  Harry  Finch  June  15,  1853  Mary- 
Elizabeth  Schureman  dan.  James  &  Susan  (Wall)  Schureman,  had  5  chldr: 

JAMES  WALL  SCHUREMAN.  HANNAH  MATILDA.  WILLIAM 

DENISE.         HENRY  &  GP:ORGE  twins. 
James  Wall  Schureman  Campbell  md.  by  Rev.  Thaddeus  Wil.'^on  Nov.  27, 
1878  Mary  Valentine  dau.  Dennis  &  Ellen  (Bell)  Valentine,  had  5  children. 

James  Schureman  b.  Mch.  10,  1790  d.  May  12,  1877  md.  Susan  Wall  b. 
Jan.  21,  1785  d.  Apr.  13,  1880,  was  a  soldier  War  of  1812,  &  s.  of  James 
Schureman  of  New  Brunswick  N.  J.  b.  Feb.  12,  1756  d.  Jan.  22,  1824,  mem- 
ber Continental  Congress  1786-8  Federal  Congre.'^s  1789-1,  91-3.  97-9. 
1813-15;  U.S.  Senator  Feb.  14,  1799  to  Feb.  26,  iSoi;  Vice  President  of 
Council  of  New  Jersey  1812  (same  as  President  of  State  Senate). 


From  a  family  Bible  record  in  possession  of  W.  D.  Thompson,  West  Freehold, 
N.  J. 

Peter  Conover  b.  Jan.  11,  1712  md.  Dec.   17,    1735  Leah  Scank  b.   Dec.    24, 
1714. 

John  Conover  was  b.  Feb.  6,  1740.     Patience  Conover  was  b.  Mch.  29,  1742. 
Sarah  Conover  was  b.  Dec.  22,  1744  :  further  record  is  not  decipherable. 
Joseph  Thompson  b.  Dec.  11,  1745  d.  Aug.  5,   1808  md.  Sarah  Conover  b. 
Dec.  22,  1744  d.  May  13,  1826,  had  12  chldr  : 

THOMAS  b.  Aug.   n,    1767  d.  Jan.  26,   1822.         I'ETER  b    Apr.   12. 

1769  d.  June  1839.       ^ELIAS  b.  July  11,  1771.         JOSEPH  b.  Mch.  3, 

1773  d.  Aug.   14.    1774.        JOSEPH  b.  Nov.   27,    1774  d.  June  i,   1831. 

JOHN  b.  Sep.  29,  1776  WILLIAM  I.  b.  Mch.  19.  1779  d.  Mch.  25, 

1843  at  sunset.         F:LIN0R  b.  Apr.  3,  1781.        LEWIS  b.  Jan.  31,  1783. 

CORNELIUS    b.    Aug.    3,    1785.  CHARLES   b.    July     18,     1788. 

REUBEN  b.  Aug.  29,  1810. 
William  I.  Thompson  d.  Mch.  25,  1843  md.  Margaret  Denise  d.  July  5,  1856, 
had  6  chldr : 

CATHERINE  b.  Apr.  i,  1800.        DENISE b.  Sep.  23,  1F02.       JOSEPH 

CONOVER  b.  Oct.  23,  1804       CORNELIA  b.  Oct.  3,  1S06.        SIDNEY 

b.  Dec.  7,  1808.         WILLIAM  W.  b.  Mch.  6,  1816. 


4? 4  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

From  (lata  fiiinislicd  h\  Mrs.  E.  T.  Conover,  Tennent,  N.  J. 

Three  Ks^ert  brothers  came  from  Engfland  to  America  in  1700  :  one  settled 
in  Kentucky,  one  on  Staten  Island,  &  one  in  New  Jersey. 


From  data  furnished  by  Miss  Helen  D.  Grover,  Hightstown,  N.  J. 

John  I)e\-,  elder  in  Old  Ten.  1798,  was  s.  of  James  Dey  &  Dinah  ('rillyer); 
he  was  b  1741  d.  1H29  was  an  officer  in  Revolutionary  army;  md.  Mar}^ 
Baird  b.  1747  d.  1S37.  had  7  chldr.  one  of  whom  was  David  Baird  Dey  b. 
1789  d.  i860  md.  1st  P^lizabeth  Ivly  (S:  had  6  clildr.  md.  2nd  Mary  Dey  & 
had  3  chldr. 

William  De}',  eldtr  in  Old  Ten.  1822  was  j^randson  of  James  Dej'  and 
cousin  to  David  Baird  Dey. 


I'loin  data  furnished  by  John  A.  Okerson,  Englishtown,  N.  J. 

Three  Voorhees  brothers  came  from  Holland  to  America,  and  one  settled 
on  Long  Island,  one  at  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,  and  one,  Albert  Voorhees, 
settled  with  his  w.   near  Blue  Ball,  now  Adelphia,  Monmouth  Co.  N.  J: 

he  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  md.  Eliza,  or  Ellen? and  their 

children  were: 

ALBERT  (?).  HENDRICK    b.    Oct.    i,    1774   d.    Sep.   8,    1840. 

WILLIAM  b.  Mch.  20,    1782  d.  Jan.   28,    1839  md.    Ellenor  b. 

Mch.  26,  1781  d.  Dec.  30,  1854. 

Hendrick  Voorhees  md.  Dec.  4,  1796  Kesiah  Applegate  b.  Dec.  17,  1774  d. 
Pec.  5,  1856,  had  9  chldr: 

ELIZA  b.  Mch.  ;26,  1797  d.  May  5,  IH.'-jS.         ALBERT  b.  1798  d.  Feb.  8,  1879. 

JOHN.  HANNAH.  '  MAR(4AKET.  SARAH.  NANCY. 

ELLEN.         JOSEPH. 

Albert  Voorhees  md.  L^'dia ,  had  12  chldr  : 

HENDRICK.  DANIEL.  .JOSEPH.  JOHN.  WESLEY. 

CONOVER.         JACOB,  father  of  .Judge  Harry  Voorhees,  Cape  May  Co.  N.  J. 
JAMES.         KESIAH.         KATE.         LYDIA.         CHARLES  ALBERT. 

John  Voorhees  md.  Elizabeth  ,  had  11  chldr  : 

CORNELIUS.  ALEX.  JOHN  WESLEY.  JANE.  MARY. 

KESIAH.         ANN.         ELLENOR.       ABIGAL.       ELIZABETH.       LUCY. 

Joseph  Voorhees  b.  Sep.  11,  1819  md.  June  19,  1841  Rachel  Lvicas,  had  8 
chldr  : 

MARY  ELIZA.              MARGARET  ANN.  ABIGAL.             KESIAH. 

SARAH.         HENDRICK  B.         HANNAH  B.  LUCETTA. 


From  data  furnished  by  .lohu  A.  Okerson,  Euglishtown,  N.  J. 
A  certain  John  Okison  preached  in   Middletown  Church,   Mon.  Co.  1668. 

A  John  Okeson  came  to  Freehold  from  Hempstead  L.   I.    1698  served  on 
Grand  Jurj'  1707  was  Court  officer  1707-1708. 

Daniel  Okerson  s.  John,  b.  about  1730  md.  &  had  4  chldr  : 

NICHOLAS  who  served  in  tl)e  war.  DANIEL.  JOHN.  ANN  w. 

of  Kortenius  Patter.son. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  ,415 

Daniel  Okerson  b.  I/63  nul.  Reliecca  Clayton,  &  had  7  chklr  : 

PETEK.  JOHN   I).  ANN.  MARY.  DANIEL.  JAMES. 

DELILAH. 

Peter  Okerson  had  3  chldr  : 

IVINIS.         JACOB.         MARGARET. 

John  D   Okenson  b.  Sep.  23,  1795  md.  ist  Sep.  i,  1815  p;iizabelh  Voorhees, 
had  12  chldr : 

DANIEL  d.  young.  MARY  d.  young.  HENDRICK.  KESIAH. 

LYDIA  A.         DAVID.       JOHN  d."  young.       REBECCA.        MARGARET. 

WILLIAM.         ELIZABETH.         JOSEPH. 

Johh  D.  Okerson  md.  2nd  Abbie  Mount,  had  6  chldr: 

JOHN.     PHEBE  J.      EUPHAMY.     CHARLP^s.     EMMA  E. 
ELMER. 

'Daniel  Okerson  had  9  chldr: 

DANIEL.  DAVID.  CHARLES.  JOSEPH.  (4p:0RGE. 

ELIZAP5ETK.         MARY.         SAMUEL.         BARZILLAI. 

James  Okerson  b.  June  21,  iSos  md.  Sep.  20,    1827  Rhoda  Addison,  had  9 
Chldr  : 

MARY  A.         REBECCA.  DANIEL.  RANDOLPH.  JAMES  W. 

MARIA.         SARAH.         AMANDA.         ELIZABETH. 

Randolph  Okerson  b.  May  3,  1834  md.  Sarah  Ann  \"oorliees,  had  3  chldr  : 
JAMES.         SAMUEL.         JOHN. 

David  Okerson  b.  Apr.  2,  1825  s.  John   D.   &  Elizabeth   (\'<)orhees)  Oker- 
son, md.  Phebe  A.  Allen,  had  9  chldr: 

LIDIA  A.         MARY  E.         CHARLES  H.         JOHN  A.         WILLARD  L. 

ALBERT  V.         EMMA  J.         REBECCA  M.         LILIAN  S. 

William  Okerson  b.  May   10,    18^3  md.  Bithynia  McCntcheon   of  N.   Y. 
City,  had  6  chldr: 

CHARLES.  AMANDA.  GEORGE.  LEWIS.  WILLIAM. 

SUMNER. 

Joseph  Okerson  b.  Mch.  21,  1839  md.  Sarah  DeHeart,  had  3  chldr: 
ELIZABETH.         WILLIAM.         ANNIE. 


From  a  Family  Bible  in  possession  of  Mrs.  Margaret  A.  Lucas,  Tennent,  N.  J. 

Barent  Hagerman  b.  Oct.  20,  1770  d.  Jan.  10,  1852  md.  Sep.  19,    17 —  Mary 

b.  Sep.  27,  1777,  had  9  chldr  : 

DOLLANCEb.  Dec.  15.  1796.  RICHARD  b.  Dec.  9.  1798.  JACOB 
b.  June  26,  1801.  LEANOR  b.  Mch.  7,  1805.  CHARLES  b.  July 
16,  1807.  JOHN  b.  May  3,  1809.  DANIEL  b  Apr.  12,  1812  d. 
Apr.    10,    1851.  BARENT    b.    Mch.    17,    1816   d.   June    26,    1816. 

JAMES  b.  Sep.  22,  1817  d.  Apr.  3,  1856. 


From  a  genealogical  record  in  posse.'^sion  of  Mrs.  John  R.  Sutphen,  Tennent, 
N.  J. 

Derick  Janse  Van  Zutphen  came  to  America  1651  from  Zutphen,  Holland  ; 
owned  farm  at  New  Utrecht,  L.  I  d.  1706  md.  Lysbeth  J.  Van  Nuys,  had 
II  chldr : 


4i6  HISTORY  OF   OLD   TKNNKNT. 

■HKNDRICKII';  li.  n.Si    md.    Hfiijainin    XanCUcf.         JACOB  b.    1684 
111(1    Anlie  Beniu-l  JAN  d.   voiinj?.         JAN   b.    iG.Sy  ind.    luigeltie 

Bennet.  GKHRTjlCl)    1689  d.  \  onus:.  DERRICK  nid.  Marjjaret 

Van  Pelt  (iUvSBHRT  1).    1693'  iiidMieerlrui   \'an  I'elt.         KLvSIE 

iiid.  Ilannun  (ienitst-  *  ABRAHAM!).   1696.  ISAAC  probably 

d.  vouiij,'.         I^LIZABHTH  1).  1699  ind.  Daniel  Lane. 
Abraham  Zutplien  went  fioin  Lono^  Island  to  Staten  Island  »S:  from  there 
■came  to  Freehold  N.  J.  al)imt  1719,  nul.  Maria  Barkelovv,  had  11  chldr  : 

*  DKRICK    b.    1710.  (iiili:TlK    h.    1721.  ELIZABETH    h.    1723. 

ABRAHAM    b.    172(i   d.    vouiifi.         MARIA    b.    1727.         ANTJE   b.    1729 
.JANNET.JE    1731.         .JOHN    1734.  ABK'AHAM    1737.         JACOB    1739. 

COKNELIUS  1741. 

Derick  Sutphen  wa.s  bap    in  i.st  R.  1)    Ch.  Fieehold  i/u^d.  1794  md.  Mary. 
or  Maria  Lonjj.stret  t.  hmi  4clildi  ; 

CATHRINA  b.  171:'..  ABRAHAM  b.  1745.        MAlx'IAb.  1748.         *AARON 

D.  b.  Dec.  14,  17(il. 

Aaron- D.  Sutphen  d.  Oct.  8,  1846  nid.  ist  1782  Sarah  Chasey  d.  1797.     md. 
2nd  1799  Jane  Voorhee.s  d.  1843  '■  had  b}'  his  ist  vv.  6  chldr  : 

JOHN  b.  1783  md.  Mary  Smith.         *  DERICK  b.  Sep.  3,  1785.         MARY  b. 

1788.         SARAH  b.  17!)().  ANN  b.  1794.  MARTHA  b.  179(>. 

Derick  Sutphen  d.  Jan.  n,   1S42  md.  Elizabeth  Meyers  b.  1790  d.  1836,  had 
5  chldr: 

*JOHN  R.  b.  Dec.  25.    181 1   d    Nov.    17,    1900  md.    1850  Catherine  B. 

Herbert.  AARON     b.     181 3    md.     Mary     ConovVr.  JANE. 

WILLIAM   B    b     iN2i   md.    Hannah   Krrickson  KLIZABKTH   d. 

young. 


From  a  family  Register  in  poissession  of  Miss  Mary  E.   Robinson,   West  Free- 
hold, N.  .1. 

James  Smalley  b.   May  20,    1792  d.  Sep.    10,    1856  md.   I{sther  F.mmons  b. 
Feb.  20,  1790,  had  7  chldr: 

URIAH    BONAIIAM  b.  Dec.  19,  1H15.  ISAAC  CONOVER  b.  Nov.  3,  1817. 

LEWIS  b.  Auji.  13,  1823.         JAMES  ENGLISH  b.  Oct.  29,   1824.  MARY 

ELIZAI'.ETH  b.  Jan.  1,  182(>.  HANNAH  b.  Feb.  11,  1829.  ELE.ANOR 

CONOVER  b.  Nov.  13,  1830  d.  Jan.  14,  189(i. 

Job  Emmons  d.  Jan.  10,  1817  aged  65  yrs.  7  mos.  3  da.  md.  Hannah  

d.  Feb.  2,  1824  aged  64  yrs.  10  mos.  13  da. 


From  a    I'.ibje  record  in  jxisscssioii  i>f  Miss  Mary    E.    Robinson,    West   Free- 
hold,   N.  .1. 

James  Robinson  (was  the  s.  of  Joseph  who  was  the  s.  of  James)  b.  May  30, 
1769  d.  June  I,  1844  md.  Jan.  20.  179!  Fvlizabeth  Conover  b.  Aug.  12,  1772 
d.  Feb.  21.  1856,  had  10  chldr: 

J0SF:PH  b.  Dec.  1,  1791  d.  Mav  21,  1844  "I'L  Ann  Conover.         JANE 
b.  Oct.  18,  1794  d.  Feb.  4,  1842'ind.    Thomas  Cook.  JOHN  b.  Apf. 

25.  1797^1    June  5.    184S.  ELEANOR  1)    Oct.  5.   1799  d.   Dec.  11, 

1874  md.  Wni.  Lefferson.         liUNICE  b.  Dec.  31,  1801  d.  Oct.  13,  1824. 
JAMICS  b.  Ai)r.  7,  1804  d.  Mav  7,  1808.  WILLIAM  H.  b.    June  7, 

i8o6d   Jan.  15,   1881  md.   Saiali    Lefferson.  lUTZABirrH   b.  June 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  417 

25,  1.^09  d.  Jan.  26,  1864.  ROBERT  CONOVP:r  b.  July  4,  1812  d. 

Dec.  I,  1892  nid.  Oct.  2,  1853  Eleanor  C.  Snialle}'.  JAMES  b.  Sep. 

21,  1815  d    Nov.  14,  rS6o. 

Ellen  Smock,  half  sister  to  James  Robin.son,  d.  Jan.  2-],  1877. 


From  a    Bible  record  in    posse.ssion  of  INJiss   Mary  E.    Robinson,    West   Free- 
hold,  N.  J. 

Thomas  Hicks  b.  Jul}'  10,  1703  d.  July  15,  1780  nid.   Charits-  vSteven.son  b. 
Sep.  23,  1708  d.  Nov.  15,  1789,   had  7  chldr: 

GEORGE    b.  Nov.  10,   173V  JAMES  b.   May  22,    17^5  d.  Sep.  3. 

1735.         JAMES  2nd  b.  july  15,  1736  d.  July  12,  1738.         OLIVER  b. 

Sep.  26,  1738.  AHKtAIL  b.   Mch.   22,   1740  d.   Apr.   22,    1803    md. 

John.son.         ANNE  b.  Apr.  30,  1744  d.  Oct.  3.  1767.         EVAN 

b.  Sep.  22,  1747  or  1767  the  figure  is  mixed. 

Margaret  Stevenson  Hicks  b.  Jan.  30,  1776  d.  Aug.  19,  1780. 


From  data  furnished  by  Mrs.  B.  C.  Preston,  Newark,  N.  .1. 

Joseph  Preston  b.  Mch.  21,  1805  d.  Feb.  i,  1882  md.  hy  Rev.  Mr.  McLean 
Sep.  22),  1834  Elizabeth  Conover  b.  July  9,  1813  d.  Feb.  24,  1871,  had  9 
chldr: 

SARAH  MATILDA  b.  Aug.  r,  1835  d.  July  8,  1857.         ELIZABETH 
b.  Dec.  19,  1836  d.  Jan.  1837  BENJAMIN  CONOVER  b.  Mch.  14, 

1838  d.  Nov.  13,  1903.  WILLIAM  b.  Oct.  31,  1840  d.  Sep.  i,    1841. 

ELENORA.    '     ROBERT  ROY.       LAURA  VIRGINIA       JOSEPH 
HENRY  b.  Aug.  26,  i8_i9  d.  Nov.  16,  i860.         MARY  ELIZABETH. 


From  a  copied  record  in  a  volume  of  Scotts  Commentary  in  possession  of  Mr. 
D.  V.  Perrine,  Freehold,  N.  J. 

Jacob  Scudder   b.  Nov.  29,   1707  d.  May  31,   1772  md.  Aug.  5,    1731  Abia 

b.  May  23,  1708  d.  May  15,  1791,  had  6  chldr: 

NATHANIEL  b.  May  10,  1733  at  9  in  the  morning  d.  Oct.  15,  1781. 
PHOEBA  b.  Aug.  2,  1734  at  7  in  the  morning  d.  1807.  LUCRE  ITA 
b.  Mch.  19,  1737  at  I  in  the  morning.  WILLIAM    b.  Apr.  6,    1739 

at  8  in  the  morning  d.  Oct.  31,  1793.  LEMUEL  b.  Apr.  30,  1741  at 

2  in  the  morning  d.  July  9,  1806.  RUTH   b.  Oct.  27,    1745  at  10  in 

the  morning  md.  Aug.  18,  1772  Kenneth  Anderson  who  was  b,  June 
8.    1742. 


From  a  paper  written  1871  by  Miss  A.  M.  Woodhnll,  Freehold.  N.  J. 

"At  Perth  Ambov,  March  30,  1736  d.  in  the  7i,st  yr.  of  his  age,  after  a 
short  illness  the  Honorable  John  Ander.con,  Fres.  of  his  Majesty's  Council. 
&  Commander-in  Chief  of  this  Province  of  N.  J.,  which  station  he  held 
but  18  days.  He  w-as  a  gentleman  of  the  strictest  honor  &  integrity, 
greatly  valued  &  lamented  b}-  all  his  accjuaintances."  Commandtd  the 
"Caledonia"  on  her  first  trip'to  this  Country  in  1698;  md.  Anna  dau.  John 
Reid  of  Monmouth;  he  is  bur.  in  Topanemus  yard  ;  had  a  son, — 

Col.  KENNETH,  of  Manalapan,   Mon.   Co.   b.   May  18,  1710  d.  .Mch. 

18,  1806. 


■4i8  HISTORY    OF   OLD  TRNNENT. 

Col.  Kenneth  An<!er.'^f)n  md.  «S:  had  only  one  child: 
ISABELLA  b.  July  6,  1737  d.  Dec.  24.  1782. 

Isabella  Anderson  nid.  Mch.  23,  1757  Hon.  Nathaniel  Scudder,  M.  D. 
(s.  of  Col.  Jacob  Scudder  of  N.  J.)  h.  JMay  10,  1733  shot  by  a  part}'  of 
Refugees  at  Shark's  River  near  Shievvsbury,  N.  J.  Oct.  iS,  17N1,  grad. 
Princ.  Coll.  1751,  nieniher  of  the  Continental  Congress  1777,  '78,  '79,  dele- 
gate from  N.  J.  to  form  the  "Articles  of  Confederation"  between  the 
United  States  July  9.  1778;  he  lived  on  what  is  now  the  Livingston  DuBois 
farm  at  Manalapau,  had  5  chldr: 

Hon.  JOHN  ANDERSON,  M.  D.  b.  Mch.  22,  1759  grad.  Princ.  Coll. 
1775  removed  to  Kentucky  jSo6,  served  a  number  of  years  in  the  As- 
sembly of  N.  J.  &  was  a  Representative  in  Conjj;ress  from  N.  J.  for 
the  unexpired  term  of  James  Cox  who  d.  1810  (see  Lamman's  Direc- 
tory of  Congress),  nid.  Elizabeth  Wikoff  d.  1846,  had  8  chldr. 
JOSEPH  Escp  of  Freehold,  N.  J.  b.  Feb  12,  1762  d.  Mch.  5,  1843  Srad. 
Princ.  Coll.  1778  a  lawyer,  vSurrogate  of  Mon.  Co.  1794-97,  Clerk  of 
County  1798-1807  md.  Nov.  24,  1788  Maria  dan.  Col.  Philip  Johnston 
of  New  Brunswick  N.  J.  b.  June  15,  1769  d.  Dec.  21,  1858,  had  14  chldr: 
HANNAH  b  Aug.  16'  1763  d.  Dec.  9,  1834  md.  Oct.  17"!  1787  Col,  \Vm. 
Wikoff  (s.  Jacob  Esqr.  of  freehold)  Aide-de-camp  to  Gen.  Washington 
at  Battle  Monmo\ith,  bv  whom  he  was  "Colonel"  at  the  close  of  the 
War.  b.  .Alch.  t6,  1756  d.    May  8,   1824,  had  7  chldr.  KENNETH 

ANDERvSON  b.  Aug.  21,  1765  removed  to  Tennessee  about  1808  md. 
Elizabeth  Lill\-  niece  of  Joseph  Cook  Esq,  of  Manalapan.  LYDIA 
b.  Oct.  27,  1767  md.  David  English  Esq.  of  Georgetown  D.  C.  grad. 
Princ.  Coll.  1789,  no  children. 


From  Record  leaves  loaned  by  Mrs.  Helen  M.  Wakefield,   P^nglishtown,  N.  .T. 
some  pieces  in  the  record  had  been  lost. 

John  Llo\d  b.  June  2t,.  1723  d.  Oct.  14,  1784  md,  Catharine  Craig  b.  June 
23.  1727  d.  Aug.  5,  1789,  had  2  chldr  : 

ANNA  b.  Apr.  12,  1746.         MARGARET  b.  Apr.  9,  1748. 
Anna  Anderson  d,  Feb.  17,  1815  in  her  69th  3r.     John  Anderson  d.  June  7, 
1797  in  his  68th  yr. 

John  Lloyd  Anderson  b.  Mch.  2,  1766  md.  Nov,  19,  1789  Mar}-  Rue  b  Aug. 
28,  1773,  had  chldr  : 

ANNA  LLOYD  b.  Mch.  17,  1792.         JOHN  LLOYD  b    May  9,    1794. 

PHEBE  RUE  b.  Sep.   18,    1796.         HANNAH   BOUND  b.    Nov.    10. 

1798.         PEGGY  b.  Feb.  3,  1801.         CATHARINE  LLOYD  b.   Ang. 

6, .         MARY  RAYE  Apr.  14,  .         I'lJZA  b.  Julv  i.  1S08. 


Mathias  Rue  Anderson  b,  .Sunday  l'v\>.   17,  1811. 

Moses  vSproule  Anderson  b,  Eriday  July  9,  1813. 

Amanda  Gordon  Anderson  b,  Sunday  Ma}-  12,  1816  in  the  cith  of  Trenton. 

[ Ann  Hutchinson  r.son  b   P'eb.  18.  18 on  Mill  Hill 

Township N.  J.] 


The  ages  of  Mathias   Rue  and  Phebe  his  w,  formerly  Phebe  Comlxs  the 
parents  of  Mary  Anderson  w,  John  L.  Anderson  as  follows:  Mathias  Rue 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  419 

b.  Apr.  27,  1752.  Phebe  Rue  b.  Aug.  24,  1752.  Cathariue  Lloj'd  An- 
derson b.  Aug.  6,  1803.  Mary  Rave  Anderson  b.  Apr  14,  1806.  Eliza 
Anderson  b.  July  i,  1808.         Sarah  Ann  Hutchinson  b.  Mch    18,  1820. 


Anna  Anderson  md.  Garret  Davison  May  9,  1810.  Phebe  Anderson  nid. 
Joseph  Laird  Apr.  23,  1814.  Hannah  Anderson  nid.  Joseph  Perine  Oct. 
7,  1819.         Margaret  Anderson  rad.  Alex.  W.  Phillips  Apr.  20,  1822. 


Amanda  Gordon  Anderson  d.  Sunday  June  29,  1817  at  Mill  Hill,  Burling- 
ton Co.  her  remains  are  deposited  in  I  he  Baplis  Church  in  this  place. 
Sarah  Ann  Hutchinson  Anderson  d.  Saturday  Mch.  18,  1820  at  Mill  Hill, 
Burlington  Co.  her  remains  are  deposited  in  the  Baptis  Church  in  this 
place. 

James  Anderson  d.  Friday  June  25,  1824  in  his  46th  yr.  Mathias  Rue 
father  of  Mary  Anderson  d.  Thursday  June  22.  1820. 


Births  of  John  &  Anna  Anderson's  chldr  : 

LEWIS  h.  Sep.  :32,  1763.         J.   L.  ta.  Mch.  2.    17(J(J.  LEWIS  Oct.   (i,   17GH 

CATHARINE  b.  July  27,  1771.  ELIZABETH  b.  May  3,  1774.  ANNA 
b.  Oct.  14,  1774.  JAMES  b.  Sep  20,  1778.  URSULA  b.  Jan.  14,  1781. 
MARGARET  b.  Apr.  7,  1782.         PEGGY  b.  Sep.  15,  1787. 


From   data    funiislied    l)y   Prof.    Harold    W.    .rolm^^ton,    Indiana    University, 
Bloomington,   Indiana. 

James  Johnston  md.   Apr.   24.    1755  Jeannette,=Jane,   (raston   b.  June   11, 
1731,  had  7  chldr: 

WILLIAM.         ELIZABETH.        SARAH.        -DANIELL.        .lEANNETTE. 

JAMES.         GASTON. 

Daniel  Johnston  md.  Sarah  Kirkpatrick,  had  8  chldr: 

ANDREW.  JANE.  -JAMES  THOMPSON.  ELIZABETH. 

LAVINIA.         SARAH  ANN.         DANIEL.         CAROLINE. 

James  Thompson  Johnston  md.  Mary  Whetstone  Haines,  had  3  chldr. 

*DEAVITT  CLINTON.         WILLIAM  WIRT.         JOHN  HERRING. 
DeWitt  Clinton  Johnston  md.  Margretta  Bower,   had  3  chldr: 

WILLIAM  WIRT.         JAMES  BOWER.         -HAROLD  WHETSTONE. 
Harold  Whetstone  Johnston  md.  Eugenia  Hinrichsen,  had  7  chldr: 

MARY.  KATHEKINE.  EUGENE  HINRICKSEN.  HAROLD 

BAUER.         LOUISE.         EDWARD  SCOTT.         ANN  WYATT. 

From  a  manuscript  record  in  possession  of  Mrs.  Wm.  Rogers,  Teuneut,  N.  J. 

Christopher   Vanartsdalen  b.  Apr.   15,    1723  md.  Oct.  26,    1748  Elizabeth 
Krewson  b.  Aug.  23,  1728,  had  6  chldr: 

HENRY  b.  Oct.  4,  1749  d.  young.  SIMON  b.  Oct.  2:,,  1752  d.  Jan. 

1808.  ALICE    b.   Aug.  23,    1755.  JANE   b.   Aug.   3,    1757. 

HENRY  2nd  b.  July  16,  1759  was  taken  prisoner  at  Fort  Washington 
in  1776  and  fell  a  martyr  in  the  American  Revolution  :  taken  a  priso- 
ner at  Fort  Washington  and  exchanged  d,  Dec.  1776.  JACOB  C. 
b.  May  11,  1762. 


420  HISTORY   OF  OLD   TKNNENT. 

Jacob.  C.  X'anartsdalcn  b.  Ma}-  ii,  [762  came  from  Pennsylvania  into 
Mon.  Co.  md.  Nov.  9,  1788  Sarah  dau.  Coll.  15arnes  Smock,"  Middletovvn 
b.  Nov.  6,  1766,  had  8  chldr: 

HENRY  KKiaVSON  b.  Oct.  3,  1789.  ELICANOR  b.  Aug.  11.  1792. 
Twins.  CHRISTOPHER  b.  Oct  27,  1795  d.  June  19,  1796  &  BARNES 
SMOCK  b.   Oct.   27,  179s.  SIMON^b.  Nov.  7.  1798.  SALLY 

ANN  1).  Jnne26,  1802  CORNELIUS  SMOCK  b.  Julv  6,    1805  d. 

!\Iav  II.  1818  in  the  marl  pit  of  his  grandfather  bv  the  caving  m  of 
the  bank.         ELIZA   JANE  b.  Apr.  18,  1808. 

l-Cli/.a    Jane's    child    bom    Sunday    May   9,    1828   named   Thomas     Cotlin 

Yanarlsdalen. 

Henr\-  Coffin    Perry  md.  July    17,    1822  to  Sally    Ann    Yanartsdaleii    dau. 

Jacob  C.  &  Sarah,  h.ul  2  chldr: 

GEORGE  HENRY  b.  Mcli.  19,  1833.         ANSON  B.\LI)WIN  h.  July  :2S,  1H25. 

Barnes  S.  Yanartsdaleii  b.  Oct.  20,  1795  md.  June  13,  1818  Phebe  Tway  b. 
June  I,  1797,  had  5  chldr: 

SARAH  b.  May  23,   1821.         WILLIAM  HENRY  b.   Nov.   26,    1824. 

JOHN  1).  Nov.  5.  1826  d.  Feb.  6,  1828  &  Thomas  Sertjeant  preached  the 

funeral  sermon  from  text  The  living  know  that  they  must  die.       JOHN 

2nd.  b.  Jan.  30,  1829.         MARY  b.  Jan.  5,  1832. 


From  a  manuscript  record  in  the  possession  of  Peter  Forman,  Manalapan,  N.  J. 

John  Ely  (who  was  b.  in  a  few  days  after  his  parents  arrived  in  this  coun- 
try fiom  England)  b.  Oct.  i,  1707  md.  1st  Phebe  Allison  b.  July  26,  1712, 
md.  2nd  Sarah  Worfed,  md.  3rd  Deborah  Hammell  b.  Ma}'  28,  1729.  John 
Ely  &  his  w.  Phebe  had  10  chldr  : 

JOHNb  Mch.3,  1732  fifth  day  of  week  at  I  o'clock  p.  M.  RICHARD 
b.  Apr.  29,  1733  first  day  of  week  10  o'clock  a.  m.  PHEBE  b  Dec. 
17,  1734  second  day  of  week  at  9  o'clock  p.  m.  MARY  b.  Aug.  3, 
1736  lliird  day  of  week  at  5  a.  m.  WILLIAM  b"  June  10,  1738  first 
day  of  week  at  5  o'clock  a.  m.  JOSIIli  A  b.  June  2,  1740  second  day 
of  week  at  8  o'clock  p.  M.  IS.-VAC  b.  July  3,  1742  sixth  day  of  week 
at  6  o'clock  A.  M.  ALLISON  b.  July  23,  1744  second  day  of  week 
at  5  o'clock  A.  M.  PHEBP^  b.   Apr.   19.  1749  sixth  day  of  week  at 

10  o'clock  A.  M  JOSPvPH  b.  Aug.  19,  1751  second  day  of  week  at 

4  o'clock  p.  M. 


The  following  is  a  paper  prepared  by  Rev.  John  H.  Wyckoff  of  India  (Brother 
to  Rev.  Garret  Wyckoff  of  Ilolnidel,  N.  J.  )  and  read  Oct.  19,  1 905  on  Wyckoff  Hill 
at  the  Wyckoff  Reunion. 

The  common  ancestor  of  the  W}ckoff  famil\  in  this  conntr}  was  Pieler 
Claesen,  literally  Pieler  the  son  of  Claes,  who  came  from  Plolland  in  1636. 
"We  have  not  clear  evidence  as  to  who  Pieter's  father  was  except  that  his 
name  was  Claes  Cornelissen — Claes  the  son  of  Cornelius — and  that  he 
Settled  at  P'latlands.  L.  I.,  soon  after  his  arrival  in  the  above  year.  The 
majority  of  the  Dutch  at  that  time  used  no  surname.  A  man  simply  took 
his  father's  Christian  name.  Thus  Cornelius,  the  son  of  Claes,  was  called 
Claes  Cornelissen ;  and  Pieter,  the  son  of  Claes,  become  Pieter  Claesen. 
As  there  were  several  other  emigrants  bearing  the  name  of  Claes  and  Cor- 
nelius, it  has  bten  found  impossible  as  yet  to  identify  the  original  immi- 
grant, or  trace  him  back  to  the  old  cour.tix  .      We  li.ive  iheielore  to  start 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  421 

with  his  son  Pieter,  who  was  nine  3'ears  of  age  when  he  landed  at  New 
Amsterdam.  Tliis  we  know  to  be  correct  as  we  have  his  own  statement 
that  he  was  of  tliat  age,  in  his  oath  of  allegiance  to  the  British  King. 
Pieter's  father,  like  nearly  all  the  emigrants  of  that  time  was  probably  a 
farmer.  Whether  he  had  property- is  not  known.  Pieter,  liowever,  must 
have  been  a  30ung  man  oi^  energy  and  thrift,  for  in  a  few  }ears  he  became 
the  wealthiest  man  in  Flatlands,  and  1655.  at  the  age  of  28,  superintended 
the  bouery  and  cattle  of  Governor  Peter  vStujvesant.  The  entrv  in  the 
colonial  record,  dated  July  10,  1655  reads:  "Peter  Claesen  agreed  to  fodder 
and  winter,  according  to  custom,  all  the  cattle  which  Petrus  Stuvvesant 
has  at  present  in  his  bowery  at  Amersfoot  (the  Dutch  name  for  Flatlands); 
also  to  sow  all  the  land  that  is  fit  for  sowing,  provided  that  he  deduct  from 
the  rent  the  grain  sown  thereon.  P'or  said  service  the  sum  of  325  gr;  to 
leave  the  manure  of  his  own  and  the  general's  in  the  bowery." 

He  was  Magistrate  of  F'latlands  for  the  years  1655,  1656,  165S,  1662,  1663 
and  in  Februarv  1664.  He  was  likewise  one  of  the  representatives  of  the 
convention  held  at  ]Midwout  (now  Flatbush)  for  the  purpose  of  sending  a 
delegation  to  Holland  to  lay  before  theStates  general  and  West  India  com- 
compan}'  the  distressed  state  of  the  country.  He  was  also  one  of  the 
patentees  in  the  town  charters  of  1667  and  1686.  He  married,  about  1649 
Gretie,  daughter  of  Hendrick  Van  Ness  and  on  November  27,  1650.  his  first 
child,  a  daughter,  was  baptised  in  the  old  Collegiate  church.  New  York,  as 
that  was  then  the  only  church  organization,  the  church  at  F'latlands  not 
being  organized  until  1654.  His  second  child,  a  daughter,  was  also  bap- 
tised in  New  York,  Judilh  Bayard,  wife  of  the  Governor,  being  one  of  the 
witnesses.  All  the  other  children,  one  daughter  and  seven  sons,  in  all  ten 
were  baptised  at  Flatlands,  of  which  church  he  was  one  of  the  charter 
members,  and  under  which  he  is  said  to  be  buried.  Unfortunately  the 
early  records  of  this  church  have  been  lost. 

All  of  the  ten  children  married  into  families  that  have  entered  largely 
into  the  history  of  the  church  and  state  of  this  country.  We  need  onlv 
mention  the  names,  (i)  The  eldest,  Annetje,  married  Roelif  Martensen 
Schenck,  and  for  her  numerous  descendants  consult  the  Schenck  geneal- 
^SY-  (2)  Ma3'ken  (INIaria,)  became  the  wife  of  William  Williamson,  and 
was  the  mother  of  all  the  New  York  and  New  Brunswick  Williamsons,  as 
the  record  of  the  Williamson  Dutch  branch,  by  James  A.  Williamson  will 
show.  (3)  Geertie,  the  thirddaughter,  married  Christofferjansen  Rome3-n, 
a  family  which  has  given  several  distinguished  ministers  to  our  church. 
(4)  Claes,  the  eldest  son,  took  for  his  wife  Sarah,  daughter  of  Peter  Mont- 
fort,  and  was  the  progenitor  of  the  Wyckoffs  who  make  up  so  much  of  the 
history  of  the  West  Branch  in  Pennsylvania,  and  also  in  Hunterdon  county. 
New  Jersey.  (5)  Cornelius  married  Gertrude,  daughter  of  Simon  VanArs- 
dale,  and  is  the  ancestor  of  manj-  of  the  Wyckofi"s  of  Long  Island  not  only, 
but  of  those  who  bear  that  name  in  New  Brunswick  and  Middlebush,  New 
Jersey-  (6)  Hendrick,  having  no  children,  adopted  his  nephew  Johannes 
Williamson,  on  condition  that  he  took  the  surname  of  Wvckoflf,  and 
through  him  became  the  ancester  of  the  Newtown  W^xkoffs.  (7)  Garrett, 
married  Catherine  Nevius,  of  whom  we  shall  speak  later.  (8)  Martin, 
married  Hannah  Williamson.  (9)  Pieter,  married  Willemtje  vSchenck. 
(10)  Jan  B.,  Feb.  16,  1665,  married  Neltie,  daughter  of  William  Kouwen- 
hoven. 

Shortly'  after  the  cession  of  New  York  to  the  English  in  1664  Pieter 
Cleasen  adopted  the  surname  of  Wyckofif.  The  word  in  Dutch  is  a  double 
one — Wyk-hof.  W\  k  means  a  place  of  refuge,  and  also  the  ward  of  a  cit}'. 
The  primarj'  signification,  was  a  home  or  dwelling  place.     The  word  is 


422  HISTORY  OF   0Lr3   TP:NNENT. 

almost  idfulical  with  the  (ireek  oikos — house,  and  has  probably  the  same 
orijj^in.  Thus  Bruvnsvvick,  meant  orit^inalh-  Ikown's  hoiuse.  Ilof  means 
a  court,  and  ai)pears  in  the  name  Hoffman,  meaning'  in  English,  courtier. 
Wyk  hof  doubtless  meant  primarily  household  courtier,  in  distinction 
from  those  who  were  further  removed  from  the  chief  court  of  the  realm. 
It  is  to  be  regretted,  we  think,  that  the  Dutch  spelling  of  the  name  Wyk- 
hof  was  not  retained,  for  the  name  is  now  spelled  in  Eng'lish  in  at  least 
six  different  ways  :  Wyckoff,  Wykoff.  Wicoff,  Wikoff,  Wickoff,  and 
strange  to  say,  one  branch  .cpells  it  Wycough.  Strange,  I  sa}-,  and  yet 
not  so  strange,  for  when  the  vaiious  branches  left  Long  Island  and  separ- 
ated thev  were  still  using  the  Dutch  language.  Afterwards  when  the}- 
began  to  adopt  the  Rnglish.  they  spelt  the  name  without  consultation 
with  the  other  branches,  atul  Wycough  ])robably  comes  as  near  to  the 
original  Dutch  as  W\ckoff.  The  three  branches  of  the  family  that  settled 
in  Monmouth  county.  New  Jersey,  of  which  our  own  is  one,  adopted  the 
S])elling  Wikoff,  while  the  Long  Island  and  vSomerset  county  branches, 
chose  Wyckoff.  Our  father  spelt  the  name  Wikoff  until  about  1862,  when 
he  changed  to  Wyckoff,  a  wise  change  in  our  estimation,  for  there  is  no 
doubt  but  that  the  form  Wyckoff  will  prevail,  and  we  advise  all  the 
Wyckoffs,  who  are  not  hindered  1)\-  legal  limitations,  to  adopt  that  mode 
of  spelling. 

Our  immediate  ancestor  was  Garret,  more  correct!}-  (Territt,  the  seventh 
child  and  fourth  son  of  Pieter  Claeson.  He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  in 
1687,  and  was  married  about  1691,  to  Catharine  daughter  of  Johannes 
Nevius,  the  common  ancestor  of  the  Nevius  family  in  this  country  His 
name  appears  on  the  assessment  roll  of  Flatlands  in  1693,  showing  him 
to  be  possessed  in  his  own  right  of  considerable  property.  In  1699,  he 
was  one  of  five  who  purchased  1,000  acres  of  land  at  Marlboro,  Monmouth 
county,  and  possibly  intended  to  settle  there  with  his  brothers  I'eter  and 
John,  but  he  never  left  the  island,  having  died  comparatively  young. 
His  will  is  dated  October  9,  1704,  an  abstract  of  which  is  as  follows  : — "In 
the  name  of  God  Amen,  this  9th  day  of  October,  1704,  Re  it  known  that  I 
Ciarret  Wyckoff,  of  Flatlands  in  Kings  county,  on  the  Island  of  Nassau, 
being  at  present  very  sick  and  weak,  I  leave  to  my  loving  wife  Catharine, 
all  estate  of  houses  and  lands  during  her  life,  and  12  acres  of  land  within 
the  limits  of  Ciravesend.  But  if  she  remarry  then  an  inventory  is  to  be 
made,  and  my  eldest  son  Peter  shall  have  half  the  houses  and  lands  when 
he  is  of  age,  and  the  other  half  after  my  wife's  decease,  and  he  is  to  pay 
to  the  other  children,  namely  Gretie,  Adriane,  Amke,  Marytie,  and  Jonica 
^450.  I  give  to  my  son  Peter  a  silver  tankard,  and  my  plows  and  har- 
rows, and  all  the  tackling  to  a  farm,  the  testator  makes  provision  for  an 
expected  child.  I  make  my  loving  friends  and  brothers.  Claes  Wyckoff, 
Hendrick  Wyckoff,  Peter  Wyckoff,  Garret  Stoothof,  and  Peter  Nevius,  my 
executors,  and  they  shall  sell  a  12  acre  lot  of  land,  lying  at  Ambrose  Is- 
land located  in  the  town  of  Gravesend." 

The  "unborn  child"  mentioned  in  the  will  is  of  particular  interest  to  us, 
for  it  was  he  who  became  our  ancestor  and  about  whose  grave  we  gather 
to-day.  He  was  born  at  the  end  of  1704,  and  his  father  lived  till  he  was 
two  years  old,  as  the  will  was  not  proved  until  July  12,  1707.  He  was 
named  Garrett  for  his  father,  and  grew  up  without  a  father  to  counsel 
him.  In  172S  he  married  Altie  (iarretson.  and  followed  his  two  uncles — 
Peter  and  John — to  Monmouth  county.  New  Jersey,  probably  occupying 
the  land  that  his  father  had  purchased  in  1699.  His  uncle  Peter  had  set- 
tled at  Middletown,  and  was  an  elder  in  the  Brick  church  of  Marlboro 
in  1709. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  423 

John,  the  other  lirother,  married  Nellie  Coweiihoven.  He  .sold  his  land 
at  Flatland.s  to  Corneliu.s  Coert  Van  Voorhees,  deed  dated  May  14,  1702, 
and  eini'j^rated  to  Marlboro,  where  he  was  a  church  officer  in  the  early 
years  of  that  clinrch.  His  son  William  married  Angenit!J:e  VanDoren, 
and  was  grandfather  of  Colonel  William  Wyckoff,  whose  wife  was  Han- 
nah Scudder,  daug-hter  of  Colonel  Nathaniel  Scudder  and  aunt  of  Dr.  John 
Scudder,  pioneer  raissionau'  of  the  Reformed  church  in  India.  Their  son 
Nathanael  Scudder  Wyckoff  was  one  of  the  principal  land  owners  in 
Manalap.'in  township.  Another  son  of  William  W\ckoffand  Angenietji 
VanDoren,  was  Peter  Wyckoff,  grandfather  to  the  famous  Chevalier  Henrj' 
Wyckoff,  once  editor  of  the  Democratic  Review.  The  late  Colonel  Wyc- 
koff, who  fell  at  the  head  of  his  compan}'  at  the  recent  battle  of  Santiago 
was  a  descendant  of  this  branch. 

To  return  to  our  own  branch.  Garret  G.  Wyckoff  and  Altie  Garretson, 
had  sons  (i.)  Garrett,  baptized  October  31,  1730;  (2)  Samuel,  baptized 
October  19,  1732  ;  (3.)  Peter,  baptized  March  31,  1734. 

His  daughters  were  :  Catharine,  married  Benjamin  Conover.  fdah, 
married  David  Conover  Alice,  married  Jacob  VanDerveer.  (iarret 
Wikoff  married  a  second  time,  Aeltie  Lefferts,  and  had  or.e  son,  Auke, 
who  was  colonel  of  the  Third  Regiment  Monmouth  County  Militia.  His 
will,  which  is  dated  September  i,  1765,  mentions  Garret  as  his  eldest  son, 
who  in  accordance  with  the  custom  of  the  times  received  his  father's  silver 
cup.  and  the  sum  of  ^5  in  addition  to  the  other  children's  portions.  To 
Catharine  the  eldest  daughter,  was  deeded  the  large  Dutch  Bible.  The 
remainder  of  the  estate  was  divided  equally  among  the  seven  children. 
The  signature  to  the  will  is  in  the  Dutch  form  viz  :  Gen-it  Wijkliof,  and 
the  will  is  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  at  Trenton,  N.  J. 

Garret  the  eldest  son,  remained  on  the  homestead,  and  reared  a  large 
family.  He  was  the  father  of  Garret  Wikoff,  a  patriot  in  the  Revolution, 
and  for  a  time  a  prisoner  of  war.  He  was  also  the  great  grandfather  of 
Rev.  Benjamin  DuBois  Wyckoff,  whose  son  Prof.  Walter  Wyckoff,  is  the 
author  of  the  well  known  book — The  Workers. 

Peter,  the  third  son,  married  Alice  Longstreet,  and  was  guide  to  Wash- 
ington at  the  Battle  of  Monmouth.  He  was  a  major  in  the  army  and  was 
the  great  grandfather  of  Dr.  James  H.  Wikoff  of  l^rinceton,  ex-President 
Cleveland's  physician,  Auke,  the  half-brother,  born  1748,  entered  the 
ami}'  at  an  early  age  and  in  1778  was  made  Lieutenant  Colonel.  On  June 
9,  1779  he  was  taken  prisoner.  He  married  Sarah  Schenck,  and  lived 
until  1820. 

Samuel,  the  second  son,  (our  great-grandfather),  married  Gertrude  Ship- 
man,  and  settled  near  Allentown,  N.  J.  He  was  one  of  the  charter  mem- 
bers of  the  Allentown  Presbyterian  church,  and  for  many  years  a  ruling 
elder.  He  had  children  :  (i.)  Garret,  born  1762,  our  grandfather  ;  (2.) 
Jacob,  who  married  Alice  Green  ;  (3  )  Samuel,  who  removed  to  Middle- 
town,  Ohio  ;  (4.)  Olive,  married  John  Hendrickson  ;  (5.)  Catharine,  mar- 
ried William  Croxon  ;  (6.)  Mary,  who  married  Thomas  Sexton.  Garret, 
the  oldest  son,  was  only  16  years  old  at  the  time  of  the  Battle  of  Mon- 
mouth, but  he  took  an  active  part  in  the  war,  and  had  many  a  thrilling 
incident  to  relate  about  the  stirring  events  of  that  period. 

To  the  above  Notes  a  tradition  may  be  added  as  told  by  Mr.  D.  V.  Per- 
rine,  of  Freehold:— The  Dutch  settlers  of  Monmouth  Co.,  and  their  de- 
scendants, were  noted  for  hospitality,  which  received  marked  instances  of 
reward  during  the  hardships  of  the  American  Revolution.  A  pedler  before 
the  Revolution  would  at  nightfall  stop  for  shelter  at  one  of  these  Dutch 
farm  houses,  whether  more  frequently  at  the  home  of  Garret  Wickofi["orat 


424  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNKNT. 

the  Vanderveer  homestead  between  Marlboro  and  Tennent  church  is  not 
now  remembered.  At  any  rate  (iarret  Wickoft'and  Ser<;t.  Tnnis  Vander- 
veer, two  neijjhbors,  liad  i)een  captnredand  placed  in  that  notorious  Sno^ar 
House  used  bj'  the  British  as  a  prison.  The  pedler.  whom  they  had  en- 
tertained so  hospitablv  had  beccjme  a  British  soldier,  and  while  on  .^uard 
took  special  notice  of  these  two  prisoners,  and  asked  (>iieofthem  if  he  had 
not  seen  them  before,  and  if  he  did  not  remember  a  pedler  who  used  to 
travel  in  their  neifjlil)orhood.  Tliey  said  "yes."  He  replied  "I  am  that 
pedler,  and  I  am  "grateful  to  yon,  and  I  will  see  yon  have  enon<rh  to  eat, 
and  I  will  look  after  you  both."  He  kept  his  promise;  and  while  others 
were  dvin<r  of  starvation  and  filth,  these  two  lived  throujjh  their  hardships, 
were  released  about  the  same  time,  started  for  home  together,  and  the 
place  is  still  (1904)  pointed  out  wliere  they  separated  for  their  homes,  the 
one  to  the  Vanderveer  and  the  other  to  the  Wickoff  homestead,  where  they 
were  received  by  their  families  and  neighbors  who  had  mourned  for  them 
as  dead. 


From  researches  by  W.  W.  Gordon,  Jr.  Atty.,  Savannah,  Ga. 

The  Gordons  of  Pitlurg,  Scotland,  senior  representatives  of  "Jock"  Gor- 
don one  of  the  two  earliest  known  progenitors  of  the  family,  have  always 
regarded  themselves  as  the  chiefs  of  the  Gordon  family. 

John  Hampton,  of  Freehold,  Planter,  b. d.  1702  (formerly  of  Klph- 

ingstone  East  Lothian,  Scotland,  "Gardiner")  m.  Jean had  lochldr: 

JOHN  nul.  ]6H(J-7  JNIartlia  P>rown  dan.  Abraham.  DAVH).  JOSEPH. 

ANDREW.         JONATHAN.         NOAH.         ELIZABETH.  LYDIA  md 

Charles  Gord<m.         J.ANNETT  md.  1(589  Kobert  Khea.         JANE  md.  1706-7 

Nathaniel  Fitzrandolpli  of  Woodbridfje. 
Charles  Gordon  d.  17.10  was  on  (irand  Jury  Feb.  22,   1703  Court  held  at 
Shrewsbury:  ruling  elder  in  old  Tennent  1731:  md.  Lydia  Hampton  dau. 
John  &  Jean,  will  dated  Mch.  1739  probated  Apr.  1740  mentions  clildr: 

PETER  b.   170:]  d.   1770.         JOHN,  of  Perth  Amboy   (1771)  md.   Elizabeth 

had  chid.  Lydia  b.  1740.         CHARLES,  of  IMonnionth,  md.  1st  Dec.  4, 

1739  Mary  Newell  bad  chid.         ROBERT  b.  174:2  md.  2ii(l  1747  (iertrnde  wid. 

Geo.  Walker  had  elild.  INIary  h.  1748.         DAVID  (see  Baptismal  List  p.  211 ). 

LYDIA  md.  1710  Timothy  Lloyd  Jr.  ELIZABETH.  CATHERINE  b. 

June  14,  1705  d.  Oct.  :2(i,   1757   md.  John   Barclay  d.    Feb.   1786,  ^rand-s.  or 

great-fjrand-s.  of  Sir  Robert  Gordon  of  Gordonston,  Scotland. 

Peter  Gordon  of  New  Jersey' s.  Charles  &  Lydia   md.  ist  Margaret 

had  4  chldr: 

WILLIAM    &    ELIZA  I'.ETH    twins  b.    1734.  CATHARINE   b.    1736. 

ALICE  b.  1739. 
Peter  (lOrdon  s.  Chas.  &  L\dia  md.  2nd  1742  iMary  Craig  d.   Archibald   & 
had  6  chldr.     (see  Baptismal  List  p.  211): 

MARGARET  b.  1743.         PETER  1).  1745.         ARCHIBALD  b.  1747md.  1779 

Sicke  VanAVicklen.  .M  A  RY  1).  1749.  SARAH  b.  175;>.  LEWIS  b.  1754. 
William  Ciordon  of  Freehold,  s.  Peters.  Charles,  b.  1734  d.  1799  md.  Lydia 
had  7  chldr: 

DAVID.       LEWIS.       WILLIAM  TENANT.       DORCAS.      JOHN   LLOYD. 

CHARLES.         ALICE. 
David  Gordon  of  Freehold  d.  17.S3  md.  1767  Easter  Parent  had  9  chldr: 

ANNA.         R'EBECCA.         TIMOTHY.         PETER.         DAVID.  LEWIS 

JAMES.         JOHN.         ELIZAliETlI. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  425 

Peter  Gordon  "of  Crossvvicks"  (possibly  bro.  lo  Charles  d.  1740  (Steen)  ) 
d.  1725  md.  Elizabeth  Rhea  dan.  Robert  and  Janet,  made  will  1723,  had 
at  time  of  will  5  chldr.,  names  not  stated,  said  to  be: 

JONATHAN  RHEA  b.  1717  d.  Ang.  i,  1800.  ROBERT  (of  King- 
wood,  Hunterdon  Co.  ?)  d.  1778  md.  1742  Patience  Mount  &  had  chid. 
Patience  (of Crosswicks)  who  md.  i778john  Walton.  MARGARET 
md.  1744  John  Yatman  had  chldr.  (see  Baptismal  List  p.  223).  (One 
of  the  men  who  signed  the  appraisement  of  the  estate  of  Peter  Gordon 
in  1725  was  "Abraham  Lincon.") 

Jonathan  Rhea  Gordon.  probabU'  the  s.  of  Peter  &  Elizabeth,  md.  Dec.  5, 
1748  Margaret  Cole,  had  7  chldr.     (Compare  Baptismal  List  p.  210)  : 

AMBROSE  b.  >Lay  2L  1750  d.  June  28,  1804.  BAKZILLAI  h.  Apr.  2,  1752 
d.  .young.  EZEKIEL  b.  July  3,  1754  d.  Eeb.   7,   1H30.  LYDIA  b.   Feb. 

6,  1757.  CATHARINE  (or  Jane)  b.  Mch    28,  17(i0.  ELIZABETH  b. 

Nov.  8,  17(i3.  (C4ENERAL)  LEWIS  b.  Jan.  27,  17«()  d.  .luly  3,  1841  md. 

Miss  Jolly,  had  chid.  Eliza  Ann. 

Ambrose  Gordon,  s.  Jonathan  R.  &  Margaret,  was  Capt.  3rd  Continental 
Dragoons  served  in  Revolution  under  Col.  Wm.  Washington,  was  Col. 
Georgia  State  Militia:  md  P^lizabeth  Meade  b.  July  30,  1764  d.  Jan  31,  1838 
dau.  William  of  Va.  had  6  chldr: 

MARCiARETTA  b.  Apr.  2,  1788  md.  Oct.  6,  1808  John  H.  Matthie, 
ANNE  b.  Nov.  10.  1794  md.  Mch.  i,  i8is  Wm.  Clifford  Wayne. 
WILLIAM  WASHINGTON  b.  June  17,  1796  d.  Mch.  20,  1842. 
MISSISSIPPI  (twin)  b.  Tan.  18,  1799  md.  Dec.  3,  1819  Richard  R. 
Cuyler.  TOMBIGBEE  (twin)  b  Jan.  18,  1799  md.  June  3,    1824 

Harriet  Pigott.         JULIAN  b.  Sep.  14,  1802. 

William  Washington  Gordon,  s.  Ambrose  &  Elizabeth,  was  ist.  graduate 
from  Georgia  1815  from  U.  S.  M.  Academy,  mayor  of  Savannah,  Ga.,  mem 
ber  of  State  Legislature,  built  ist  railroad  in  Ga.,  was  ist  President  of  C. 
R.  R.  of  Ga.,  md.  1826  Sarah  Anderson  Stites  b.  1807  d.  June  25,  1882  dau. 
Richard  Montgomery  Stites  &  Marj-  (Wayne),  had  6  chldr: 

RICHARD.  GEORGE  ANDERSON  b.  1830  d.  Oct.  1872.  MARY, 

WILLIAM    WASHINGTON    b.    Oct.    14,    1834.  ELIZA    CLIFFORD 

GULIELMA  CLIFFORD. 

George  A.  Gordon,  s.  Wm  Washington  &  Sarah,  was  Col.  63rd  Ga.  Con- 
federate Army,  md.  ist  June  1849  Caroline  Steinbergen  b.  1831  d.  1850  had 
chid.  George  Steenbergen  b.  i8,so  d  July  19,  1885  md.  Mattie  Eason  d.  1884; 
— : —  Geo.  A.  Gordon  md.  2nd  Ellen  Bevine  d.  1867,  had  6  chldr: 

LINA  md.  1879  Wm.  P.  Richardson  had  chid.  Margaret.  BEVINE 
b.  July  20.  1857,  Lieut.  Col.  ist  Reg.  Cav.  G.  S.  T.,  md  1882  Elizabeth 
Mc  Kim  Hazlehurst,  had  6  chldr.  Henrv  H.,  Bevine.  George  A., 
Hazlehurst.  Ambrose.  Julian.  WILLIAM  WASHINGTON  b.  1S60 
d.  Sep.  1898  md.  1891  .Susan  Richardson.  PERCY  b.  1862  md.  1884 
Nannie  French  had  chid.  Geo.  Anderson.  RICHARD  CUYLER  b. 
Nov.  26,  1864  md.  Apr  12,  1893  Alice  Thomas  &  had  chldr.  Alice. 
Elizabeth  H.,  Richard  C,  Julia  f.        CARTER  (iRAY  b.  Aug.  6,  1867. 

William  Washington  Gordon,  s.  Wm.  Washington  &  Sarah,  was  Capt.  in 
Confederate  Army,  served  3  terms  in  State  Legislature,  was  Brigadier 
General  &  member  of  Porto  Rican  Peace  Commission  in  Spanish  American 
War,  md.  Dec.  21,  1857  Eleanor  Lytle  Kinzie  dau.  John  H.  &  grand  dau. 
John  the  ist  settler  in  Chicago,  111.,  had  6  chldr: 


426  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

ELEANOR  KINZII-:  b.  Sep.  27,  US58  lud.  Jan.  2,  1S84  Richanl  Wayne 
Parker  nieinl)er  of  Conja^ress  from  New  Jersey,  s.  Cortlandl  I'arker  & 
Elizabeth  (Stites)  had  s  chldr.  Alice  Cr  ,  Eleanor  W.,  Elizabeth  VV.,- 
Wayne,  Cortlandt.  JULIETTE  MAtxILE  b  Oct.  31.  i860  nid.  Dec. 
21.  18S6  VVni.  Mackav  Low.  vSAR.VII   ALICE  b.  Aur.  7,  1863  d. 

Dec   30.  1880.  WILLIAM  WA.SIIINGTOxX  b.  Apr.  16.  1866,  was 

Lieut.  (S:  Aide  de  Camp  &  .A.ttache  i'orto  Rican  Peace  Commi.ssion  in 
Sanish  Amer.  War,  Capt.  Georgia  Hu.s.sar.s,  Troop  A.  i.st  Reg.  Cav. 
G.  S.  T.,  md.  iNIch.  i,  1892  Ellen  Huchanan  Screven  dan.  Geo.  P.  & 
Ellen,  &  grand-dau.  Admiral  Franklin  Huchanan  Confederate  States 
Navy.  &  had  chldr.  Wm.  W.,  Elleti  P.,  Margaret  E.  MA  PEL  MC- 
LANE  b.  Oct.  28,  1870  md.  Oct.  31,  1899  Hon.  Rowland  Charle.s  Fred- 
erick Leigh  of  Stoneleigh  .\l)bev,  Kenilworth  Fjigland,  had  chldr. 
Margaret  E.,  Rowland  H.  G.  (tEORGE  ARTHUR  b.  Aug.  30,  1872. 
Col.  ist  Reg.  Inf.  (i.  S.  T. 

Eliza  Cliftord  fyordon,  dau.  Wm.  W.  &  Sarah,  b.  Nov.    ii.    1837   md.   Apr. 

16,  1857  William  Henry  Stite.s,  had  9  chldr: 

WILLIAM  HP;NRY  md.  Elizabeth  Chadwick  had  chldr.  Wm.  PL, 
John  C.  Hugh  G.,  Frances  D.,  Gulielma,  Eliza  G.,  Robert  M.,  Joe  M.. 
Charles  P.  GULIELMA  CLIFFORD.  WILLIAM  GORDON 

md.  Elizabeth  Boales  had  chldr.  Delcena,  Eliza  C,  William  G.,  Eliza-' 
beth  M.  MARY  COWPER  md.  E.  J.  Swann.  ALFRED. 

ELLEN  BEVINE.  ETHF^L  GORDON.  ROBERT  MACKAV. 
GEORGF:  GORDON  md.  Penelope  Crumbliss  had  chldr.  Penelope  E.. 
Ethel  G. 

Gulielma  Clifford  Gordon,  dau    Wm.  W.  »S:  Sarah,  b.  Nov.  6,  1840  md.  Jan. 

22,  1863  George  Evelvn  Harrison  b.  June  20,    1837,  of  Brandon  \^a.  had  5 

chldr. 

GULIELMA  GORDON  b.  July  2,  1864  md.  Dec.  9,  1903  Richard  Ran- 
dolph Cuyler.  GEORGE  EVELYN  b.  July  30,  1866  md.  Sep.  t8. 
1890  Mary  Walker  had  chldr  Evelyn  B.,  Virginia  R.  WILLIAM 

GORDON  b.  Oct.  2,  1869  md.  Nov.  11,  1903  Sarah  Hull  King.  IS- 

ABELLA RITCHIE  b.  June  18,  1873  ROBliRT  CLIFFORD  b. 

June  I,  1875  md.  I^ec.  21,  1897  Eliza  Macka}' Huger  had  chid.  Isabella. 

Ezekiel  Gordon,  s.  Jonathan   R.  &    Margaret,   md.  June   24,    1784    Mary 

Combs    d.  July  7,  1832  had  4  chldr: 

JONATHAN  RHEA  b.  Mch.  1785  d.  May  13.  1831.  JOHN  EARL 
b.  Sep.  26,  1791  md.  Feb.  24.  1823  Lydia  Hampton  had  chid.  George 
C.  who  lived  at  Marlboro,  N.  J.  &  had  chid.  John  Earl.  S.'X.RAH 

COMBS  b.  Nov.  24,  1793  d    Dec.  2,  1793.  JOSEPH  C.  b.  Jan.  24, 

1795  md.  Mar\'  Hampton. 

Jonathan  Rhea  Gordon,  s.  Ezkiel  &  .Mar}',  md.  Oct.  2t,,  1805  Jane  Coven- 

hoven  d.  1832,  had  chldr: 

Seven  chldr.  names  not  known.  WILLIAM  JONATHAN.  Dk. 
LEWIS  J.  MARY,  unmarried,  lived  on  farm  in  Monmouth  Co.  N. 

J.  owner  of  fainilj'  Bible. 

William  Jonathan  Gordon,  s.  Jonathan   R.   ik.  Jane,   lived  in  Cleveland, 

Ohio,  md.  May  25,  1843. Charlotte  Gertrude  Champlin  dau.  Wm.   Howard 

Chamjilin.  had  4  chldr: 

CHARLES  md.  June  15,  1871  Mary  Augusta  Smythe  dau.  H.  Smythe 
of  New  York,  had  5  boys  tSc  2  girls.  GEORGIANNA  d.  Jan.  9,  1876 
md  viscount  Alphonse  Villain  XIII  of  Belgium.  Two  other  children 
ditd  in  infancy'. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  427 

Dr.  Lewis  J.  Gordon,  s.  Jonathan  R.  &  Jane,  md.  had  3  chldr: 

Dr.  JONATHAN  RHEA  d.  in  New  York  Julj-  1902.  ROBERT 

BRUCE,  of  Bradevelt,  N.  J.  A  daughter,  nid.  John  C.  Sheffield  of 

Alachua,  Fla. 


From  researches  made  and  published  1885  by  Wm.  P.  Forman,  late  of 
Manalapan,  N.  J.,  and  Ex-judge  of  Monmouth  Common  Pleas:  with  some  notes 
added. 

Some  say  that  the  P'orman  Family  of  Monmouth  Co.  was  descended  from 
Robert  Forman  an  Englishman  who  came  to  America  and  d.  in  1691  on 
Long  Island  (see  page  19.) 

Others  believe  that  the  Mon.  Co.  familj'  of  Formans  descended  from  John 
Foreman,  Covenanter,  who  came  to  America  1685  and  settled  about  one 
and  one  half  miles  to  the  southeast  from  what  is  now  called  Freehold 
(town):  and  the  neighborhood  became  known  as  "Forman  Neighborhood" 
and  "Forman  square."     Judge  Forman  inclined  to  this  latter  opinion. 

The  chldr.  of  John  Forman  the  ist  were,  so  far  as  known: 

SAMUEL  b.  Sep.  1686.  JONATHAN   b.  Sep.   1688  d.  Dec.  1762. 

HANNAH  b.  Dec.  1690  d.  Jan.  1775  md  Wm.  Murdock.  AARON 
b.  Dec.  1693  md.  Ursilla  Craig,  (See  Craig  notes),  had  chldr.  George, 
Lewis,   Andrew,    Robert,    Priscilla,  Lydia,   Phebe.  EZEKIEL  b. 

Sep.  1695  d.  Oct.  1746  md.  Elizabeth had  chldr.  Samuel,  Thomas 

went  to" Kentucky,  Aaron,  Mary,  Hannah,  Elizabeth.  MARY  b. 
Sep.   1697.         REBECCA  b  Sep.   1699.         Capt.  JOHN  b.  Sep.  1701 

d.  Nov.    1748,  blacksmith  in  Freehold,  md.  Jane ,  had  8  chldr. 

John,  James,  Thomas,  Aaron,  Eleanor,  Hannah,  Marj*  md.  Joseph 
Throckmorton,  &  Rebecca.         JOSEPH  b.  1704  d.  July  1775. 

Jonathan  Forman  Esq.  s.  John  ist,  b.  Sep.  1688  md.  Margaret  WyckofF, 
had  chldr.  so  far  as  known  : 

NELLY  b.  Dec.  1712  md.  May  13,  1733  Abraham  VanDorn.  SAMUEL  b. 

1714  d.  1793.         JOHN  b.  Sep.  14.  1716.         PETER  b.  May  1718  d.  Nov.  1785. 

JONATHAN  b.  Nov.  1721.         DAVID  b.  1733.         MARY  md.  Robert  Rhea. 

DAVID  b.  1736  d.  1798  md.  Anna  Denise. 

Samuel  Forman,  s.  John  the  ist,  b.  Sep.  1686,  md. had  chldr. 

so  far  as  known  : 

JOHN  I.  b.  1731  d.  181 1  md.  Helena  Denise  b.  1734  d.  1796  :  he  was  a 
practical  surveyor  &  County  judge.  Coi,.  SAMUEL  d.  about  1814 
was  in  the  Revolution,  was  md.  twice,  he  &  both  wives  buried  in 
vault  under  St.  Peter's  Church  Freehold  :  left  no  chldr.  During  the 
Revolution  he  lived  on  the  Kildare  farm  in  Upper  Freehold,  and  man- 
ufactured large  quantities  of  potash. 

John  I.  F'orman,  s.  Samuel  s.  John  ist,  by  his  wife  Eleanor  Denise  had  4 
chldr: 

JOHN,  moved  to  Tuckerton,   N.  J.  DENISE  I.  b.    1768  d.   1819. 

SAMUEL,  lived  at  Squan,  md.  Polly  Conover,  was  father  of  Ex  judge 

John  S.         JANE  md.  Thomas  Thompson  of  Stone  House  farm  near 

Smithburg. 

Denise  I.  Forman,  s.  John  I.  s.  Saml.  s.  John  ist,  md.  Elizabeth  Laird  b. 
1780,  had  6  chldr: 


428  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNKNT. 

JOHN  D.  1).  1802,  had  t,  chldr.  Anna  M.  nul  Sleward  Hiown,  John, 
and  Wm.  H.  a  lawyer  iii  Freehold.  IvLl^ANOR  b.  1803.  ALICE 
b.  1805  nid.  John  Conover  Fc^rnian  s.  Tunis.  EMELINR  b.   1809 

nid.  Rev.  Mr.  Wiialan  ANNA   E.   b.  1813  WM.   D    b.  1817. 

Samuel  I'"ornian,  1).  171-I,  S.Jonathan  Esq.  s.  Jolm  1st,  nul.  Apr.  17,  1759 
Helena  Denise,  had  6  chldr  :     (M.  L.  dated  May  2,  1752)  : 

DENISE  nid.  Feb.  5,  17S2  Euphemia  Kearne3^  of  Key  Grove  (now 
Keyport.)  ELEANOR  lud.  Capt.  Philip  Freneau  "The  Poet  of  the 
Revolution."  KATY  d.  1775  nid.  Benjamin  Ledyard  merchant  in 
New  York  City.  COL.  JONATHAN,  colonel  in  Revolution  &  in 
campaiji^n  to  suppress  Whiskey  Insurrection  in  Pa.  ;  he  md.  Mary 
Ledyard,  of  New  London,  Conn.  &  had  a  dan.  who  became  the  mother 
of  Governor  &  John  F.  Seymour  of  New  York.  MARGARET  md. 
John  Burroughs  a  merchant  in  ]\Iiddletown  Point.  Maj.  vSAML'F'L 
S.  d.  at  advanced  age,  md.  Sarah  McCarty,  of  New  London,  Conn., 
earh'  moved  to  State  of  New  York  &  became  one  of  the  founders  of 
city  of  Syracuse. 

Peter  Forman  b.  1718,  s.  Jonathan  Esq.  s.  John  ist,  was  a  Justice  of  Peace 
at  time  of  Revolution,  md.  1742  Ivleanor  Williamson  &  had  9  chldr.  not 
named  here  in  order  of  birth  : 

WILLIAM  b.  1751  d.  1823,  oldest  son  of  Peter  JONATHAN,  lived 
on  farm  at  Manalapan,  killed  suddenly  by  falling  under  wheels  of 
loaded  wagon;  left  no  chldr.  SAMUEL  P.  youngest  son  of  Peter, 
d.  at  AUentown  in  prime  of  life;  was  several  times  Sheriff  of  ]Mon- 
mouth  Co.  he  had  a  s.  Peter  high  Sheriff  of  Hunterdon  Co.,  &  a  s. 
Michael  a  business  man  of  INIonmouth  Co.,  &  several  dans,  one  of 
whom   md.  John   Lawrence  Hendrickson,   of  AUentown.  ANNA 

md.  Michael  Svveetman  lived  on  farm  on  Sweetman's  Lane  road. 
JANE  md.  Henderson  Sweetman,  bro.  to  Michael,  and  lived  on  ad- 
joining farm:  that  neighborhood  took  its  name  from  those  2  men. 
MARY  md.  Col.  Elisha  Walton  once  owner  of  Black's  Mills  officer 
in  Revolution  &3  times  Sheriff  of  Mon.  Co.;  had  2  sons,  Peter  & 
Thomas,  &  several  dans,  one  md.  John  I.  Thompson,  one  md.  William 
Rogers.  ELEANOR  md.  Wtn.  Conover  grandfather  of  Capt.  James 
W.  Conover  who  died  in  the  Civil  War.  LYDIA  md.  Garret  B. 

Conover  &  had  a  number  of  chldr.  Her  husband  once  owned  the 
David  Buck  farm.  HELIvNA  md.  Tunis  Vanderveer  &  d  young 
having  no  chldr.  her  IiusIkukI  Tunis  nul.  2nd  a  dan.  of  Dominie 
DuBois  of  Marlboro. 

William  Forman  b.  175 1,  first  s.  Peter,  md.  P'ransinchy  Hendrickson  b. 
1759  d.  1S15  dan.  of  (xarret  of  Middletown,  her  mother  was  Catharine 
Denise  dan.  Tunis  ;  had  6  chldr: 

GARRICT  d.  1826  aged  about  46  yrs.  nul.  Anna  Karr  dau.  of  l{henezer 
&  had  9  chldr.  Fransinch}-,  Ebenezer,  F^sther,  William,  Jonathan, 
Lydia  Ann,  Phebe,  Elizabeth,  Catharine  :  thev  moved  West. 
PETER  b.  1781  d.  1838  md.  1st  Rebecca  Ely  d.  1817  dau.  Isaac:  md. 
2nd  Phebe  Elv  d.  1848  dau.  of  Allison:  by  ist  wife  Peter  had  3  chldr. 
Wm.  P.,  Sarah  E.,  Isaac  E.  CATHARINE  d.    1873  aged  83  yrs. 

unmarried  ELEANOR  md.  Lewis  P"ord  Ilankinson  &  had  several 

chldr.  all  lived  in  western  country.  Lewis  was  a  bro.  to  Eliza  D. 
Hankinson  nujther  of  Ex  Gov  Newell  :  their  father  was  James  who 
owned  the  farm  near  Manala])an   where  Robt.   K     Wilson  afterward 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  429 

lived  ;  James  was  a  s.  of  Capt.  Kenneth  Hankinsoii  captain  in  Revo- 
lution. JONATHAN  d.  in  western  countrv  aged  about  74  3'rs.  un- 
nianied.         SAMUEL  W. 

William  P.  Forraan  b.  1807  d.  Aug.  16,  1886  s.  Peter  (S:  Rebecca,  Ex  judge 
in  Mon.  Co.,  member  of  N.  J.  Legislature  md.  Mch.  12,  1828  Evelina  Baird 
b.  1805  d.  1883  dau.  of  Capt.  David  of  the  Revolution  ;  had  3  chldr: 

FRANSINCHY  RI'BECCA  md.  fames  Cook  Rue  MARY  ELI- 

ZABETH md.  John  Van  Mater  of  Colts  Neck.  PETER,   practical 

surveyor,  member  of  N.  J  Legislature,  md.  Mch.  6,  1884  Margaret 
Loomis  VanDoren  dau.  of  John  <S:  had  3  chldr.     Hope,  Evelyn,  John. 

Sarah  Ely  Forraan  dau.  of  Peter  &  Rebecca,  md.  Wm.  I.  Perrine,  &  had 
6  chldr: 

PETEK  FORMAN.  CATHAKINE  E.  md.  1st.  David  Y.  Hendrickson  md. 
2nd  Joseph  W.  Dey.         JOSEPH  W.         STEPHEN  J.  FRANCIS  ROS- 

TEEN.         SARAH  E.   lud.  Jasper  H.  Allen  of  Dutch  Neck. 

Isaac  Ely  Forman  b.  May  4,  1812,  s.  of  Peter  &  Rebecca,  md.  Elizabeth 
Ann  Ely  dau.  of  Richard,  moved  west,  had  i  chid. 

WILLIAM  li.  md.  Lavinia  Edwards  of  Eatontown. 

Sheriff  David  Forman  b  1733  d.  1812  (youngest  s.  Peter,  <S:  great  grandson 
of  John  ist)  md.  Anna  Denise  b.  1736  d.  1798,  had  4  chldr: 

JONATHAN  1).  1758  d.  1803.         TUNIS  b.  1761  d.  lt<37.  DR   SAMUEL 

b.  1704  d.  1845,  lived  where  John  Fisher  P^ornian  lived  near  Freehold. 
ANNA  nid.  Corlies  Lloyd,  lawyer  of  Freehold,  had  seseral  chldr. 

Jonathan  Forman  s.  of  Sheriff  David  &  Anna,  had  chldr. 

JOHN  BURRO  WES  d.   1853  aged  66  yrs.  DAVID,  a  physician 

located  at  Middletown,  d.  aged  35  yrs.  unmarried.  CATHERINE 

md.    Enoch  P.   Rose,  a  merchant  in  Trenton.  ELEANOR   md. 

Rev.  Joseph  L.  Shafer. 

John  B.  Forman  s.  Jonathan  s.  Sheriff' David,  md.  Hope  B.  Henderson  b. 
1786  d.  1823  dau.  of  Dr.  Thomas  &  Rachel,  had  3  chldr: 

MARY  ANN,  lived  in  Jersey  City.  A  daughter  md.  Judge  Bennington  F. 

Randolph.         JONATHAN  md. " 

Tunis  Forman  b  1761,  s.  of  Sheriff  David  &  Anna,  md.  Eleanor  Rerason 
d.  1835,  had  3  chldr: 

JOHN  CONOVER    b.   1800  md.   Alice  &  had  2  chldr.  Tunis 

Augustus  b.  1829  d.  1861  md.  Maggie &  had  chid.  Lizzie,  Mary 

Elizabeth  b.  1833  d.  1858.  JONATHAN  T.  b.  1804  md. 

&  had  chldr.  E;dward  T.  b.  1835  of  Williamsburg,  Theodocia  P.,  and 
others.  CATHARINE  LOUISA  b.  1S09  md.  Dr.  Edward  Taylor, 

of  Middletown  &  had  6  chldr.  Dr.  Edward  F.  of  Middletown,  Dr.  Wm. 
Remsen  of  Long  Island,  Tunis  P'orman  of  Colts  Neck,  Henry  C. 
farmer  at  Middletown,  Mary  unmarried,  Sarah  md.  James  Hartshorne. 

Dr.  Samuel  Forman  b.  1764  s.  Sheriff  David  &  Anna,  md.  Ann  who 

d.  at  age  of  26  yrs.  md.  2nd  Sarah  d.  1837  aged  72  3'rs.,  had  4  chldr: 

Dk.   DAVID  d.  1826  aged  al)Out  30  yrs.  unmarried.  JOHN  FISHER  T. 

b.  1801  d.  1877  lived  on  the  homestead  of  his  ftither.  RICHARD  T.  d.  1867 

aged  about  59  yrs.  md.  Elizabeth  dau.  of  Peter  Bilyeu  Esq.,  had  2  chldr. 
Richard,  Sarah  Ann  md.  Charles  Wickoff.  ANN  md.  Joseph  F.  Randolph, 
a  lawver  &  member  of  Congress. 


430  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

John  Fisher  T.  h'ormun  b.  1801,  s.  Dr.  vSanniel  iiid.  Fransiiichj*  V.  Smock 
d.  1877  dau.  of  John,  had  11  chldr: 

SARAH   E.  nid.  J.  H.  Sinnit-ksoii,  of  Salcin,  N.  J.  ANN  d.  1H(>:5  nul.   U. 

Titus.  J)H.  SAMUEL   K..   in  .lorsoy  City.  MAK(;AIiETTA  d.    1872. 

KICIIA1\])  d.  in  infancy.  HENKY  d.  in  infancy.  MAlilA  d.  in  infancy. 

JOHN  FlS]iER  d.  1K77  a^^ed  almut  87  yrs.  Dk.  D.  M(;LEAN,  surj;con  in 

Freehold.  UIHAH  d.  in  infancy.      '     ("HA KLES  DuBOlS,  fanner  on  the 

old  homestead 

Gen.  David  Fornian  (S:  his  bro.  Ezekiel  were  .sons  probabU"  of  Joseph  the 
s.  of  John  ist.  Gen.  David  nid.  Sarah  Marsh,  of  Maryland,  and  had  i  chid. 
SARAH  M.  d.  1799  aj?ed  26  j-rs.  nid.  Maj.  Wni.  Gordon  Forman  (a 
cousin)  a  lawyer,  he  nid.  2nd  Sarah  Woodhnll  only  dau.  of  Rev.  John 
(see  Woodhnll  Notes)  she  d.  in  Natchez  181 1  leaving  i  chid.  vSarah  M. 
b.  1808  d.  1872  md.  Rev.  Clifford  S.  Arms  had  2  sons  who  d.  in  infancy: 
he  d.  1863. 

Samuel  W.  Forman  d.  about  81  yrs.  of  age,  the  youngest  s.  Wm.  &  Fran- 
sinch}',  md.  Mary  dau.  of  Jonathan  Clayton  who  owned  the  David  Reid 
farm;  md.  a  2nd  wife  native  of  the  west  :  by  ist  w.  he  had  chldr: 

MARY  C.  of  Warren,  O.  MARGARET  C.  of  Warren,  O.  JONATHAN 
C.  of  Cleveland,  O.  publisher,  nid.  Elizabeth  C.  IJarroch,  had  2  sons  Samuel 
W.,  Wm.  Henry.         FRANCES  aged  about  25  yrs.  WM.   HENRY,  mer- 

chant in  Cincinnati,  md.  Eliza  J.  Horn,  left  no  chldr.  JOHN  C.  printer, 

md.  Caroline  Reid  of  Covington,  Ky.,  left  1  dan.  Mary  J. 

Chldr.  b}'  2nd  w.  were  : 

CHARLES  EDWARD  d.  aged  about  23  yrs.  unmarried.  FRANCES 
md.  Capt.  Cyrus  North,  Braceville,  O.  had  twins  Jessie  May  &  Grace 
Clavton.  CATHERINE  E.  md.  Thomas  Harrison,  editor,  Lapier, 
Mich.         EMMA  ORMSBY  md.  Newton  Allen,  farmer,  Braceville,  O. 

John  Forman  b.  Sep.  14,  1716,  s.  Jonathan  Esq.  &  Margaret,  possiblj^ 
lived  near  Matcheponix  creek,  md.  Rebecca  Taylor  marriage  license  dated 
Mch.  21,  1749.  had  chldr: 

JONATHAN  b.  May  7,  1755  d.  about  70  yrs.  old:  he  and  his  father 
were  both  in  the  Battle  of  Monmouth.  HANNAH  md.  Wm.  Van- 
deripe.         MARGARET.         MARY.         CATHERINF). 

Jonathan  Forman  b.  Ma}-  7,  1755,  s.  John  &  Rebecca,  lived  on  farm  about 
one  mile  northwest  of  Smithburg,  md.  ist  Ma}-  6,  1779  INIargaret  Harbert, 
&  had  5  chldr: 

REBECCA  b.  Feb.  20,  1780.  RICHARD  b.  Dec.  5,  1781   md.  De- 

borah Hammell.  CATHARINE  b.  May  22,  1783  nid.  Aaron  Reid. 

AARON  B.  b.  Apr.  22,  1785  moved  to  Ohio.  JOHN  b.  June  3,  1788 
md. Andrews,  had  chldr.  Delilah  moved  west,  John  A. 

Jonathan  Forman  md.  2nd  Martha  Preston  dau.  of  Joseph  &  Sarah  (see 

List  of  Family  Burial  Plots  p.  361),  &  had  6  chldr: 

SUSAN  md.  John  E.  Davison  had  chldr.  \Vni.  I..  Jonathan  ¥  .  Gilbert 
W.,  Phebe  Ann.  &  others.  MARGARET  b.  Sep.  22,  1795  md. 
Enoch  Cheeseman  had  chldr.  Charlotte  md.  John  A.  Forman,  Lydia 
md.  Jonathan  F.   Davison,  Jonathan   F.   &  others.  PHIUHv  md. 

Thomas    Davis    moved    west.  JONATHAN    d.    a   3'oung    man. 

WILLIAM  md.  Gertrude  Ciravett  moved  to  Wayne  Co.  N.  Y. 
MARTHA  md.  Jesse  Parker  had  4chldr.  William,  Margaret,  Edmund, 
Alexander. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  431 

Rebecca  Forman  b.  Feb.  20,  1780  dau.  of  Jonathan  &  Marjjaret,  md.  June 
10,  1797  Robert  Hutchin.son,  had  8  chldr: 

ABRAHAM  R.  b.  Mav  12,  1808  had  s.   Charles  R.  JONATHAN 

FORMAN.  SALVANUS.  REV.   AARON   F.      '      And  other 

chldr.  names  not  known. 


From  researches  by  Louis  Rue,  late  of  Manalapan,  N.  J.,  with  notes  added  by- 
Charles  S.  Jewell  of  Railway,  N.  J.  and  by  others  :  and  from  Records  in  Family 
Bibles  in  possession  of  Miss  Hattie  Reid,  Englishtown,  N.  J.,  J.  Bowne  Reid,  Ten- 
nent  N.  J.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  M.  Rankin,  Manasquan,  N.  J. 

James  Reid,  the  first  of  the  Reid  family  in  Mon.  Co.,  came  from  Scotland 
1680-86  and  d.  before  1714.     (Also  see  page  33). 

John  Reid,  one  of  his  sons,  at  one  time  owned  all  the  land  along  the  north- 
west side  of  what  is  now  the  main  street  of  Freehold,  and  in  1714116  trans- 
ferred to  the  county  the  piece  of  land  where  the  Court  House  now  stands. 
The  dwelling  house  of  John  Reid  was  located  near  the  northwest  corner  of 
the  present  Court  House.  About  35  3ears  later  we  find  that  he  was  living 
near  Cranbur}'.  The  old  Reid  homestead  was  what  was  afterwards  known 
as  the  Barcalo  homestead:  John  Reid's  two  dans,  md    Barcalo's. 

John  Reid  was  b.  1677  and  d.  1770  md.  Anne  . 

One  of  their  sons  was  James  b  Dec.  29,  1727  d.  1809;  about  1765  he  moved 
to  the  farm  now  owned  by  J.  Bowne  Reid;  he  md.  ist  Moyka  Longstreet 
b.  May  15,  1735  d.  Aug.  11,  1757  dau.  Aaron  &  Catharine,  had  2  chldr: 

JOHN   I.  b.  Wednesday  Oct.  2,  1754  d.  May  2,  1843.  AARON  b. 

Tuesday  Jan.  27,  17565.  1839. 

James  Reid  md.  2nd  1762  Mrs.  Sarah  (Lawrence)  Smalley  a  descendant  (?) 

of  Sir  Richard  Townley,  had  5  chldr: 

SAMUEL  b.  Thursday  Jan.  5,  1764.  ANNA  b.  Wednesday  Oct.  23, 
176s  md.  Sam.  Combs  had  4  chldr.  Samuel,  James,  John,  Jonathan. 
JOSEPH  b.  July  15,  1768  d.  Sep.  21,  1826.  WILLIAM  b.  Jan.  14, 
1771  HANNAH  b.  Wednesday  Aug.  31,  1774  d.  1844  md.   Richard 

Conover. 

John  I.  Reid  s.  James  &  Moyka  md.  Margaret  Taylor  of  Mon  Co.  b.  Nov. 
8,  1751  d.  ]\Iay  26,  1834  dau.  Joseph  &Ann:  after  their  marriage  they  lived 
on  the  farm  now  owned  bv  Aaron  L.  Reid  near  Englishtown:  thev  had  8 
chldr: 

ANNA  b.  Dec.  26,  1776  d.  Apr.  28,  1778.  CATHARINE  b,  Feb.  11, 
1779  md.  John  Jewell  s.  John,  went  to  Montgomery  Co.  Ohio  had  11 
chldr.  (See  under  Jewell  notes).  JAMES  I.  b.  Jan.  4,  1781  d.  Oct. 
17,  1854.  ANNA  b.  June  26,  1783  d.  1849  md.  Wm.  B.  IrvinofMon. 
Co.  &  had  chldr.  MOICAH  twin  b.  July  31,  1785  d.  Oct.  29,  1823 
md.  Joseph  Davison  had  chldr.,  moved  to  Ohio.  SARAH  twin  b. 
July  31,  178s  d.  Ma}'  10,  1868  md.  Richard  Jewell  s.  John  had  6  chldr. 
(See  under  Jewell  notes).  JOSEPH   I.  b.  Oct.  i,  1787  d.  Oct.  10, 

1828         JOHN  b.  Dec.  30,  1789  d.  1868. 

Aaron  Reid,  s.  James  &  Moyka,  lived  on  the  farm  that  belonged  to  his 

father,  he  md.  Rebecca  Cla3ton  (?)  &  had  chldr: 

REBECCA  md.  Elijah  Combs  of  Mon.  Co.  &  had  chldr.  Aaron, 
Thomas,  Joseph,  Elizabeth,  &  Gilbert.       ESTER  md.  Rulif  vSchanck  & 


432  HISTORY   OF  OLD   TliNNENT. 

had  cliildrc-i!.  ANN  m<\.  John  Sniilli  iS:  h.nl  7  rlildr.  Sarah.  'rhoiiuLS, 

Aaron,  Rebecca,  Klizabelh,  John,  cS:  Joseph  (irt  t  u.  DAVIDt).  1787 

d.  1S26  iiid.  Aniv  Parker  of  Mon.  Co.  had  2  chldr.  Aaron  &  Thomas  P. 
JAMH;S   a.  1).  A'pr-  <'->.  1789  d.  Mch.  S,  1S67.  AARON' b.  1793  d.  1795. 

MOVKA  nul.  Janie.s  Coinhs  liad  2  clildr.  Saniiiel,  l*v:  Aaron.  JOHN 
md.  Hllen  Van  D\ke  had  no  clildr. 

Rebecca  Reid  d.  1796  and  Aaion  Reid  nid.  2n(l  I'.li/.abeth  . 

Joseph  Reid,  s.  John  I.  &  Maro;aret,  nid.   Feb.  4,    17S8  .Marj^aret  Laird  b. 
Sep    25.  1770  d.  June  21,  1857  dan.  Moses  &  Flizabeth  (English)  Laird:  had 

5  chldr: 

ELIZABirrH  b.  1789  d    1861  unnid.  ^L\RV  unnid.  JAMES 

unnid.  SARAH  d.  Dec.  i,  1820  nid.  Abijah  Appleton  d.  Nov  7 

182 1  a^ed  26  vrs.  10  nios.  7  da.  ANNA  C.  b.  1796  d.  183^  inimd. 
HARRIET  b.  May  20,  1802  nid.  John  Reid  Jewell  had  4  chkfr.  (See 
under  Jewell  notes).  SUSAN  nid.  (Gilbert  Applegate  of  Mon.  Co. 
had  3  chldr.  Margaret  A.,  David,  &  Harriet  E.  MARGARET  E. 
d.  May  15,  1893  aged  84  yrs.  md.  Benjamin  B.  Van  Cleve. 

Hannah  Reid,  dau   James  (S;  his  2nd  w.   Sarah,  md.  Richard  Conover  of 

Mon.  Co.  &  had  8  chldr: 

.TAiMES.  AARON.  SAMUEL.  WH.LIAM  md. McKnijrht, 

had  4  chldr.  RICHARD.  MARIA  b.  1810  d.  1850  nid. Konk. 

ELIZA  ind. Horner.  ALICE  md.  Gilbert  Hendricksou,  had  4  sons. 

James  I.  Reid,  s.  John  I.  &  Margaret,  md.  Mch.  6,  1805  Sarah  Davison  of 

Mon.  Co.  b    Mch.  22.  1786  d.  Mch.  9,  1839,  ^i'"'  '^*  chldr: 

URIAS  h.  March  17,  1807  d.  Sep.  2ri,  IKM).  l-MiASTUS  1).  Sep.  :i(),  1808  d. 

18(;9  md.  Mary  I>.  Earle  iS;  had  :i chldr.  Harriet  ulio  md.  Saniiiel  Forman,  and 
William  E.  !>.'  l-^4(id.  1H74.  TKKKSA  1).  Sej).  (i,  ISKt  d.  Oct.  1,  1900. 

WILLIAM  1).  1).  .luiie  '22,  IH];^,  d.  Manli  1:2,  l!t04.  .JOHN  .1.  1).  .Tune  20, 

181.5(1.  Sej).  ri,  IHK).  .JAMES  . J.  It.  Aiii;.  Ki.  1S17  md.  Lavinia  Su_\ dam,  & 

had  :>  chldr.  Henry  E.  h.  18.50  d.  1000,  i^tieor-ie.  AI'.STEN  b.  Sep.' 10,  1819 

md.  ,hnie  Van  \e.ss  of  New  York  City  t'v:  had  15  ohidr.  .\usten.  Edward,  Lillie. 
AAK'ON  H.  h.  Dec.  15.  18->1  d.  March  IJ,  1900.         SYMMLSl).  Sep.  0,  1823d. 
Sep.  8,  1824..         SIDNEY  b.  Fel).  12,  1825  md.  Lst  1H.5()  Abi-;ail  Bolesof  Mon. 
Co.  d.  1876  had  one  chid.  Carrie;  md.  2nd   18H0  Sarah  Denton  of  New  York 
state,  had  no  children. 

Joseph  I.  Reid,  s.  John  I.  «.N  Margaret,  md.  .Ann    Miller  of  ^Middlesex  Co. 

6  had  7  chldr: 

MAIUJAliET  A.  b.  1H()S  d.  ISHO.  ELl/.\nE'i'll  11.  h.  jsiod.  1,S74  md. 

Johr.  I.  Dey  of  Mon.  Co.  &had2chldr.  Carrelia,  &  Elizabeth  A.  b.  1845 d.  1891. 

.JOHN  J.  1).  1812(1.  1H91.        ELLL\H  b.  1814  d.  189:5.       AI5I.TAH   A.  h.  1817 

md.  in  Canada.  WILLIAH   C.  b.  1S19  md.  Mary &  had  4  chldr. 

Ld^-ar.  Howard,  l.conard,  Klizabeth.  DAVID  M.  b;  1828  md.  in  Ohio. 

John  Reid  (after  his  father's  death  he  wrote  his  name  lohn  I.)s.  of  John  I. 
&  Margaret,  md.  Hannah  Miller  b.  b'eb.  12,  1792,  &  had  12  chldr: 

.lA.MESl).  Auu.  (i,  lHl2d.  IHil  md.  Mary  Ely  of  Mon.  Co.  i^had  4chl(lr.  iOly. 

Plicl.e,    Hannah  V.  b.  1849  d.  18.54,  \-  .lohn.    '      .lOSEFH  II.  b.  Dec.  15.    1813 

md.  Mary. Ann  IJowne  of  .Mon.  Co.  had.  2  chldr.   Hannah.  &  Loni.se.  .JOHN 

H.  1).  Sep.  21.  Isl5d.  ls.59.  WILLIAM  b.  Oct.  15,   lKl7d.  An.u.  29,   1^^94. 

MATILDA  b.  Aiiji.   b5,  lsl9m(l.  l.M  11  Samuel  Conover  of  Mon.  CJo.  had  3  chldr. 

Mary,  .Iosei)liene,  Fanny.       See  under  I.aird  notes).  MARY  K.  b. .Jan.  26, 

1822  md.  Peter  Clayton  Of  Mon.  Co.  had  7  chldr.  Harriet  L.,  Hannah  V.,  Mary 
A.,  Ella  P.,  Franklin  IL,  .John  B.,  c*t  Peter  P.  (i.  VOODHULL  b.  Nov. 
11,  182:5  md.  Eliza1)eth  Tunis  of  Mon.  Co.  had  2  chldr.  Edward,  &  Addison. 
A  child  that  died.         C   SPA  FFOPD  I..  Oct.  17,  1825.  RFP.ECCA  b.  Nov. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  433 

1,  1H27(1.  ISrA  nid.  Win.  H. Jewell  (See  under  Jewell  notes).  .MAKCJAKET 
)).  June  12,  18:^0  d.  Dec.  19,  1898.  A  AKON  L.  b.  Sep.  is,  1  >:',:>,. 

James  A.  Reid,  s.  Aaron  &  Rebecca,  iiid.  .May  28,  1S22  Cornelia  Ann  Bovvne 

b.  Feb.  7,  i.So^  d.  Dec.  29,  1892  dan.  James  &  Lvdia  (Mount)  Rowne,  had  6 

chldr: 

AARON  F.  b.  .hme  1:2,  ls-J:5  d.  iss(i  md. iS:  liad  :i  elildr.    Mary 

A.,  &  Sarah  1).  .lAMES  ROWNE  b.  Feb.  r,.  1825  lived  on  farm  wliere  hi.s 

father  and  -irand  father  had  lived.  LYDIA  JNIOUNT  b.  Sep.  :2S,  ]S:J7  d.  Aug. 
31,  1S(!8  unnid.  REBECCA  C.  b.  Feb.  9,  18:)0d.  ]8S(i.  MARY   ELIZA- 

BETH b.  An-;-.  .",,  1838  nul  Henry  W.  Parker  of  Hon.  CO.  had  7  clddr.  Sarah 
S.,  Lydia  R.,  James  A.,  John  R.,  Clarence  H.,  Cornelius  B.,  &  Nellie  W. 
JOHN  L.  b.  Oct.  20,  1840  d.  lS8(i  md.  Iilllen  Smith  of  Mon.  Co.  had  no  chldr. 

Teresa  Reid,  dau.  James  I.  &  Sarah,  md.  vSep.  21,  1836  r,arret   H.  Conover 

of  Mon.  Co.  &  had  7  chldr: 

JAMES  b.  18:is  d.  1839.  S.  ELLEN  b.  18139  d.  1S99  md.  James  B.  Craig. 

CATHERINE  b.  Mch.  4.  1K41  d.  Oct.  I88.1  md.  Luther  1).  Bugbee..  JANE 
ANN  b.  1S43.  WILLIAM  (J.  b.  I84.-1.  SIDNEY    Kb.  ]s4sd.  1S52. 

GARRET  B.  b.  18.51. 

William  D.  Reid,  s.  James  I.  On:  Sarah,   md.   Elizal>etli   I)e\-  of  Mnldiesex 

Co.  &  had  3  chldr: 

JOSEPH  C.  b.  1841  md.  18()8  Jennie  A.  WooUey  of  Mon.  Co.  c^  had  2  chldr. 
Alfred  E.  &  Lizzie  Y.  URI  AS  b.  1843  md.  1806  Sarah  A.  Brown  of  Middlesex 

Co.  &  had  4  chldr:  Lanrinda  C,  and  the  others  d.  young.  MARY  V.  b.  1846 

md.  1868  Jacob  B.  Conover  of  Mon.  Co.  &  had  6  chldr.  S.  ELIZABETH b. 
1851  md.  1871  Longstreet  Yanghn  &  had  2  chldr.  ANNA  b.  1855  md. 

Harvey  Yanderveer  &  had  2 chldr. 

Marg^aret  A.  Reid,  d.  Joseph  I.  &  Ann,  md.  1827  Stephen  Conover  of  Mon. 
Co.  &  had  4  chldr: 

S.  DECATUR  b.  1827.  WILLI.VM  S.  b.  18:W  d.  ISSM.  AMANDA  b. 

1832.         JOHN  S.  b.  ls;U  d.  18,50. 

Stephen  Conover  d.  1837  &  the  widow  md.  1843  Jacol)  Johnson  of  Mon  Co. 

&  had  one  chid.  Jnlietta  R. 

Aaron  H.  Reid,  s.  James  I.  tS:  Sarah,  md.  ist  Sarah  Rice  &  had  4  chldr: 
MARY  P.  b.  1849  d.  1852.  SARAH  J.  b.  1850  d.  1S72.  JOHN  md. 

Margaret  Applegate  &  had  1  chid.  Gertrude.  CATHARINE  A.  md.  1891 

Forman  Hoffman,  no  chldr. 

Aaron  H.  Reid  md.  2nd.  Minnie  Morris  dau.  (^eorjj^e  >S:  had  2  chldr.  Leona, 

&  Minnie. 

John  J.  Reid,  s.  Joseph  I.  «S:  Ann  md.  ist  Kliza  D.  Hankin.^on  of  Mon.  Co. 

&  had  7  chldr: 

J.   NEWELL  ind.  Sarah  Coml)s  of  Mon.  Co.   \'  had   3  chldr.    Lizzie,    Anna, 

Eloise.  ELIJAH  md. &  had  2  chldr.  AUGl'STUS  md. 

&  had  3  chldr.  Marv  S..  Constance,  John.  JOSEPH  md. &  had  3 

chldr.  Mae,  Emma.' Joseph.  JOHN  CALYIN  b.  1851  d.  ISfHi  n.d.  Sarah  E. 
Young  of  Maryland  &  had  9  chldr.  Blanche,  Rene,  Carrie,  Minnie.  Maud,  John 
C,  Mark,  &  twin  Itoysbothd.  young.  CAROLINE  md.  Claudius  Hammond 
&  had  6  chldr.  Katherine  L..  Hannah  M.,  John  R.,  Harrv.  Frank,  Eliza  D. 
MARY  E.  md.  Charles  Rue  of  Mon.  Co.  c^-  had  1  chid.  Newell  H. 

Ann  Reid,  d.  1858,  &  John  J.  Reid  md.  2iid.  1859  Mary   \"an   Cleaf  ..\:   had 

no  chldr. 

Elijah  Reid,  s.  Joseph  I.  &  Ann,  md.    ist  Susan   1*.   ligbert  of  New  York 

City  &  had  i  chid: 

SARAH  A.  md.  E.  Thompson  Conover  c'v:  had  2  chldr.  (iiace.  t^  Susan. 


434  HISTORY    OF   OLD  THNNENT. 

His  ist  \v.  (].  1S47,  (S:  I'^lijah  Kt-id  nid.  2ih1  I'liebe  MundvofNevv  York  City 
&had5chldr: 

ELIJAH  M.  1).  Aii-i.  1-J,  IMild.  Mfli.  17.  1!)():2  iiul.  is?:;  Cathaiiiip  A.  K'ue  A 
had  lOclildr.  Lewis  R..  Howard  K..  Kdith  li.,  Elizabeth  C,  Jessie  !\1.,  DeWitt 
Cohen,  iSIary  A.,  Wendell  !'.,  lleiuy  K'..  cS:  Lester  K.  AKIETTA  iiid.  J. 

Chalmers  Kue  cK:  had  '.i  chldr.  Mary  L.,  jMarjiareta,  it  ]\Hra.  IIAKK'V  nid. 

Alfaretta  Van  Seoiek  t\:  had  4  ehldr!  Chester,  Harry,  Warren,  Lillian.  i:i)lTH 
ind.  William  "Woodward  t*t  had  'A  chldr.  Howard  K.,  Carl  K'.,  &  Wm.  Stanley 
MAKCJAKET  h.  lS(i:{  d.  19(l(l  md.  Alfred  iMcmnt  i*t  had  1  ehld.  Albert. 

John  H.  Reid,  s.  John  I.  &  Hannah,  nid.  Margaret  De}-  &  had  5  chldr: 

BENJAMIN  I),  md.  Ella  Me  Elvaine  &  had  P,  chldr.  l^cta,  Carl,  <S:  one  died. 
JOHN  V.  h.  1849  d.  IS?:!.  srAFKOKl)  W.  md.  18(i9  Hester  Kurtt  &  had 

4  chldr.  Nellie,  Georjiana.  Ihirtt  W.,  ct  Emma  T.  LAl'lJA.  KATP:nid. 

J.  Leander  Jewell  &  had  2  ehldr.  Harry,  &  one  d.  yonni;. 

William  Reid,  s.  John  L  &  Hannah,  nid.  Dec.  30,  1S40  Sarah  T.  Ajijjleton 

b.  Nov.  29,  1818  d.  Mch.  16,  1888,  &  had  5  chldr: 

SAKAH  ELIZABt:TH  h.  Sep.  2«,  1841  d.  Jan.  15,  1K53.  iMATILDA  md. 

Dec.  24,   18(J3  B.  Conover  Preston  &  had  8  chldr.  Fannie,   Elizabeth,   Viola, 

William,  Joseph,  Aufiusta, ,  c*t  Howard.  WM.  ELLWOOD  TEN- 

NENTmd.Nov.  18,  1880  Mary  F.  McLean  &:  had  4  ehldr.  Lester.  Charles, 
Marion,  «S:  one  died  voung.  MARGARET  ELIZABETH  md.  May  25,  1881 
Charles  F.  McDonald  &  had  3  chldr.  Oliver,  Sarah,  Charles.  FLORENCE 

AUGUSTA  md.  Feb.  23,  1881  William  M.  Rankin  &  had  5  chldr.  Helen  A., 
Thomas  S.,  Sarah  E.,  Florence  M.,  <S:  P^rederick  P5. 

G.  Spafford  Reid,  s.  John  I.  &  Hannah,  nid.  Jan.  2,  1851  Elizabeth  Denise 
b.  Aug.  30,  1830  dau.  Wni.  G..  &  had  6  chldr. 

WILLIAM  H.  md.  Emma  B.  II.  Taylor  &  had  7  chldr.  George  T.,   Edgar  I).. 

Henry  P.,  William  A.,  Edna  S.,  Elizabeth,  &  Lottie  Many.  GE<)1^'(;E  E. 

b.  June  15,  1855  d.  Feb.  3,  186(1.  ELLA  md.  Feb.  1,  1882  John  A.  Okerson, 

no  chldr.  Rev.  ALBERT  md.  Helen  Schenck  dau.  Saml.  M.,  &  had  3chldr. 

Lotta  &  Louise  twins,  t^^:  Elizabeth.  AUGUSTUS  md.  Feb.  22,  1893  F:ila 

^V.  Perrine  dau.  Wm.  it  had  4  ehldr.  Margery  P.,   Augustus  Lloyd,  it  2  died 

young.         SAR'AH  JANE. 

Margaret  Reid,  dau.  John  I.  &  Hannah,  nid.  Joel  Clay'ton  &  had  5  chldr: 
EMMA  nul.  Delancey  Wilgus  had  2  chldr.  Flora,  &  Ralph.  MA  RIANNA 

md. Miller  had  chid.  Howard.  .  MAK'V   H.VNNAH. 

MARGARET  md.  Craig  Fleming,  had  chid.  Hazel. 

Aaron  L.  Reid,  s.  John  I.  &  Hannah  md.  July  24,    1856  I\li/,abeth  FAy  h. 
Feb.  22,  1835  dau.  Joseph  H.  &  Julia  A.  (Cubberley)  Ely,  had  7  chldr: 

CHAK'LES  AUGUSTUS  b.  Dec.  7,  18.57  d.  Sep.  11,  ]9{)4.         ANNA  md.  Dec. 

18,  1878  John  P.  English  it  had  chldr.   Mary  Elizabeth,  Charles  R.,  it  Elsie. 

MAli'Y  JANEl).  Jan.  9,  18(i2  d.  Jan.  19,  18f;4.         AARON  E.  b.  Jan.  8,  1864 

d.  Jan.  22,  ]8(i4.  JULIA   ELIZABETH  b.  Apr.  2fi,  1865  d.  Mch.  6,  1897. 

HARRIET  REBECCA.  WILLIAM  HARVEY  md.  Aug.  6,  189(i  Carolyn 

M.  Smith  dau.  Monroe,  it  bad  1  chid.  Pauline. 

Aaron  Reid,  s.  David  &  Amy,  md.  tS:  iiad  4  chldr. 

ROBERT.         AARON.         CAROLINE.         MARIA. 
Thomas  P.  Reid,  s.  David  it;  Amy,  md.  &  had  4  chldr- 

JOHN.          (  name  not  known  ).          1  name  not  known  ).  ELid*]N. 

Henry  Iv.  Reid,  .s.  Janie.s  J.  »S:  Lavinia.  md. Morgan  &  had  3  clildr: 

(  All  3  died  in  infancy. ) 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  435 

Austen  Reid,  s.  Austen  &  Jane,  md.  Bell  Joline  tS:  had  i  chid: 

ETHEL  b.  1896  d.  1901. 
Edward  Reid,  s.  Austen  &  Jane.  md. &  liad  chldr: 

(names  not  known. ) 

LilHe  Reid,  dau.  Austen  &  Jane,  nid.  Th(jnias  Lupton  of  Matawan,  had  no 
chldr. 

Howard  Reid,  s.  Wni.  C.  (S:  Mar}-,  nid.  &  had  chldr: 

Names  not  known. 
Leonard  Reid,  s.  Wni.  C.  &  Mary,  nid.  Rhoda  Laird  &  had  i  chid. 

BERTH A. 

Ely  Reid,  s.  James  &  Mary,  nid.  Mar}-  Clayton  dau.  Ellison  &  had  3  chldr. 

ELLA.         SARAH  nul.  Charles  Hoffman.         J.  HAL8EY. 
Phebe  Reid,  dau.  James  &  Mar}-,  md.  Samuel  Davison  &  had  4  chldr; 

WILLIAM  md.  Cassie  Davison  &  had  3  chldr.  CAKRIE.  MARY  R., 

md.  Charles  Pittenger,  &  had  1  chid.  FRANK. 

Hannah  Reid,  dau.  Joseph  H.  &  Mary  md.  Joliu   Bowne  of  Mon.  Co.  & 
had  3  chldr: 

JENNIE.         KITTY.         . 

Louise  Reid,  dau.  Joseph  H.  &  Mary  md.  Ed.  Applegate  had  i  chid. 

EDWARD. 
Mary  A.  Reid,  dau.  Aaron  E.,  md.  D.  Wells  &  had  chldr: 

(Names  not  known. ) 

Notes  by  Charles  S.  Jewell. 

John  Reid  d.  Jan.  15,  1771  aged  58  yrs.  md.  Deborah d.  Jan.  10,  1786 

aged  60  yrs. 

George  Reid  d.  Ma\-  16,  18 13  aged  58  yrs.  2  mos.  17  da.  md.  Jane d. 

May  16.  1808  aged  48  3'rs.  5  mos.,  had  chldr: 

NANCY  HANKINSON  d.  Oct.  13,  1816  aged  24  yrs.  4  mos.  13  da.         CATH- 
ARINE d.  Feb.  4,  1810  aged  17  yrs.  21  da: 

Deborah  Reid  d.  Aug.  i,  1817  aged  52  yrs.  7  mos.  7  da.  md.  David  Smith. 

Richard  Reid  b.  June  5,  1759  d.  Jan.  28,  1836,  s.  John  &  Deborah,  md.  Feb. 

10,  1791  Catharine  Disbrow  b.  Dec.  18,  1769(3.  July  29,    1844  dau.  Wm.  & 

Anna,  had  11  chldr: 

LYDIA  b.  Dec.  5,  1791.  ELIZA  DISBROW  b.  Feb.  14,  1794  md.  John 

Morris  father  of  Wyckoff  Morris.  JOHN  b.  Dec.  9,  1796.  WM.  HEN- 

DRICKSON  b.  Jan.  15,  1799.  GILBERT  SNOWDEN  b.  July  16,  1800. 

DAVID  R.  b.  Nov.  14,  1802.  ANNA  b.  Apr.  2.  1806  d.  Jan.  14,  1883  md. 

Lewis  Combs.         DANIEL  DISBROW  b.  Sep.  9,  1808.         RUTH  RICKETTS 
b.  Sep.  30,  1810  d.  unmarried.         CATHARINE  AMANDA  b.  Mch.  15,  1813 

md.  Ezekiel  Dey.         FRANCES  b.  July  13,  1816  d.  Dec.  28,  1882  md. 

Mount. 

David  R.  Reid,  s.  Richd.  &  Caty,  md.  Mary  Ann  Van  vSchoick  b.   1802,  & 

had  5  chldr: 

WILLIAM  \.         JOHN  HENRY.         HANNAH  ELIZABETH.         CATH- 
ERINE ANN  b.  June  8,  1837.         RICHARD  D. 


436  HIvSTORY    OK  OLD  TENNKNT. 

I'kiiii  (l;it;i  tin  iiislictl  liv  Cliaili'S  S.  .lewfll,   K'ali\\;i\,  N.  .1. 

Ann  Hanktison  1).  i.)v\.  14.  ij2()  i]  June  6,  1761  md.  J()se])li  Tun  lor  b.  Mch. 
19.   1723  <1    ])(.('.   19,   1777  liad  6  clildr: 

PKISCILl.A  1).  iHc.  :!.  17  is.  MAU(iRKT  Nov.  s,  17:)1.         CATHEKINb. 

Nov.  l->.   17.-,:j.  .\N.\  1).  .Mc-li.rid,  HiKi.         .lOSKlMl  h.  Mav  7,  175H  d.  Feb. 

10.  I7^ii.  •!ii(tM.\S  IIANKINSON  1).  .hnie  IC.  17(;(). 

Jost-jih  Tax  1(11  nid.  2nd.  Sep.  28,  1762  Ann  B- h.  Dec.  13.    1726  ts:   had   2 

chldr: 

JOHN  1).  .Wi.ii.  !).  17(i:;.  JONATHAN  b.  Mcli.  :>^^,  1770  d.  Sop.  17,  1779. 

A  .sister  of  Ann  Ilanker.-oii  nid Hampton,  another  sister  nid. 

Cooper,  and  a  third  sisler  not  known. 

From  (lata  and  fannlv  Kible  records  in  possession  of  David  Jiaird.  Ilaird,  N.  .1., 
with  some  notes  added. 

John  Baird  immigrated  from  vScotland  1683  aged  18  years,  d. Apr.  1755  aged 
about  90  yrs.  bur.  at  Topanemus,  md.  Mary  Hall  1684  who  was  taken  from 
a  wrecked  vessel;  it  is  supposed  their  children  were  David  Sr.,  Andrew, 
Zebulon  who  d.  Jan.  28,  1804  aged  83  yrs.  3  mos.  15  da.  bur.  at  Topanemus. 
David  Baird. Sr.  b.  Wednesday  Oct.  19,  1710  d.  June  19,  1801  nid.  Sarah 
Compton  b.  on  a  Good  Fryday  Apr.  18,  1716  d.  Maj'  i,  1810,  had  4  clildr: 

JACOB  b.  sabbath  Nov.  10,  1744.        MARY  b.  Sep.  30,  1747.        JOHN 

i).  Oct.  27,  1750.  DAVID  JK.  b.  July  16,  1754. 

John  Baird  b.  Oct.  27,  1750  d.  Oct.  26,  1834  md.  ist  May  2,  1776  Phebe  Ely 
b.  Apr.  14,  1749  d.  June  3.  1817;  he  md.  2nd  Jul}-  i,  1818  Elizabeth  Edwards 
1).  sabbath  Apr.  i,  1790. 

Thomas  Edwards  d.  Sep.  5,  1816  aged  81  yrs.  5  mos.  &  his  w.  Elizalieth  d. 
Apr.  15,  1824  aged  79  jrs. 

David  Baird,  Jr.  b.  July  16,  1754  d.  Dec.  26,  1839  md.  ist  Feb.  27,  1777  Re- 
bekah  Ely,  md.  2nd  Lydia  Gaston,  md.  3rd  Nov.  25  ,  1795  Mary  Edwards 
d.  June  22,  1840  aged  6S  yrs.  10  mos.  20  da.  His  chldr.  b}-  these  3  mar- 
riages were: — 

liEBEKAH  ELY  b.  Dee.  17,  1777.  SARAH  b.  Nov.  1,  1780.  MAliYb. 
Oct.  15,  1782.  JOHN  b.  Meb.  19,  1784.  JACOB  )>.  Dec.  19,  1785 d.  Apr. 
8,  1823.         LYDIA  d.  Feb.  8,  1788.         PHEBE  1).  Nov.  14,  1790.  DAVID, 

Jk.  b.  Feb.  22.  1797.  REl  b.  Mav  Ui,  1798.  ELIZABETH  b.  Mch.  2, 

1800.  THOMAS  b.  Feb.  (i,  1S02.         ANN  b.  Dee.  2:5.  I80:;.         EVELINA 

b.  Oct.  25,  lS05nHl    .Mcb.  12,  182s  Wni.  P.  Forniaii.  JOSIll'H  b.  July  4, 

1807  d.  Mav  5.  1S14.  JAMES  1).  June  :'.,  lS]o.  BACH  EL  b.  Sep.  7, 

1812.  ELENOR  b.  Dec.  15,  1815.  ZICI'.ILON  b.  .Ian.  :U,  1H19. 

Thomas  Baird  b.  Feb.  6,  1802  md.  Dec.  11.  1S25  Isleanor  Bilyeu  b  May  9, 
1804.  had  3  clildi  : 

1  &  2  twin.s.  .JONATHAN  cV  D.W  ID  b.  .\ii^.  21.  lHr>9.  SARAH  b.  March 

20,  ]8:{;]. 
Elizabeth  Baird  b.  Mch.  2,  1800  d.  Dec.  14.  1895  md.  1820  Peter  Wyckoff  a 
5th  generation  descendant,  b}-  both  father  &  mother,  from  Peter  Claessen 
Wyckoff  emigrant  from  Holland  T636:  she  was  bap.  in  Old  Ten.  &  1826 
united  with  1st  I'res  eh.  Cranbury.  N.  J.  had  9  chldr.  onlv  one  of  whom 
survived  her,  a  dan.  who  md.  Rev.  James  .M .  .Ma.xwell,  I).  I),  pastor  in 
Monongahela  City,  Pa. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  437 

From  a  fienealofiical  rcsearc-li  loaned  by  Jacob  H.  Conover,  Baird,  N.  J.  The 
notes  were  in  type  writinj;,  and  apparently  taken  from  a  more  extended  fi'enealosii- 
cal  paper. 

No.  I.  Wolfert  Garretse  Van  Couwenhoven,  he  was  the  coninioii  Ances- 
tor of  the  Conover  family  in  thi.s  conntrv.  He  came  from  .^mer.s- 
foort.  Utrecht,  Holland  to  thi.s  country  1630  was  sent  over  as  Super- 
intendant  of  farms  for  the  Patroon,  resided  at  Albany  N.  Y.  for  3 
or  four  years,  &  afterward  cultivated  a  farm  on  Manhattan  Island. 
In  June  1637  ^'^  purchased  from  the  Indians  land  at  Flatlands 
Long  Island;  d.  after  1660. 

The  writer  of  the  paper  here  gives  the  Sons  in  tlie  line  of  descent  down  to 

the  present,  and  remarks  that  the  Van  was  soon  dropped  from   the  name, 

and  about  1770  the  name  was  changed  to  Conover  with  most  of  the  family. 

No  2.  Gerret  Wolfert,  came  with  his  father  in  1630  &  resided  in  Flat- 
lands,  b.  1610  md.  Albie  dau.  of  Cornelius  Lambertse  Cool  of 
Gowanus;  d.  about  1645. 

No.  3.  Wilhelm  b.  1636  md.  ist  1660  .Albie  dau.  of  Joris  Brinckerhoflf,  md. 
2nd  1665  Jelliieetze  dau.  of  Pieter  Nonfoort;  he  resided  first  at 
Brooklyn  afterwards  at  Flatlands:  d.  about  1728. 

No.  4.  Peter  b.  Feb.  12,  1671  md.  Patience  dau.  Rlias  Daws  about  1700  he 
removed  to  Monmouth  Co.  N.  J.  &  settled  on  a  farm  near  Freehold; 
d.  1755- 

No.  5.  William  b.  ^Nlay  3,  j  706  md.  May  i,  1724  ^laryake  Colyer  b.  1706: 
resided  at  E;ng]ishtown,  N.  J.  d.  1777  &  his  w.  d.  Jan.  30,  1777. 

No.  6.     Peter  b.  Ma^'  1726  md   July  5.  1749  Anna  dau.  of  Thomas  Davis. 

No.  7.  Lewis  1).  Sep  9.  1752  md.  about  1780  Rachel  Scott  b.  1760;  resided 
near  Freehold  or  at  Rnmson  N.  J,  &  he  d.  May  27,  1843,  his  w.  d. 
Apr.  5.  1813. 

No.  8.     Ebenezer  b.  Oct.  5,  1783  md.  Dec.  17,  1807  Mary  dau.  Ouke  Leffer- 

son  &  Sarah  Schenck,  she  was  b.  Nov.  19    1784.      He  resided  near 

Freehold,  N.  J.  d.  Nov.  18,  1857  &  his  w.  d.   March   16,    1861.  had 

Schldr:— 

SARAH  b.  Nov.  7,  1808  d.  Feb.  28,  1884.         RACHEL  b.  Dec.  4,  1810  d.  Apr. 

20,  1901.  JANE  b.  Apr.  7,  18i:3  d.  Nov.  l."-.,  1843.  WILLIAM  E.  b. 

Oct.  14,  1815  d.  Auk-  24,  1891.  JAMES  SCOTT  b.  Oct.  2,  1818  d.  Sep.  3, 

1894.         MARY  ANN  b.  Sep    14,  1821  d.  Mch.  15,  1900.         ARTHUR  L.  b. 

Apr.  18,  1824  d.  Aug.  14,  1899.         JOHN  B.  b.  Nov.  22,  1829. 


From  collections  furnished  by  D.  VanDerveer  Perrine,  Freehold,   N.  J.  and 
data  by  Mrs.  L.  H.  S.  Conover,  Marlboro,  N.  J. 

Peter  Covenhoven,  of  Freehold,  Monmouth  Co.,  md.  Patience  Daws,  had 

lo  chldr: 

HANNAH  b.  Sep.  2(),  1695  md.  Johannes  Antonides.  JANE  b.  .luly  28, 

1697  md.  William  Williamsen.  ALLIE  b.  Sep.  28,  1(>»9  d.  youn^.  MARY 
b.  July  25,  1701  d.  .May  17,  1787  md.  Oct.  10,  172-  Koert  G.  Schanck. 
WILLIAM  b.  July  11,  170:}  d.  May  ^,  1777  md.  May  1,  1725  Mary  I  Theodor- 
use)  Colyer.  ALLICE  b.  May  21,  1705  d.  Nov.  16,  1797  md.  Jan.  16,  1730 

Wm.  Williamsen.  ELIAS  b.  Sep.  12,  1707  d.  Dec.  25,  1750  md.  1729  Wil- 

lempe  Wall.  ELENORA  b.  Sep.  2,  1709.  PETER  b.  June  27,  1712  md. 
Dec.  17,  1735  Leah  ( Janse)  Schenck.  ANNEY  b.  Sep.  29,  1714  nul.  Dec. 

17,  1736  John  Longstreet.  This  record  of  births  was  copied  from  the  Dutch 
Bible  of  Willem  Willemson. 


438  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Aeltie  Cowenhoven  b.  May  21,  1705  d.  Nov.  16,  1797  dau.  Peter,  nid.  Jan. 
16,  1730  Willem  Willeiii.'^en  V).  Feb.  10,  1709  d.  Apr.  22,  177S  had  6  chldr; 

ANTYE  b.  Sep.  13,  1730(1.  Sep.  14,  1757.  PaTIENCK  h.  Apr.  11,  1733. 

HELENA  b.  May  3,  173r)  d  Mch.  15,  177->.  AVAiT  b.  Nov.  5,  1739  d.  Dec. 

7,  174-J.         NEELTYE  b.  Sep.  •>(),  1743.  .JANNETYIO  b.  .Tune  2!),  1746  d 

July  13,  1746. 
A  certain  will  recorded  at  Trenton,  N.  J.  of  William  Covenhoven  of  Free- 
hold, N.J.  .sworn  Jan.  20,    1777  (pos.sibly  the  Wni.  s.  of  Peter)  mentions 
chldr: 

PETER.         CATHERINE.  PATIENCE.  MARY.  THEODORUS 

WILLIAM.         NELLY.         .JOHN. 
John  Covenhoven  b.  July  11,  1746  d.   Nov.  3,    ICS24  bur.  at  Old  Ten.  s.  of 
Wni.,  nid.  Jan.  12,  1770 'Mary  Aiktn  b.  Apr.  28,  1741  d.  Nov.  14,  1826  dan. 
of  Thomas  Aiken,  had  7  chldr: 

CATHERINE  b.   Feb.  -28,   1771  nid.   1st  Solomon  Combs,  nul.  2nd   William 

Davis.  ABIGAL  b.  Apr.  4,  1773  d.  Apr.  11,  1813  md. Van  Home. 

WILLIAM  b.  June  22,  1774  d.  A^<,^  12,  1852.  JOHN  b.  Nov.  6,  1775  d. 

Oct.  3,  1H04  uninanied.         GERTRUDE  b.  July  19,  1777  nid.  Josejib  Conover. 

SAMUEL  b.  Apr.  6,  1779  d.  Oct.  12,  1779.         tllEODC^RUS  b.  Oct.  19,  1780 

a.  Feb.  12,  1858,  md.  Rachel . 

William  Covenhoven  b,  June  22,  1774  s.  John  &  Mary  md.  Janet  Davis  b. 
April  29,  1774  dau.  Aaron  &  Janet  (Rhea)  Davis  (see  Rhea  Notes)  had  i 
chid: 

i\IARY  b.  June  20,  1809  md.  Fell.  13,  1828  David  I.  VanDerveer  b.  Apr. 

19,  1806  had  4  chldr.     Hannah  Matilda,  William  Conover,  John  D.,  & 

David  Arthur. 
Peter  (Pieterse)  Covenhoven  Jr.  b.  June  27,  1712  s.   Pieter  &  Patience  md. 
Dec.  17.  1735  Leah  (Janse)  Schenck  b.  Dec.  24,  1714  dau.  Jan  (Roelofse)  & 
vSarah  (Covenhoven)  vSchenck,  &  had  9  chldr: 

JOHN  P.  b.  Jan.  6,  1740  d.  Dec.  24,  1811  nul.  Jane  McGaliiani.  PATIENCE 

b.  Mcli.  29,  1742  d.  Mch.  8,  1826  md.  Dec.  1,  1765  Albert  Covenhoven. 
SARAH  1).  Dec.  22.  1744  d.  May  13,  1826  md.  Feb.  19,  17()7  .Joseph Thompson. 
ELLEANOR  b.  Dec.  25,  1746  n'ld.  .lohannes  Schenck.  PIETER  b.  Mch.  3, 
1749.  ELIAS  b.  May  14,  1751  md.  Oct.  2,  1774  Catharine  Forman.  WIL- 
LIAM b.  Jan.  4,  1753.  LEAH  b.  Mcii.  25,  1756  md.  Aug.  31,  1780  William 
Combs.         RULIF  b.  Feb.  3,  1758  md.  Rachel  Carr 


From  a  Itible  record  furnished  by  Miss  Mary  E.  Robinson,  West  Freehold,  N.  J. 

John  P.  Conover  d.  Dec.  24    181 1  a.2:ed  71  yrs.  11  mos    18  da.  md.  Jane  Mc- 
Galliard  d.  Aug.  14,  1798  aged  49  yrs.  7  raos.  9  da,  had  chldr: 

JOHN  I.  WILLIAM  I.  LEAH  md.  Wm.  Ten.  Eyck,  &  shed.  Dec. 

19,  18:32  aged  45  yrs.  11  mos.  17  da. 


From  notes  furnished  by  Frank  C.  Laird,  Englishtown,  N.  J. 

William  Covenhoven  (son  of  Peter  &  Patience  (Daws)  Covenhoven   see  in 
above  Notes)  b.  July  11,  1703  d.  May  3,  1777  md.  May  i,  1725  Mary  Colyer 
d.  Jan.  30,  1777  in  her  70th  year,  both  bur  at  Old  Tennent,  had  11  chldr: 
JOSEPH  b.  Feb.  16,  1726.         CATHARINE  1).  Oct.  11,  1727.         PATIENCE 
b.  Apr.  24.  1729.  MARY  b.  June  4,  1731.  THEODORUS  b.  May  24, 

1733.1.  Dec.  10,  1H25.         WILLIAM  b.  Aug.  13,  1735.  SAMUEL  b.  Aug. 

27,  1738.  NELTE  b.  Mcli.  31,  1742.  JOSEPH  b.  July  17,  1743. 

SARAH  b.  June  21,  1744.         JOHN  b.  July  11,  1746. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  439 

William  V.  Coveiihovtn  d.  Feb.  i;:,,  1823  aged  79  years  nul.  Altia  Jewell  d. 
Mch.  4,  1813  aged  69  \-ear.s,  had  6  chldr: 

S.\MUEL.  RICHARD  b.  Apr.  K,  1770.  JANK  b.  Oct.  21,   1771. 

ALICE  b.  Feb.  4,  1774.  WILLIAM  b.  Avao;.  (J,  1777.  .TO.SEril  b.  Aug. 

3,  1786  a.  May  2,  1H49. 

Note;  Will.  P.   bought  the  Gib   Hendrickson   farm  for  son.s   Richard  and 

William  soon  died  and  Richard  owned  the  farm.     Wm.   P.  owned  nearly 

all  of  Englishtown  including  the  Mill,  which  Mill  propert}-  was  left  to 

Samuel  whose  dau.  md.  Abraham  B.  Amnierman  (see  p.  167). 

Joseph  Covenhoven  md.  1808  Alice  Laird  b,  Dec.  2.  1788  d.   Feb.   22,    1864, 

had  6  chldr; 

JULIETT  b.  June  25,  1809.  MATILDA  I).  Oct.  2(j,  1810  nut.  James  Apple- 
ton.  LOUISA  b.  Aug.  l(j,  1812.  WILLIAM  THEODORE  b.  Mch.  20, 
1815  nul.  Hannah  Gaston.  ALEXANDER  b.  Oct.  24,  1M19  md.  Hannah 
Dey.         CHARLES  AUGUSTUS  b.  Aug.  17,  1824. 

Richard  Conover  d.  Sep.  20,  185 1  aged  81  yrs.  5  mos.   12  da.  md.   Hannah 

Reid  dan   James,  had  7  chldr; 

JAiNIKS  md.  Shepherd,   had  chldr.  Charles,   Emma    &  John. 

ALCHEY  (or  Alice)  d.  Oct.  27,  1880  aged  78  yrs.  4  mos.  28  da.  md. 
Dec  26,  1S21  Gilbert  Hendrickson  d.  Jan.  31,  1847  aged  48  yrs.  10  mos. 
28  da.  had  chldr.  Rulif  S.,  James  Conover.  Richard,  &  Gilbert. 
ELIZA  md.  Jo.seph  Horner,  no  chldr.  SAMUEL— Sheriff— md.  twice. 
WILLIAM  R.  md.  twice.  RICHARD  md.  Susan  Vannote,  had 

chldr.  Gilbert,  &  Susie.  AARON  md.  Francythye  Conover,  had  5 
chldr.  Esther  md.  Win.  Miller,  Hannah  md.  Ozias  Miller,  Sophia  md. 
Geo.  VanArtsdale,  Ida,  &  Marj'  P.  md.  James  B.  Rogers. 

Samuel  Conover,  Sheriff,  s.  Richard  &  Hannah,  md.    1st  Mary   Piatt,    & 

had  2  chldr. 

HANNAH  md.  Geo.  Bullock.         GEORGE  P.  md.  Amy  Burdsall. 

md.  2nd  Matilda  Reid,  &  had  3  chldr; 

MARY  md.  John  H.  Laird.  JOSEPHINE  md.  Charles  Wesley  Horden. 

FANNY  md.  Wm.  P.  Robertson. 

William  R.  Conover,  s.  Richard  &  Hannah,  md.    ist  Eliza  McKnight  & 
md.  2nd  Debora  Tilton.     He  had  4  chldr; 

MILLARD.  FRANK.  JOANNA  md.  Peter  Danser.  ADELADEmd. 
Ely  Hutchinson. 


From  Notes  by  Mrs.  (Judge)  Charles  H.  Conover,  Freehold,  N.  J. 

Cyrus  Bruen,  trustee  in  Old  Ten.  1835,  b.  Mch.  2,  17S7  at  Madison,  then 
Bottle  Hill,  Morris  Co.  N.  J.  He  was  the  s.  of  Jonathan  Bruen  &  Lydia 
Ward  his  w.  Jonathan  was  s.  of  David  s.  of  Joseph  s.  of  John  who  came  to 
Newark  in  1667,  s.  of  Obadiah  found  in  the  list  of  the  Plymouth  Colony 
in  1640,  who  was  a  jounger  s.  of  John  of  Bruen  Stapleford  in  the  County 
of  Chester,  England. 


From  genealogical  collections  by  Mrs.  (.ludge)  Charles  H.  Conover,  Freehold, 
N.  J.,  with  various  notes  added. 

Michael  Henderson,  tradition  says,  was  an  elder  in  Old  Scots  church.  He 
was  grandson  of  Sir  Michael  Balfour.  He  and  his  w.  Jane  both  d.  in  1722 
&  were  bur.  in  Old  Scots  yard.  Old  papers  seem  to  show  that  they  had  a 
s.  James  who  appears  to  have  been  a  merchant.  Also  they  had  a  son  John, 
who  was  elder,  clerk,  trustee  in  Old  Ten.  church. 


440  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

John  Henderson  (Micliael)  d.  Jan    i,   1771  in  liis  7_|lli   vr    nid.   Athi  

d.  Oct.  4.  1776  in  her  65th  year,  had  a  ni).  of  chldr.  for  list  of  whom  see 
Baptismal  Rejjister  under  Rev  \Vm.  Ttinuiit,  and  tliese  furllur  notes 
may  be  added: 

Their  son  John  h.  1741  d.  1815  md.  Jan.  29.  1761  Jane  Laird  dan.  Wm. 
of  Rnjrlishtown:  this  John  was  an  officer  in  Revolutionary  Arm}',  had 
sons  &  daus.  of  whom  Maria  &  Elizabeth  d.  unmarried.  Jane  md. 
Daniel  \V  iilianis.  William  d.  unmarried  1808,  Charles  settled  in  New 
Orleans  &  md.  Miss  Angelica  Hoogland  of  that  cit}-.  Also  Mar- 

garet dan.  John  ist  &  Ann,  md  Capt.  Tinney  lived  in  JState  vSt.  on 
Batter}-,  New  York. 

Thomas  Henderson,  M.  I).  (John,  Michael)  b.  1743  d.  Dec.  15,  1S24  grad. 
Princ.  Coll.  1761,  member  of  Med.  vSociety  of  N.  J.  1766,  Society  of  Cincin- 
nati 1781  (see  sketch  at  close  of  Chap.  VII):  he  md.  ist  Sep.  23,  1767  Mary 
dau.  John  Hendricks,  .'■he  lived  only  a  few  mos.  after  their  marriage  He 
md.  2nd  Jan.  1778  Rachel  Burrowes  dau.  of  John  &  Hope,  b.  Sep.  1751  d. 
Aug.  22,  1840,  they  had  seven  daughters: 

MARY  b  July  1779  d.  1848  md.  ]\Iay  6,  1806  Richard  Montgomery 
Green  of  Lawrenceville,  N.  J.  had  5  chldr.  (ij  Thomas  Henderson  b. 
1803  md.  1833  i\Iary  (iulic.  (2)  Charles  Gustavus  md.  Sarah  Ann  Max- 
well, d.  1847.  (3)  Alfred  Dickinson  md.  Mary  Kennedy  d.  Dec.  15, 
1867  in  Naples,  Italy,  U.  S.  Consul:  2  children  &the  w.  preceeded  him 
to  the  grave  in  the  distant  home  where  health  had  been  sought.  (4) 
Margaretta  ^latilda  md.  Samuel  M.  Hamill,  D.  D.  (5)  Sidney  Breece 
b.  1820  d.  18S0  md.  ist  Ellen  Sansburv  md.  2nd  Maria  Grey.  ANNA 
b    1781  d.  1843  unmarried.  JANE  b.  1784  d.  Oct.  1804.  HOPE 

BURROWES  b.  1786  d.  Apr.  1823  md.  John  Burrowes  Forman,  ^,  chldr. 
CATHARINE  b.  1788  d.  1854  in  Springfield,  111.  md.  Rev.  Eli  F. 
Cooley  Sep.  3,  1818,  had  2  chldr.  ELIZA  b.  Jan.  26,  1790  d.  1851 

md.  Sep.  ^.  f8i8  Cvrus  Bruen,  4  chldr.  2  d.  in  infancv.  INIARGA- 

RETTA  MATILDA  b.  1793  d.  i8s3  '"c^-  Rev.  John  G".  Bergen,  Spring- 
field, 111.,  5  chldr. 


From  a  genealogical  research  furnished  by  Mrs.  Thomas  E.  Morris,  Freehold,  N.  J. 

James  English  b.  1700  md.  Margaret  Rhea  b.  about  1700,  &  had  7  chldr: 
DAVID  b.   1726  d.  Sep.   13,   17(i2.  JAMES  md.  Catherine  lliitchinsou. 

ROBERT  md.    Jane    Montgomery.  MARGARET    md.    David    Maxwell. 

JONATHAN     n)d.    Llizabeth    Liiinl.  KLIZABETH    md.    Moses    Laird. 

JOHN  (1.  uiniiarricd,  aged  •2-2. 

David  English,  s.  James  &  Margaret,  md.  Jane  Robinson,   &  had  4  chldr: 

JANE  d.  mimairied.  M AlULMxET  md.  1st  Jeremiah  Smith  md.  ;»nd  Rev. 

H.  Foxall.  D.WID  d.  unmarried.         JAMES   ROBINSON  b.  \Hi:U\.  1815. 

James  Robinson  English,  s.  David  &  Jane,  md.  Alice  Conover  of  English- 
town,  N.  J.  had  9  clildr: 

DAVID  md.  ist  Mary  Slade  md.  2nd.  Alcinda  Slade,  he  had  6  chil- 
dren Mary,  Alice,  Henry,  Charles,  Virginia,  Fanny.  JANE  md. 
Dr.  W.  W.  Hedges,  had  8  chldr.  Margaret,  Joseph,  Caroline,  Mary 
Ann,  James,  Alice,  Smith.  Sarah  Jane.  WILLIAM  CONOVER 
rad.  Meribah  Chandler  had  i  chid.  Mary.  JEREMIAH  SMITH 
md.     Rebecca    Cooper    had    2   chldr.    Ellen    Wyckoff,    Jenny     Lind. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  441 

CAROLINE  nid.  Amos  Shaw  had  7  chldr.  Mary  Alice,  Henry  Martyn, 
Caroline,  Smith,  Laura  Victoria,  Daniel  iMcLean,  Amos.  JOHN 

CRAIG  md.  Adelia  Morgan  had  3  chldr.  Alice  Craig,  Morgan,  Adelia 
Penelope.  GEORGE  HENRY  md.  Mary  Mount  had  2  chldr.  Hanah 
Matilda,  George  Henry  MARY  md.  Rev.  Jno.  F.  Cowan  had  5 

chldr.  Elizabeth  .Alice,  James  English,  John  Fleming,  Wm.  Milam. 
Edward  Payson.  J  AS.  THEODORE  md.  Mary  Elizth  Jobs  had  5 

chldr.  James  Robinson,  Nicholas  C.  J.,  Theodore  Cowan,  Lizzie  Claire, 
David  Eugene. 

Ellen  Wjckoff  English,  dau.  Jeremiah  &  Rebecca,  md.  Thomas  E.  Morris. 

had  6  chldr: 

LYNDON  ENGLISH  nul.  Mary  Pickett  of  Birniingham,  Alabama.  FRED 
SPOONER.         BESSIE  DALLAM.  THOMAS  EDWARD.  NELLIE, 

NATHANIEL  WYCKOFF.     (seep.  446.) 


From  data  furnished  by  N.  S.  Hopkins,  Williamsville,  New  York. 

David  Kerr  b.  June  18,  1752:  he  and  his  iamily  moved  to  western  New 
York  shortly  after  the  country  was  opened  for  settlement,  and  was  living 
at  Tonawanda  N.  Y.  before  1812;  some  say  he  came  from  Maryland  and 
others  say  he  came  from  Monmouth  Co.  New  Jersey,  the  latter  being  more 
probabl}'  correct.  He  md.  ist  Feb.  9,  1775  Martha  Faulkner  b.  July  12, 
1760  d.  April  16,  1786,  &  had  7  chldr: 

WILLIAM  b.  May  4,  1776  d.  June  8,  1776.  JOHN  b.  May  20,  1777. 

NANCY  ANN  b.  June  15,  1779  d.  April  2,  1848  at  what  is  now  the 
village  of  Snyder  N.  Y.  md.  April  28,  1805  Brig.  Gen.  Timothy  S. 
Hopkins,  their  marriage  was  the  first  performed  in  western  New  York 
after  the  opening  up  of  the  country;  have  numerous  descendants  in 
Buffalo  and  vicinity.  CATHERINE  b.  Nov.  15,  1780  md.  Zador 

Norton.         WALTER  b    April  27.  1782,         RACHEL  b.  Sep  22,  1783 
md.  William  Maltby.         MARTHA  b.  July  29   1785  md.  Isaac  Norton. 
David  Kerr  md.  2nd  Patty  Pruyn,  &  had  7  chldr; 

BENJAMIN.  CHARLES.  BETSEY  h.  May  19,  1791  d.  June  3,  1862  at 
Williamsville  N.  Y.  md.  April  4,  1809  John  Grove  at  Amherst  N.  Y.  have 
nmiierous  descendants  in  Buffalo  and  vicinity.  DANIEL.  OLIVE. 

SOPHIA  b.  Nov.  25,  1805  d.  Mch.  21,  1836  md.  William  Carr.  RANSOM. 

From  a  heraldic  scroll  made  by  the  late  Samuel  M.  Schanck,  Counsel lor-at-Law 
and  loaned  for  this  book  by  his  son  E.  Grandin  Schanck,  Hightstown,  N.  J.  Mr. 
Schanck  prepared  the  scroll  with  much  care,  and  had  finely  painted  on  it  pictures 
of  the  various  escutcheons  belonging  to  the  Schenck  family,  the  illustrations  and 
descriptions  of  which  are  not  here  given.  See  in  the  German  works  on  Heraldry 
or  Coats-of-Arms  in  the  Astor  Library,  N.  Y. 

Schencke  is  the  name  of  a  very  ancient  family  who  were  spread  over  all 
Germany.  In  the  reign  of  Charlaniagne  there  was  a  knight  Edgar,  sur- 
named  the  Schencke,  about  A.  D.  798;  his  wife's  name  was  Fredegunde, 
b.  in  the  region  of  the  Moselle.  The  famil}-  descendants  of  this  Knight, 
most  especially  in  Suabia,  Switzerland,  Selesia,  and  Holland,  were  greatly 
renowned  and  possessed  of  large  wealth.  In  Holland  the  family  of  the 
Schencks  is  found  in  the  person  of  Colvede  Witte,  Baron  van  Toutenburg, 
who  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Clodius  against  the  Dane  in  A.  D.  878. 
Some  of  the  Schencks  were  in  the  tournaments  during  the  latter  part  of 
the  Middle  Ages.  In  1234  Christianus  the  2nd  s.  of  Reynier  &  Aleyda 
Schenck  became  the  first  of  the  house  of  Schenck  van  Nydeck.     From 


442  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

1346  down  to  the  present  time  the  records  continue  unbroken  of  the  family 
of  Henrich  Schenck  van  Nydeck  md.  to  Aelied  Rayde;  of  their  3  chldr. 
Henrich  md.  Aleide  van  Goen  van  Keldeiibrock;  of  their  3  chldr.  Diederick 
md.  Adelheit  van  liruen;  of  their  11  chldr.  Derick  md  Alheid  Custers;  of 
their  8  chldr.  Derick  md.  ]\Iaria  vanCialen;  theirs.  Derick  md.  Anna  van 
Berlaer;  (jf  their  5  chldr.  Peter  md.  Johanna  van  Scherpenzeel ;  of  their  2 
chldr  Martin  Schenck  is  thought  by  Col.  Vander  Dussen,  Netherlands 
Army,  to  have  come  to  the  Nieu  Netherlands  with  his  three  chldr.  in  1630, 
arriving  at  New  Amsterdam,  probably  on  the  ship  "de  Valckener,"  Wil 
heim  Thomassen  Captain,  which  sailed  from  Holland  in  March,  arriving 
June  28.     Martin  Schenck's  3  chldr.  were  named  Roelof,  Jan,  Anetje. 

Roelof  Martense  Schenck  settled  at  Nieu  Amersfort  afterwards  called 
Flatlands.  on  Nassau  Island  afterwards  called  Long  Island,  and  was 
prominent  where  he  lived  and  ore  of  the  6  or  7  wealthiest  men  on  the  Is- 
land; in  1687  his  name  appears  on  the  list  among  those  who  took  the  oath 
of  allegiance  to  the  Knglish  Government  which  he  subscribed  between  the 
26th  &  30th  of  September:  he  md.  ist  at  Flatlands  L.  I.  in  1660  Neeltje 
Geretsen  van  Couwenhoven,  md.  2nd  1675  Anetje  Peterse  Wyckoff,  md. 
3rd  Nov.  19,  1688  Katrina  Cruiger;  he  had  10  chldr.  one  of  whom  was 
named  Gerret. 

Gerret  Roelofse  Schenck  b.  at  Flatlands  L.  I.  Oct.  27,  1671  d.  Sep.  5, 
1745  md.  at  Flatlands  1693  Neeltje  Coerten  van  Voorhees  a  descendant  of 
Coert  Stevense  Van  Voorhees.  Gerret  moved  to  Pleasant  Valley  near 
Holmdel,  Mon.  Co.,  N.  J.  about  1696.  For  his  time  he  was  possessed  of 
great  worldly  estate  and  of  religious  character  and  standing:  from  1721  to 
1726  he  was  a  member  of  the  Provincial  Assembly  of  N.  J. ;  he  had  a  family 
coat-of  arms  up  on  a  pannel  in  one  of  the  doors  of  his  dwelling,  copies  of 
which  still  exist;  and  what  was  then  very  rare  was  in  his  will  styled 
"gentleman":  he  was  also  a  commissioned  officer  in  the  Provincial 
Militia:  in  1737  he  and  his  cousin  purchased  of  John  Penn  a  tract  of  6500 
acres  of  land  at  Penns  Neck  near  Princeton  N.  J.  on  which  several  of  his 
children  settled:  he  had  11  chldr.  all  except  Antje  b.  at  Pleasant  Valley; 
Koert  (ierretse  was  one  of  his  sons. 

Koert  Gerretse  Schenck  b.  1702  d.  June  2,  1771  at  Marlboro  md.  at  Free- 
hold Mary  Peterse  van  Couwenhoven  b.  in  N.  J.  1700  d.  at  Marlboro  May 
17,  ^l^T-  lie  settled  on  a  large  and  at  that  time  a  poor  farm  near  Marlboro. 
Here  marl  was  first  brought  to  light,  and  through  its  use  this  farm  now 
comprises  two  of  the  mo.st  beautiful  and  productive.  By  his  intelligence 
and  industry  he  rai.sed  and  educated  his  large  family  giving  his  s.  William 
a  collegiate  education  at  Princeton  College.  In  1727  he  was  a  deacon,  and 
in  1747  &  1764  elder  in  the  Reformed  Church:  he  had  Garret,  William,  & 
Koert  &  5  other  children.  VVm  was  b.  Oct.  13,  1740  studied  theology  with 
Rev.  Wm.  Tennent  md.  his  wife's  grand-daughter  March  7,  1786. 

Garret  vSchenck  (s.  Koert)  b.  at  Marlboro  bap.  Dec.  12,  1725  md.  Oct.  19. 
1744  Neeltje  van  Voorhees  dau.  Hendrick:  (iarret  lived  on  a  good  farm 
about  a  mile  west  of  Marlboro,  known  as  the  Topinamus  farm,  a  stream 
of  that  name  having  its  source  upon  it;  there  was  the  church  of  that  name 
&  its  gravevard  where  it  is  thought  he  is  bur.  His  s.  Honce  also  lived  on 
that  farm,  &  it  has  since  been  owned  by  John  B.  Conover  whose  father 
Hendrick  IC.  and  grand-father  ICIias  owned  it  succe.ssively.  Garret  & 
Neeltje  had  8  chldr.  Koert,  (iarret  md.  Anna  Vankirk  &  moved  to  Ohio, 
Honce  md.  Cabancha  Conover,  Jane,  Sarah,  Nelly,  Polly  &  Ann.  After 
Garret's  death  his  w.  Neeltje  md.  Benjamin  Harris  &  had  4  chldr.  Abram, 
Isaac,  Benjamin,  Peggy,  prominent  in  Burlington  Co. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  443 

Koert  Schanck  (s.  Garret)  b.  May  2-],  1751  d  Dec.  25,  1837  nid.  Sarah 
Voorhees  b.  June  23,  1757  grand  daughter  of  GertrudeSchuyler;  she  in- 
herited a  farm  at  or  near  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.  where  her  family,  who 
were  of  high  standing,  resided.  Koert  was  a  patriot  of  the  Revolution  and 
fought  in  the  battle  of  Germantown  under  Gen.  Forman;  he  lived  and 
carried  on  the  business  of  tanning  and  currying  and  harness  and  shoe- 
making,  his  s.  Peter  being  a  partner  in  the  business,  where  his  youngest 
s.  Koert  subsequently  lived,  Koert  &  vSarah  had  i2chldr.  Peter  Voorhees, 
Abrani  Schuyler,  Garret,  Gertrude,  John,  Elenor,  Catharine,  Ephraim, 
Elenor  (2nd),  Mary,  William,  Koert. 

Peter  Voorhees  Schanck  b.  Sep.  15,  1775  d.  ]\\\y  3,  1857  md.  ist.  Nov.  i, 
1793  Sarah  vShepherd  b.  May  i,  1775  dau.  of  EHsha  Shepherd  a  patriot  of 
the  Revolution,  who  was  imprisoned  in  the  Old  Sugar  House  ("Provo.  or 
Hangman's  Jail"  see  war  records,  Washington,  D.  C)  in  New  York  by 
the  British  who  had  offered  a  large  reward  for  his  capture.  Elisha  was  of 
Scotch  descent  and  md.  a  sister  of  Hendrick,  Roelof,  George,  and  Honce 
Smock.  Peter  &  Sarah  had  4  chldr.  Elisha,  Sarah,  Gitty,  Henry.  Peter 
V.  Schenck  md.  2nd  Dec.  i,  1808  Elizabeth  Smock  b.  Sep.  6,  1785  d.  Nov.  3, 
1855.  Later  in  life  Peter  bought  and  lived  on  the  farm  near  Freehold  which 
was  subsequently  owned  and  occupied  by  his  grand-son  Koerttenous. 

Henry  Schanck  (youngest  s.  Peter  V.)  b.  Jan  24,  1805  d.  Dec.  20,  1891  md. 
May  27,  1829  Mary  Ann  Mount  b.  Apr.  11,  1806  d.  July  14,  1882  dau.  of 
Samuel  and  grand-daughter  of  Richard  and  of  Samuel  Mount  of  Manalapan 
near  Kill  Deer  farm;  she  was  a  pupil  in  the  private  school  of  Rev.  John 
Segar  of  Hightstown.  Henry  was  a  farmer  near  Freehold;  he  was  one  of 
the  Commissioners  of  Appeals  of  his  township  for  30  3'ears,  and  Justice  of 
the  Peace  for  10  years.  Henry  &  Mary  had  8  chldr.  Samuel  Mount,  Ko- 
erttenous, Susan,  Darius,  Elisha,  Elizabeth,  Rachel,  George. 

Samuel  Mount  Schenck  (s.  Henry  &  Mary)  b.  April  3,  1838  near  Free- 
hold, was  a  practicing  lawyer  at  Hightstown,  md.  June  20,  1866  Mary 
Augusta  Lloyd  b.  Aug.  22,  1841  dau.  of  James  of  Freehold,  &  grand- 
daughter of  Wm.  Lloyd  patriot  of  the  Revolution,  judge  of  the  Court  of 
Common  Pleas,  sheriff  of  Mon.  Co.,  and  County  Collector;  she  was  niece 
of  Doc.  Grandin  Lloyd;  she  was  educated  at  the  Freehold  Young  Ladies 
Seminary.  Samuel  &  Mary  had  4  chldr.  Helen  Louisa.  Edgar  Grandin, 
Henry  Lloyd,  and  Lotta  Clerc  d.  May  13,  1892.  [Mr.  S.  M.  Schenck  ob- 
tained many  of  his  facts  from  a  published  pamphlet  on  a  branch  of  the 
family  of  Schenck  van  Nydeck,  from  a  family  living  in  Cologne  i860,  from 
the  late  Rev.  Garret  C.  Schenck  of  near  Marlboro,  and  from  a  book  com- 
piled by  A.  D.  Schenck  of  the  U.  S.  Army,  entitled  Rev.  William  Schenck, 
his  Ancestry  and  Descendents,  published  by  Rufus  H.  Darby,  Washing- 
ton 1883]. 

From  researches  and  collections  by  the  late  Samuel  M.  Schanck,  Couusellor-at- 
Law,  and  loaned  by  his  sou  E.  Giandin  Schanck,  Hightstown,  N.  J.   (see  j).  450,  451. ) 

Richard  Mount  d.  July  12,  1825  aged  84  yrs.  i  mo.  24  da.  md.  ist  Lydia 
Dey  d.  Feb.  10,  1804  aged  55  yrs.  9  mos.  both  bur  in  Baptist  yard  at 
Hightstown;  Richard  md.  2nd.  Ann  Job  wid.  of  Peter  Job.  Richard  & 
Lydia  had  11  chldr: 

PEGGY  md. Cox,  went  west.  REBECCA  md.  Moore,  went 

west.  EUPHEMIA.  MOLLIE  md.  Redford  Jobs  &  had  3  chldr.  Mount, 
Cornelia  md.  Dr.  Selah  Gulick  of  Cranbury,  Lydia  Ann  nid.  Andrew  Duncan. 
NANCY.  RACHEL  b.  Feb.  13,  1769.  WILLIAM.  THOMAS. 

LYDIA.         PETER.         PHEBE  md.  Daniel  Dey  of  Machaponix. 


444  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Euphemia  Mount,  dau.  Ricli.  &  I.vdia,   ind.    ist    janies  Johnson  &  had  j 

chldr; 

MARY  ANN,  lived  &  died  at  Col.  John  Conover's.  NANCY  E. 

nid.  James  Llovd  &  had  childr.  Man'  Au<jn.sta  tnd  Samuel  M.  Schanck, 
\Vm.  Edward,' Lydia  M.         LYDIA  md.  Richard  Davis. 

Euphemia  Mount  md.  2nd.  John  B.  Mount  father  of  Rescarick  M.  vSmith's 

wife. 

Nancy  (or  .Ann)  Mount,  dan    Rich.  &  Lydia.   b.   Au<;:  2S,  177-  d.  Eeb.  25, 

1838  md.  vSamuel  Ely  b.  July  25.  1771  d.  Dec.  18,  1840  and  had  10  chldr: 

PIIEBE  1).  Jan.  22,  1791  d.  Jan.  29,  1871  md. Dcy.         LVDI.V  b.  Mch. 

7,  1795  d.  Feb.  5,  IHIJO  nid. F.ruere.  RICHARD  b.  June  ±i,  1796  d. 

Feb.  26,  1871  md.  Ellen  Karner.  JEMIMA  b.  .Inly  1,  1798  md.  Henry  Per- 
rine.  TIIOM.VS  b.  Ai)r.  3,  1800  d.  .\u>;.  21,  18()0.  "  ELIZAP.ETH  b!  Nov. 
19,  1801  md.  John  Abrams  of  JMacliaponi.x.  MARY  b.  Meb.  11,  1S04  md. 

Enoeb  Perriiie  bad  clddr.  Samuel,  ^Vm.  I).,  Enoch,  &  others.  ANN  b.  Nov. 

17.  180;-)  md.  Joseph  Conover  of  l^ed  Bank.  S.VMFEL  b.  .Vug.  "29,  1807  d. 

July  (),  1829.  ABIJAII  b.  Sep.  22,  1810 d.  Feb.  R?,  1855  md.  K'ebecca  Mount 

b.  Dec.  31,  1814  dau.  Hiram  who  was  s.  of  Wm. 

Michael  ]\Iount  b  June  23,  1768  d.  July  31,  1831  md.   Dec.    11,    1802  Marcy 

Vaughn  b.  Mch.  20,  1778  d.  July  10,  1861  had  chldr: 

PERMELIA  ANN  b.  Jan.  20,  1807  d.  Feb.  23,  1885.  MICHAEL  b.  Aug. 

22,  1809  md.  Hannah  Clayton,  bad  2  chldr.  Mercy  md.  Saxton  Mount,  Michael. 

Thomas  Ely,  s.  Samuel  &  Nancy  md.  Jan.  2,    1S23  Permelia  Ann   Mount 

dau.  Michael.  &  had  9  chldr: 

MOUNT.  LYDIA  md. Morris.  MARY  md. English. 

MATILDA  md. Norris.        ELLEN  md. Solomon.         REilECCA 

md.  Keorttenous  H.  Schanck.        LOUISA  md. Cottrell.        ADELAIDE 

md. Applegate.         LAVINL\  md. Applegate. 

Rachel  Mount,  dau.  Rich.  &  Lydia,  md.  Samuel  Mount  s.  Sam.  &  Frances, 

&  had  12  chldr: 

AARON.  RICHARD.  LYDIA.  TIMOTHY  b.  June  4,  1793. 

TIMOTHY  b.  Nov.  30,  1795.  PHEBE.  ZEBULON.  SAMUEL. 

PETER.         MARY  ANN  md.  Henrv  Schanck  (see  Schanck  notes).  FOR- 

MAN.         ELEANOR. 

William  IMount,  s.  Rich.  &  Lydia,  md.  Dec.  9. Cornelia  Thompson, 

&  had  7  chldr: 

LYDIA  md.  Wm.  Cond)s,  lived  near  Perrineville.  ALICE  ANN  md.  Wil- 

son Api)le«iatc  luid  s.  Aslier.  I'.ETSY  md.  Richard  Ely  s.  Aaron.         CATH- 

ARINE md.  .John  Rue  of  Lawrenceville.  CORNELIA  md.  John  Rue,  went 
west.  WILLIAM,  went  to  New  York.  COOREiv  md.  Peggy  i'errine's 

dau.  moved  to  New  York. 

Thomas  Mount,  s.  Rich    c\:  L\(lia,  lived  at  Maiialapan  md.  ist  Mary  Cook, 

&  had  4  chldr: 

RICHARD,  had  a  s.  Henrv,  Insurance  Agt.  in  Fieeiiold  who  md.  dan.  Joseph 
Ely.  LYDIA  md.  John  Bergen,  lived  at  Red  Bank.  MORIAH  md. 

Timothy  IIam])ton.  DAYID  md.  a  dau.  of  Wm.  P>.  Johnson. 

Thomas  Mount  lud.  2nd.  Marg^aret  Hendricksot; ,  tS:  had  3  chldr: 

SAMUEL  ELY,  lived  ne.xttoRill  Deer.  HENDRICKSON  md.  Mary  .John- 

son dau.  of  Wm.  she  md.  2nd.  Nelson  Silvers.  MAH(JARI*7r  md.  Peter  Dey. 
had  chldr.  Thomas  i^  others. 

Lydia  Mount,  dau    Rich.  &  Lydia,  md.  James  Bowne,  &  had  3  chldr: 

LYI)L\  md.  Simon  Abrams.  MOLLIE  md.  Bowne,  lived  at  Tinton 

Falls.         CORNELIA  md.  James  Reid  of  near  Black's  Mills. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  445 

James  Bowne  nid.  2nd.  Mollie  Craio^,  &  had  3  chldr: 

ELLEN  md.  Ezick  Plartshorne.  HANNAH  md.  8.  Nevius.  WILLIAM 

md.  a  dau.of  Josepli  Vanderveer. 
Peter  Mount,  s    Rich.  &  Ljdia,  lived  near  Abranis'  Mills  md.  Peggy  Rue, 
&  had  6  chldr: 

PHEBE  ANN  md.  Robert  Fisher,   had  Kraiul-dau.   Elizabeth   (Ketcham)    Du 

Bois  w.  Geo.  MARY  MATILDA  md.  Jolni  I).  Penine.  LYDIA  md. 

Wm.  Abrams.         SARAH  md.  Samuel  R.  Elv  s.  Richard.  GILBERT  W. 

d.  Dec  29,  1H94  aged  73  yrs.  ROBERT  ROY  b.  July  9,  1R28  d.  Aug.  1879. 
Samuel  Mount  d.  Aug.  7.  1801  aged  77  yrs.  md.  Frances  Cook  d.  Sep.  16, 
1806  in  her  75th  year,  &  had  chldr: 

SAMUEL  b.  Apr.  20,  1759.  TIMOTHY  (or  Richard)  killed  by  Indians  at 

Albany,  N.  Y.  AARON  (or  Richard)  killed  by  Indians  at  Albany,  N.  Y. 

JOSEPH,   lived  at  Arneytown,   Upper  Freehold,   md  Theodotia  had 

large  no.  chldr.  Joseph,  Rebecca,  Betsy,  Samuel  &  others.  MICHAEL  b. 

June  23,  1768  md.  ]\Iarcy  Vaughn.       '  REBECCA  md.  twice. 
Rebecca  Mount,  dau.  Sam.   &  Frances,   md.    ist  William  Patts,  &  had  6 
chldr: 

AARON  md.  1st  Mary  Harvey  md.  2ud  Rebecca  Orison.  AMY  unmd, 

SAMUEL  md.  Ann  Harvey.  ANN  md.  Elisha  Shreves.  MARY  md. 

John  Harvey.         REBECCA  unmd. 
Rebecca  Mount  md.  2nd  Vincent  Wainwright,  &  had  3  chldr: 

SUSAN  md.  Jacob  Morton.  WILLIAM  md.  Margaret  Bruce.  LYDIA 

md.  Thomas  Harvey. 

James  Johnson  who  md.  Eupheniia  Mount  had  bros.  and  a  sister:  Ephraim 
who  md.  Mary  Cook,  iSc  had  4  chldr.  John  E.  of  near  Red  Bank,  Joseph  D. 
of  Dunhams  Corner,  Mar}-  md.  Richard  Mount,  Lydia  C.  md  Austin  Rue: 
William  u'ho  was  the  father  of  Mary  who  md.  Hendrickson  Mount  &  md. 
2nd  Nelson  Silvers:  Lydia  who  md.  Col.  John  Conover  the  father  of 
Nelson,  Robert  etc. 


From  researches  and  collections  by  the  late  Samuel  M.  Schanck,  Counsellor-at 
Law,,  and  loaned  by  his  sou  E.  Grandin  Schanck,  Hightstowu,  N.  J. 

Richard  Lloyd  b.  1713  d.  Aug.  12,  1787  was  a  farmer  on  a  farm  next  to  the 

Yellow  Meeting  house,  md.   Bethya  (or  Bertha)  Corlies  b.  May  29,    1723, 

both  are  bur.  at  Allentown  in  the  old  Episcopal  church  yard,  had  6  chldr: 

JAMES  b.  1752  d.  Mch.  13,  1832  built  the  Squancum  Mills  and  House 

md.  Mary  Throckmorton  had  i  chid.  Catharine  iinmd.  taught  school 

and  music  in  Freehold.  RICHARD  b.  1755  d.  May  17,  1792  left  no 

heirs  was  a  Major  in  the  P*.evolution,  took  active  part  in  Battle  of  Mon. 

WILLIAM  b    1757  d.  1837  was  Judge  of  Common   Pleas,  Sheriff,  and 

Collector  in  Mon.  Co.  CORLIS  b.  April  13,  1770  d.  Sep.  2^,  1837. 

CALEB  b.  1776  d.  May  11,  1822.         ANNE  unmd. 

William  Lloyd,  s.   Rich.  &  Beth3-a,  md.   Rachel  Grandin  dau.  Philip  & 

Eleanor,  had  7  chldr. 

WILLIAM  b.  March  26,  1800  d.  Sep.  1894  member  of  Soct.  of  the  Cincinnati 
1837.  MARY  ANN  md.  James  Throckmorton,  had  chldr.  Gertrude  Eliza, 
Mary  Vought,  Eleanor  Lloyd.  RICHARD  CORLIS  b.  1802 d.  Sep.  19,  1819. 
JAMES  b.  1805  d.  Aug.  15,  1880  md.  Nancy  E.  Jolin.son,  had  chldr.  GRAN- 
DIN (physician)  b.  Oct.  13,  1807  d.  May  30,  1852.  ELEANOR  FORMAN 
b.  1809.  '      SUSAN  PARKER  b.  1812  d.  May  31,  1885. 


446  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Corlies  Llo^d,  s.  Rich.  &  Bethya,  was   Prosecutor  of  Pleas  of  Mon.    Co. 
1828,  nid.  Anna  P~ornian  dau.  Sherifl"  David,  had  chldr: 

DAVID  FORMAN  b   Feb.  10,  IHOR  twin,  a  lawyer.         .lAMKS   COULIFSb. 

Feb.  10,  1808  twin,  a  lawyer. 

Caleb  Lloyd,  s.  Rich.  &  Bethja,  was  a  lawyer,  nul.  Martha  Ann  Johnston, 
had  3  chldr: 

RACHEL  BRAV  nid.  Daniel  B.   Ryall.  had  chid.   Caleb  Lloyd  d.  a 

voung-  man  unind.  D.  B.  Ryall  nid.  2nd.  Juliet  Scudder  dau.  of  Rev. 

Joseph.         HENRIETTA  rad. Johnston,  lived  in  Pa.         MARIA 

md.  Enos  Bartleson. 

Philip  Orandin  carried  on  the  milling  business  at  Lebanon,   Hunterdon 

Co.,  N.  J.,  md.  Eleanor  Forman.  &  had  7  chldr: 

JOHN  FORMAN  (physician),  had  6  chldr.  Philip,  John,  Elizabeth,  Mary, 
Flk'ii,  Lncy.  RACHEL.  PHILIP.  MARY.  JANE.  ABIGAIL. 
ELEANOR. 


From  data  furnished  by  Mrs.  Mary  H.  Hoffman,  Freehold,  N.  J.   (see  p.  440.) 

James  English,  Jr.  s.  James  &  Margaret,  b.  June  22,  1732  md.  May  29, 
1755  Catharine  Hutchinson  b.  Dec.  30.  1735  dau.  Wm.  &  Ann,  had  4  chldr: 

Dr.  JAMES  b.  July  11,  1757.         WILLIAM  b.  May  8,  1760  d.  Oct.  11,  1764. 

MARGARET  b,  July  8,  1762  md.  Francis  DuBois.         ANN  b.  Aug.  22,  1764 

md.  John  M.  Conover. 

James  English,  Jr.,  s.  James  &  Margaret  d.  April  2,  1766:  his  widow  md, 
Moses  Laird  and  had  3  daus. 

Dr.  James  English,  b.  July  11,  1757  resided  at  Englishtown,  N.J.  where 
he  had  an  extensive  practice  ;  he  served  in  the  army,  his  record  in  Stry- 
ker's  Register  being  surgeon's  mate  State  troops;  surgeon  ditto:  md.  Nov. 
9,  1791  Hannah  Perrine  b.  April  28.  1765,  had  7  chldr: 

Dr.  JAMES  b.  Aug.  20,  1792  d.  May  7,  1834  md.  Caroline  Dodd.  JOHN. 

HANNAH  d.  unmarried.  Dr.  DAVID  COMBS.  MARY  RUE  md. 

Thomas   Hobart   had   5   chldr.  ELIZABETH    md.    Abram   Suydam. 

REBECCA. 

John  English  s.  James  &  Hannah,  b.  d.   F"eb.  16,   1856  md.  Jan.    19, 

1820  Mary  Perrine  b.  d.  Dec.  25,   1891,  dau.   Matthew   &   Catharine, 

had  7  chldr: 

CATHARINE  AMANDA.  JAMES.  JOB  F.  HALSEY.  .lOHN 

PERRINE.         MARY  HANNAH  md.  John  W.  Hoffman.  ELIZABETH 

md.  Dr.  James  (i.  Mayuard  had  5  chldr.  MATTHEW  HENRY  md.  Mar- 

garet T.  Hall  had  '{  chldr. 

Dr.  David  Combs  Ivnglish  md.  Henrietta  Cireen,  had  chldr: 

HANNAH   md.  Rev.  Wm.   L.   Moore.  ALFRED  ALEXANDER  md.    & 

had  4  c-lildr.  Dr.    DAVID  COINH^S  md.  &  had  1  chid.  GEOliGE  JONES 

md.  &  had  4  chldr.  HENRIETTA   md.  Stiger.   no  chldr.         Some 

others  besides  these  .5. 

Rebecca  English  dau.  Dr.  James  tS:  Hannah  md.  vStillman  E.  Arms, 
D.D.  S.  had  4  chldr: 

MARY    E.     md.    Rev.    Wm.    T.    Morrison.    Missionary    in    China,    4    chldr. 

SARAH  J.  AUGUSTA  LOUISE  md.  Jiev.  Albert  Zabriskie  had  4  chldr. 

CLARA   W.  md.  i>cv..Iolin  .McKiinne  had  :?  chldr. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  447 

James  English  s.  John  &  Mary  P.  md.  Mary  Eliza  Ely  dau.  Thomas,  had 

8  chldr. 

MARY  JANE.  ANN  AMELIA.  .JOHN   PEKKINE  md.  Anna  Keid, 

had  3  chldr.  Mary  E.,  Charles  K.,  &  Elsie  (the  only  family  Ijy  the  name  of 
English  now  in  Englishtown,  N.  J. )  JAMES  HALSEY.  CATHARINE 
ELIZABETH.  THOMAS  ELY.  ADDISON  HENRY.  ALBERT 

ZABRISKIE. 


From  collections  furnished  by  D.  VanDerveer  Perrine,  Freehold,  N.  J. 
Johannes  Hansen  Van  Noostrandt  Jr.  md.  Helena  Willemsen,  had  chldr: 
AARS  bap.  May  24,  1730  md.  Catharine  VanDeveer.  ANNATIE  bap. 

Apr.    24,    1732.  WILLIMPE   bap.    May    1,    1735   md.   Peter   Holshaert. 

DAVID  hap.   Sep.    18,   1737  md.   Antje  Hendrickson.  JANNATIE  bap. 

Feb.   24,    1740  md.   Tenuis  VanDeveer.  MARYA  bap.   Aug.   1,   1742. 

HELENA  bap.  Mch.  10,  1745  md.  John  Van  Mater.  AELTJE  bap.  Mch. 

8,  1747. 

Jannetje  Noostrandt  bap.  Feb.  24.  1740  dau.  of  Johannes  &  Helena,  md. 

Teunis  Vander  Veer  bap.  Apr.  22,  1739  s.  of  Teunis  VanderVeer  &  Altje 

Ganetse  Schenck,  had  chldr: 

TEUNIS  bap.  Dec.  14.  17G0.  JOHANNES  bap.  Aug.  3,  17G3  b.  Apr.  4, 

1763.  DAVID  bap.    Jan.   26,   1766.  AAERT  bap.   Mch.    19.    1769. 

AALTJE  bap.  May  24,  1772.         JANE.         HELEN.         DAVID. 

John  Vanderveer  b.  Apr.  4,  1763  md.  Feb.  18,   1789  Anna  Bowne  b.  Mch.. 
22,,  1769,  had  chldr: 

JOSEPH  b.  Jan.  9,  1790.         TUNIS  b.  Aug.  15,  1792.  JOHN  b.  Feb.  8, 

1795.         JANE  b.  June  11,  1798.         LYDIA  b.  Dec.  27,  1800d.  Feb.  23,  1802. 

HANNAH  b.  Oct.  21,  1803.         DAVID  b.  Apr.  19,  1806.  ANNA  b.  Aug. 

14,  1808.         CATHARINE  b.  Feb.  16,  1811.         SARAH  b.  June  19,  1814. 


From  collections  by  Charles  S.  Jewell,  Rah  way,  N.  J. 

The  Jewell  family  of  Monmouth  Co.  N.  J.  is  descended  from  John  Jewell 
s.  probably  of  Richard  Jewell  of  Cranbury,  N.  J.  This  John  Jewell  was 
in  the  American  Arm^'  at  Navesink  Highlands;  he  lived  at  Englishtown, 

md.  West  had  6  chldr: 

RICHARD  b.  Aug.  JOHN  b.  May  21,  1776.  JANE  md.  James 

Gordon,   no  chldr.,  lived  near  Brick  Ch.  EUNICE  md.  Samuel 

Conover.  ELSIE  (or  Alice)  md.  Joel  Clayton,  bro.  to  Col.,  no  chldr. 
ANN. 

Richard  Jewell  s.  John,  md.  Sarah  Reid  b.  July  31,    1785  d.   May  10,    1868 

dau.  of  John,  had  6  chldr: 

JOHN  REID  b.  July  17,  1802  d.  Apr.  i,  1890.  WILLIAM  b.  July 
22,  1804  d.  Feb.  1899.  CORNELIUS  b,  July  23,  1806  d.  Aug.  14, 
1879.  LYDIA  ANN  b.  Sep.  19,  1808.  ALFRED  b.  Mch.  20, 

1811  d.  June  24,  1849.         ELLEN  b.  Sep.  23,  1813. 

John  Reid  Jewell  s.  Richard,  md.  Harriet  Reid  b.   May  20,  1802  d.  Nov.   2, 

1883  dau.  of  Joseph,  had  4  chldr: 

WILLLAM  HENRY  b.  Dec.  24.  1825  d.  July  26,  1890.  CHARLES 
SYMMES  b.  Nov.  5,  1830.  JOSEPH    LEAIS'DFR  b.   Feb.  6,   1833 

d.  May  i,  1848.  ANN  AMELIA  b    Dec    9,    1835  d.  Mch.  10,  1889 

md.  Dec  1866  Freeman  C.  Jewell  s.  VVm. 


448  HISTORY    OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

William  Jewell,  s.  Richard,  md.  Sep.  S,  1S35  Mary  Campbell  h.  March  3, 
1813  d.  Dec.  12,  1881  had  7  chldr: 

WILLIAM  A.   h.  Sep.  9.    1836  d.  Oct.  4,    18^9.  FREEMAN  C.  b. 

Mav  19,  1838  d.  Dec.  2^,,  1887.  }.    FRANK  b.  Dec.  9,  1839  d.  Mch. 

1888.         GEORGE  W.  b.  Jan.  7,  1843  d.  Apr.  2s.  1886  MARY  C. 

b.  July  28,    1847  d.  July   1900  md.   \Vm.  Haskafd.  SARAH   I.  b. 

Sep.  10,  1849  d.  Jan.   20,    i860.         WILLIAM   I.   b  June  4.  1852. 

Corueliu.s  Jewell,   s.  Richard,   md.    Saiah   (yag^e  d.    Aug.    i^.    1884,   had   2 
chldr 

ALFRED  E.  b.  Feb  28,  1S3O  d.  March  2,  1895;.  FRANCIS  V.  W. 
b.  Jan.  17,  1844  d    Ma^-  29.  uSSo 

James  H.  Walton  b.  Mch.  13,  1805  d  Jan.  20.  1881  md.  i.st  Elizabeth  Denise 
b.  Nov    24,  1804  d.  June  19,   1830  dan.  of  Garret,   had  i  chid: 
WILLIAM  W.  b.  July  8,  1829  d    Mch  1854 

Ljdia  -Ann  Jewell   d.June   19     1868  dau.   of  Richard,    md.   as   his   2nd   w. 

James  II    Walton,  had  5  chldr: 

ALFRED  S.   b    Feb.    16,  1838  d     Sej).    11,    18^8.  ANNA   ELIZA- 

BETH b.  Jan.  17.  1841  d.  Jan.  17.  1841.  ^lARV  HELEN  b.  June 

19.  1843  d    Dec.  3,  1S43.  JAMES  CLIFFORD  b.  Julv  22,  1844  d. 

Apr.  14.  i860.  '  AUGUSTUS  ALFRED  b.  Nov.  17.  1846  d.  Aug.  ir, 
1866. 

Ellen  Jewell,  dau.  of  Richard,   md.   as  his  3rd  w.  James    H.   Walton,   no 
chldr.  she  d.  Jan.  8,  191-4. 

William  Henry  Jewell,  s.  John  R.,  md    ist  Rebecca  Reid  d.   Aug.  25,  1851 
aged  23  \  rs.  9  mos.  24  da.  dau.  of  John  I.,  had  2  chldr: 

J0SF;PH   LEANDER  md.  Catherine  A.  Reid  dau.  John  had  2  chldr. 

HFvNRY  d.  Feb.  26,  1852  aged  6  mos.  10  da. 

Wni.  Henry  Jewell  md.  2nd  Feb.  19,  1857  Martha  Jemison  b.   Apr.  4,  1830 
dau.  of  Abram  &  Rachel  (DeBow)  Jemison,  had  2  chldr: 

HATTIE  R.         ELIZABETH  SMITH   md.  Sep.  26,  1893  Rev.  Frank 

R.  Symmes,  had  2  daus.  Doroth}-  and  Marion. 

Charles  Symmes  Jewell,  s.  John  R..  md.   May  28,   1856  Catherine  A.  Reid 
b.  June  8,  1837  d.  Dec.  31.   1892  dau.  of  David  R.  Reid.  had  5  chldr: 

CHARLES  R.  md.  Elizabeth  Hulse  4  chldr.  Rachel.  Lizzie  May, 
Aurora  T.,  and  Charles.  HANNAH   E.  b.  Mch.    18,    1863  d.  June 

13,  1899.  DAVID  A.  md.  Carrie  Louise  Bowden  i  chid.  Wilson  R. 
ANNIE  H.  (or  Harriet  Ann).  MAMIE  b.   May  29,    1870  d.    Apr. 

27.  1885. 

John  Jewell,  Jr.,  s.  of  John,  md.  Catherine  Reid  b.  Feb.  4,    1779,   went  to 
Butler  Co.  Ohio  in  1817  had  11  chldr: 

MARGRF:T  Rlill)  b.  Dec.  i,  1798.  JOHN  b.  Sep. 24.  1800.  JAMES 
1)   Jan.  7,  i8ov  HIRAM  b.  Apr    ]6,  1805.  WILLIAM  WIL- 

LIAMSON  b.  May  21,  1807.  JANE  b    Apr.   21,    1809  md.   Robert 

Johnson  had  i  dau.  Hannah  Jane  \>.  Aug.  31.  1832.  ELIAvS  b.  Apr. 
I,  181 1  d.  Jan.  21,  1887  md.  ist  1843  Hannah  Compton  b.  1821  d.  1854 
2  chldr.  Osee  &  Augustus:  he  md.  2nd  1862  Mrs.  Cordelia  Hough  b. 
i8u,  had  2  chldr.   Carrie  &  Arthur.  DANIlvL  b    Mav    13,   1813. 

CAPHICRINE  b    Oct.   21,  181=;.  ARCHIBALD  b.  Apr.   21,   1818. 

HANNAH   b.  Julv  6,  1820. 


GENEAI^OGICAL  NOTES.  449 

Of  the  4  sisters  of  John  Jewell  the  ist  in  Mon.  Co..  one  nid.  Hog- 
land.  Alice  was  unnid.,  one  nid.  Davis  of  Freehold,   and  Althea 

(or  Elsie)  nid.  William  Conover  and  lived  at  Englishtown  grist  mill  and 
had  4  chldr. 

JOSEPH.  An  only  dan.  Alice  md.  James  English.  S.AMUEL. 

RICHARD. 


Furnished  by  D.  V.  Perrine,  Freehold,  N.  J.  copied  from  a  Bible  Record  in 
possession  of  Miss  B.  F.  Rightniire. 

William  Gaston  md  March  14,  1S04  Catherine  Johnson.  Elisha  W. 
Thompson  md.  Feb  7,  1837  LetitiaJ.  (laston.  Denise  Thompson  md. 
March  i860  Letitia  Gaston  Thompson. 

BIRTHS 

William  Johnson  b    Mch    20.  1751.  .\nn  Johnson  b     May    14.    1757,   w. 

Wm.  &  dau    of  John  Perrine,  b.  Oct.  20.   1722.  &  his  w    Mary  Rue  b.  Mch. 

7,    1736.  Redford   Johnson    b.   Sep.   3,    1776.  Catherine  Johnson   b. 

March  13,  1778.         Matthias  Johnson  b.  Jan.  11,  1780         John  Johnson  b. 

Nov.  14,  1781.  Elizabeth  Johnson  b.  June  5,  1784.  Letty  Johnson  b. 

June  17,  1786  Lewis  Johnson  b.  Oct.   14,    1788.         Nathaniel  Johnson 

b.  July  25,  1791.         William  Johnson  b.  Sep.   18,    1793.         Henry  Johnson 

b.  Dec.  9.  1795. 

William  Gaston  b.  Feb.  18,  1776  Catherine  Johnson  b.  March  13,  1778,  they 

had  chldr: 

LYDIA  S.  b.  Dec.  4,  1804.  JOHN   B.  b.  May  25,  1806.  MARY 

ANN  P.  b.  March  20,  1810.         LETITIA  J.  b.  Sep.  3,  181 1.         GER- 
TRUDE b.  Sep.  17,  1813.         WILLIAM  C.  b.  Jan.  26,  1816.         HAN- 


NAH E.  b.  Jan.  26,  1818. 


DEATHS. 


Redford  Johnson  d.  Aug.  24,    1778  Letty  Johnson  d.  March   i,  1792. 

Elizabeth  Kar  d.  Oct.  5,  1819.  Henry  Johnson  d.  June  21.  1825.  Mat- 
thias Johnson  d.  Aug.  24,  1S29.  Lewis  Johnson  d.  June  21,  1872.  John 
Perrine  d.  April  1804.         Mary  Perrine  d.  April  18,  1824  Rebecca  Rue 

d.  Aug.  6,  1825.  Anna  Johnson  d.  F'eb.  29.  1836.  Gertrude  Gaston 

d.  July  16.  i8r6.  William  C.  Gaston  d.  Sep.  13.  1821.  Letitia  Gaston 
Thompson  d.  Feb.  20,  1900.  Hannah  E.  Gaston  Conover  d.  Feb  4,  1904. 
Catherine  Gaston  d.  Aug.  22,  1843         Mary  Ann  Suydam  d.  March  28.  1845. 


From  data  furnished  by  Miss  Jennie  Miller,  Freehold,  N.  J.,  and  notes  added 
from  collections  by  Louis  Rue,  Manalapan,  N.  J. 

Daniel  Perrine  md.  Mary &  8  chldr: 

MARY  b.  Aug.  16,  1726.         MARGARET  b.  Mch    i     1728  md.   Paul 
Miller.  ANNE  b.  May  2,  1731.  DANIEL  b.  Dec.  15,    1733. 

ELIZABETH    b.    Feb.    21,    1735.         HANN.AH    b     Nov     11,    1738. 
ABBAGAIL  b.  Apr.  21.  1741.         ELIZABETH   b.  Dec.  9,  1743- 

Margaret  Perrine  b.  Mch.  i,  1728  md.  Paul  Miller  b.  Apr.  15,    172S  &  had 

10  chldr: 

DANIEL  b.  Jan.  s.  i75i-  HENRY  b.   Sep.  30,    1752.  ANN  b. 

Sep.  30.  I7S4.         MARY  b    Mch.  25,  1756  P.^UL  b.  Nov.  20,  1758 

md.  Elizabeth  Holman.         CATHERINE  b.  Mch.  4    1761.         SARY 
b.  Apr.  7,  1763.  JOHN  b.  June  2,  1765.  DANIEL  b.  Feb.   28. 

1770.         VINCENT  b.  Mch.  13.  1773  md.  Mary  Hankinson. 


450  HISTORY   OF   OLD  TENNENT. 

Joseph  lioluian  nid.  (".race  Woollej'  a  (Quakeress.  Their  son  Joseph  Hol- 
man  nid.  Nanc}'  (or  Ann)  I'errine  dau.  James  &  Mary  (Pelyea)  Perrine  & 
had  lo  chldr: 

ELIZABKTH  b.  Jan.  7,  1762  d.  1S45  md.  Paul  Miller.         MARY  rad. 

ist  Joseph  Stor}-,  tnd.  2nd Stockton,   M.  D.  of  Princeton,  N.  J. 

CATHARINP:  md.  William  Davison.  MARCiARKT  md.  Thomas 

Conover.  HANNAH    b.    1773  d.    1832  md.   David   \'an   Schoick. 

ANNA  md.  Knoch  Perrine.         REBFXCA  b.  1777  d.  1S71  md.  William 

Rue.  (tRACE    md.    Joseph    Elv.  PHPOHP:    md.    Aaron    Ely. 

JOSEPH  b.  1769  d.  1777. 

Elizabeth  Holman  b.  Jan.  7,  1762  md.  Paul  Miller  b.  Nov.  20,  1758  &  had 
13  chldr: 

MARGET  b.  Jan.  8,  1781.  ANNA  b.  Jan.  27,  1783  d.  Aug.  16,  1855 
md.  Joseph  Reid.  REBECKAH  b.  Dec.  12,  1784  md.  Thomas  Potts. 
ELIZABETH  b.  Feb.  25,  1787.        JOSEPH  b.  April  28,  1789.      JOHN 

b.  Mav  12,  1790  md.  Pattie .         HANNAH  b.  Feb.  10,  1792  md. 

John  I.  Reid  JOSEPH  b.  April  4,  1794  md.  Jane .         JAMES 

b.  Dec.  28,  179s  md.    Rebecca  Perrine.  ELIZABETH  b.  Mch.   19, 

1797  md.  Henry  Tunis.  VINCENT  b.  Oct.  23,  1799.  MARGRET 
b.  June  20,  1803  d.  Jan.  14,  1896  md.  Wm.  Henrv  Rogers.  DAVID 

PERRINE  b.  Sep.  14,  1805  md.  Mary  Martino  Miller 

David  Perrine  Miller  md.  Mary  Martino  Miller  b.  Dec.    13,   1806  &  had  8 

chldr: 

DAVID  b.  Apr.  23.  1828.  JOHN  HENRY  b.  June  7,  1829  md.  Jane 
McKnight.  LOUISA  b.  May  5,  1832  md.  Lewis  Dey.  JAMES 

EDGAR  b.  Feb.  8,  1835.  WILLIAM  AUGUSTUS  b.  Aug.  6,  1837. 
MARY  ELIZABETH  b.  Feb.  28.  1840.  DAVID  PERRINE  b.  Apr. 
16,   1842  md.  Elizabeth  Van  Cleaf.  VINCENT  TEN  EYCK  b. 

Sep.  24,  1844  md.  Susan  Annie  Henry. 


From  a  genealogical  statement  prepared  by  Paul  Woodhnll  Mount  of   New 
York  City .     ( Compare  p.  443. ) 

The  Mount  family  is  supposed  to  be  of  French  origin,  theoriginal  name, 
LeMont,  becoming  anglicized  after  some  of  the  family  settled  in  P'ngland 
at  the  time  of  the  invasion  by  William  the  Conqueror.  In  England  the 
family  is  found  in  counties  Surrey  and  Berks. 

In  Revolutionary  times,  the  Mounts,  with  two  or  three  exceptions,  were 
ardent  patriots,  at  least  twenty  members  of  the  family  having  served  in 
the  Continental  Army,  and  of  these  some  gave  up  their  lives  for  "the 
cause  " 

The  family  was  strongl}-  identified  with  theearl\'  history  of  Old  Tennent 
church,  the  names  of  many  of  its  members  being  found  in  the  baptismal, 
burial,  and  communicant  lists  of  the  church,  and  as  contrit)uting  to  the 
erection  of  the  edifice.  In  the  neighboring  F'irst  Presbyterian  church  of 
Cranbury  three  generations  of  the  family  were  elders. 

vSome  of  the  original  Mount  family  stock  now  reside  in  Monmouth, 
Middlesex,  and  Mercer  Counties;  some  settled  at  an  eailj'  date  in  Virginia, 
Ohio,  Kentuck}-,  and  Indiana,  and  there  are  also  prominent  families  of 
the  name  in  Lousiana,  Mississippi.  Missouri,  Arkansas,  and  on  the  Pacific 
coast,  all  of  whom  had  their  origin  in  New  Jersey. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  451 

Members  of  this  family  have  married  into  many  of  the  leading  families, 
past  and  present,  in  the  counties  of  Monmouth,  Middlesex,  and  INIercer, 
including  the  following:  Applegate,  Barclay,  Bayles,  Bergen,  Britton, 
Brokaw,  Burtis,  Compton,  Combs,  Cook,  Covenhoven,  Cox,  Craig, Coward, 
Dey,  Ely,  Emmons,  Forman,  Gordon,  Hartshorne,  Hendrickson,  Herbert. 
Holmes,  Hutchinson,  Job,  LaRue,  Lawrence,  Longstreet,  McKee,  Moore, 
Newell,  Perrine,  Reed,  Rhea,  Schenck,  vSilver.  Slack.  Smith,  Stillwell, 
Stout,  Taylor,  Tice.  Throckmorton,  Tilton,  Truex,  Vannest,  VanCleve, 
VanWykel,  Veghte,  Voorhies,  Wikoff,  Wilson,  Woodhull.  The  family 
ramifications  have  extended  so  widely  that  no  attempt  has  here  been  made 
to  give  all  the  branches. 


From  researches  furnished  by  William  B.  Mount,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  4224  Spruce 
St. ,  who  requests  more  information  fi'oin  members  of  this  family.     ( Compare  p.  443. ) 

The  first  of  the  name  to  settle  in  New  Jersey  was  George  Mount,  one  of 
the  original  purchasers  of  Middletown,  Monmouth  Co.,  from  the  Indians 
in  1665.  George  Mount  bought  land  jointly  with  Benjamin  Borden,  who 
came  from  Rhode  Island,  so  it  is  probable  that  he  also  came  from  the  same 
locality.  George  Mount  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  First  Baptist 
church  of  Middletown  in  1667.  He  was  also  deputy  to  the  first  General 
Assembl}',  held  at  Portland  Point,  1668. 

George  Mount  d.  1705  md.  Katherine &  had  at  least  3  chldr: 

MATTHIAS.         RICHARD.         KATHERINE. 

Matthias  Mount  of  Middletown,  s.  George,  d.  1695  md.    Mary  and 

had  chldr: 

MATTHIAS.         THOMAS. 

Richard  Mount  of  Middletown,  s.  George  also  owned  land  on  Cranbury 

Creek,  Middlesex  Co.     He  d.  1715  md.  Rebecca &  had  chldr: 

RICHARD.  GEORGE.  Probably  JOHN  was  also  his  son:  the 
will  of  this  John  Mount  is  dated  1772,  he  mentions  chldr.  John,  Cath- 
erine, Phebe,  Alice;  grandchild;  Cloe,  daughter  of  John  and  grand- 
child; Joseph,  son  of  Matthias,  deceased. 

Matthias  Mount  (Matthias,  George)  of  whom  little  is  known,  excepting 
that  mention  is  made  of  him  in  the  will  of  his  grand-father  George  Mount. 
It  is  probable  that  he  either  md.  a  Presb3'terian  or  became  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church,  for  the  names  of  3  men,  supposedlj'  his  sons, 
were  prominent  in  the  history  of  the  early  Presbyterian  churches  of  Ten- 
nent  and  Cranbur}':  these  were: 

MATTHIAS.         HUMPHREY.         NESBIT. 
Thomas  Mount  of  Shrewsbury  (Matthias,  George)  had  4  chldr: 

SAMUEL  who  moved  to  New  York  and  became  the  ancestor  of  the 
Mounts  in  that  cit}'.  He  md.  Margaret  dau.  of  Adam  Dobbs  &  had  5 
chldr.  Adam,  Joseph,  Frances,  Thomas,  &  William.  MARY  b. 

May  3r,  1715  d.  Nov.  24,  1800  md.  Joseph  Cox:  she  was  the  mother 
of  Brigadier  General  James  Cox  of  the  Revolutionary  Army,  and 
great  grandniotherof  vSamuel  Sullivan  Cox  (known  as  "Sunset  Cox") 
who  was  a  member  of  Congress,  and  United  States  minister  to  Tur- 
key. JAMES  who  had  at  least  2  daus.  Patience  &  Letitia. 
JOHN  who  had  chldr.  John  &  Timothy. 


452  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Matthias  Mount  of  Craiihnry  (Matthias,  Matthias,  Ceoroje)  b.  1706  d.  1791 
was  rulinjj  elder  in  ist  Pies,  church  of  Cranbury  for  nearly  50  years:    nid. 

Ann  b.  171Q  d.    1792.   both   bur.  in    ist  ch.  cemetery  at  Cranbury: 

had  chldr: 

RACHI'I.  bap    in  Old  Ten.         JOHN  !)ap   in  Old  Ten.  HUMPH- 

RP:V  bap.  lulv  i^,  1746  in  ist  ch.  Cranbury.         THOMAS.  ANN. 

Probably  JOSKP'H. 
Humphrey  Mount  of  Middlesex  Co.,   N.J.  (Matthias,   Matthias,  Oeorge) 
still  living  in  1752,  had  4  chldr,  bap.  in  Old  Ten.  ch : 

BRITTON  1731.         DORCAvS  1734.  MARY  1736.  WHJJAM 

1739- 
Nesbit  Mount  of  ]\Iiddlesex  Co,  N.J.  (Matthias,  Matthias,  (George)  d.  1757 
md.  1744  Mary  Hay,  &  left  5  chldr: 

Twoofvvhom  MARY  and  ANNA,  were  bap.  1747  in  istch.  of  Cranbury. 
John  Mount  of  Cranbury  (iNIatthias,  Matthias,  Matthias,  George)  b.  Apr. 
12,  1743.  was  ruling  elder  in  ist  ch.  Cranbury  from  Oct.  14,  1X02  until  his 
death  1804,  md.  ist  1764  Hannah  Freeman,  md.  2nd  Anne  Toms.  His 
children  were: 

ANNEb.  1771.  JOHN  b.  1786.  JAMES.  HANNAH  md. 

John  Mount  s.  Hezekiah. 
Humphrey  Mount  of  Cranbury  (Matthias,  INIatthias,  Matthias,  (ieorge) 
was  a  ruling  elder  in  ist  ch.  Cranbury  from  Dec.  12,  1792  until  his  death 
Sep  27,  1801 :  on  his  tombstone  in  cemetery  of  ist  ch.  Cranbury  is  this  in- 
scription,—  "From  this  cold  bed  of  humid  clay.  Reader  to  thee  I  cry,  The 
time  is  short,  make  no  delay,  Prepare,  prepare  to  die."  He  md.  Abigail 
Bayles,  &  had  6  chldr: 

'HUMPHREY.  DANIEL.  SAMUEL.  JOHN  BAYLES. 

MARY.         ANNA. 
Thomas  Mount  (Matthias,  Matthias,  Matthias.  George)  moved  to  Yirginia 
and  became  the  ancestor  of  many  who  have  been  prominent  in  Yirginia 
and  throughout  the  South. 

Joseph  Mount  (probably  Matthias,  Matthias,  Matthias,   George)  b.  about 
1750,  lived  near  Cranbury,  N.J.md.  Mary  Bayles  dau.  John,  &  had  9  chldr, 

JOHN  b   May  10,  1777  rad    lilizabeth  Smith,  moved  to  Trenton,  N.  J. 

WILLIAINI.         MARGARET  md.  Jonathan  P.  Burroughs  MARY 

unmd.         ANNEb.  Dec.  20,  1790  bap.  Mch.  17,  1791  at  Cranbury  ch., 

md.  Frederick  Coxe.         SARAH  md.  Gerrit  D.  Stryker.  SUSAN 

unmd.  AMY  md.  William  Webster.  EUPHEMIA  unmd. 
Matthias  Mount  b.  1729  d.  1807  is  probably  a  .son  or  perhaps  a  nephew  of 
Matthias  (Matthias,  Matthias,  George),  their  graves  are  side  by  side  in 
the  ist  ch.  cemetery  at  Cranbury.  This  Matthias  was  a  ruling  elder  in 
the  church  from  Dec.  12,  1792  until  his  death  Dec.  22,  1807:  he  md.  Mar- 
garet   tS:  had  4  chldr: 

JOHN  ELIJAH.         HANNAH  md   James  Barkley.  LYDIA 

md.  William  Perrine. 


From  a  paper  prepared  March  2,  1905  by  Daniel  T.  Hendrickson,  Englishtown,  N.  J. 

THE    HENDRICKSON    FAMILY. 

Much  more  than  the  following  could  be  written,  had  the  writer  time  at 
his  command  in  which  to  carefully  read  old  deeds,  wills,  records,  and 
bibles  in  possession  of  the  family.     The  authorities  for  this  i)aper  are: — 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  453 

some  of  above  records,  historical  records  in  Archives  of  Holland  Society 
of  N.  Y..  The  New  York  Historical  Society,  and  records  from  tombstones 
in  the  old  family  burying  grounds. 

(i)  Rutger  Hendrikse,  said,  through  a  younger  branch,  to  be  descended 
from  that  staunch  old  Mediaeval  knight  and  Crusader  Baron  Henrj'  of 
Nyddeck  was  md.  to  Gennetje  Beeckman  at  Cologne,  Germany  in  1470. 
To  this  union  there  were  born  i  s.  and  2  dans.  This  son,  Barent,  was  b. 
in  Irland,  a  Westphalian  town  near  the  Netherlands  border  in  1482.  I 
have  been  unable  to  find  anj'  record  of  the  daus. 

(2)  Barent  Hendrickse  md.  in  1524  Neeitje  Evert.son.  They  had  4  chldr., 
3  of  whom  d.  in  infancy;  the  other,  Lambert,  who  engaged  in  a  sea  faring 
life,  became  a  famous  admiral  in  the  Dutch  navv,  and  was  a  trusted  friend 
of  William  the  Silent. 

(3)  Lambert  Hendrickson,  called  in  Motley's  Histor}-  of  the  United 
Netherlands  "Pretty  Lambert,"  md.  a  woman  of  Spanish  extraction,  the 
dau.  of  Manuel  y  Nadal  an  officer  in  the  army  of  the  Duke  of  Alva,  yet  a 
friend  of  the  Dutch  patriots.  Of  their  3  daus.  no  complete  record  can  be 
found,  but  one  son  Daniel  lived  at  Scrool  in  Holland  and  was  the  father 
of  that  Gerrit  who  came  to  America  in  the  ship  St.  Jean  Baptiste  and 
landed  at  New  Amsterdam  in  May  166 1. 

(4)  Cornelis,  the  elder  s.  of  Lambert  Hendrickson  was  b.  at  Utrecht  in 
1572,  became  a  navigator  and  was  the  first  white  man  to  set  foot  on  the 
soil  of  Penns^-lvania  and  West  Jersey.  He  was  the  discoverer  of  the  Rari- 
tan  and  Schu3'lkill  rivers,  and  explored  the  Delaware  to  the  falls  at  the 
present  site  of  Trenton.  During  the  latter  part  of  1614  he  explored  the 
coast  of  New  Jerse}' in  the  3'acht  "Onrest,"  the  first  vessel  built  in  New 
Amsterdam.  This  vessel  was  first  sailed  by  Captain  Adraien  Block.  Full 
accounts  of  Capt.  Hendrickson's  vo3ages  can  be  found  in  O'Callaghan's 
&  Brodhead's  Histories  as  well  as  in  the  records  of  the  N.  Y.  Historical 
Society. 

(5)  Daniel,  the  eldest  son  of  Capt.  Cornelis  Hendrickson  &  Sonnetje 
Rutger  his  wife  was  born  March  4,  1605  in  Utrecht.  He  md.  Emma  Van 
Guelder  and  had  7  chldr.,  one  of  whom,  Hendrick,  removed  to  the  ances- 
tral home,  Irland  in  Westphalia. 

(6)  Hendrick  Hendrickson  b.  1636  md.  Jane  Luitgirt.  Though  he  pros- 
pered at  home,  yet  he  sold  his  property  and  with  his  wife  and  household 
goods  he  crossed  the  ocean  to  the  new  world  and  bought  a  farm  at  Flat- 
lands,  L.  I.  He  sailed  in  the  ship  Rosetta  and  landed  at  New  Amsterdam 
in  March  1663.  In  1664  his  name  is  found  as  a  soldier  enrolled  under  Gov. 
Peter  Stuvvesant  who  resisted  the  English  occupation  of  New  Amster- 
dam.    To  this  union  2  sons  were  born,  Hendrick  and  Daniel. 

(7)  Daniel  Hendrickson  was  born  at  Flatlands  in  1673.  He  md.  Ever- 
sie  (?)  Gibbonson  [Giberson].  He  came  to  Monmouth  Count}'  in  1693  and 
purchased  those  farms  just  west  of  Middletown  which  are  now  owned  by 
the  descendants  of  the  late  Hon.  Wm.  Henry  Hendrickson.  Daniel  Hen- 
drickson was  the  first  Dutchman  to  hold  the  office  of  High  Sheriff'of  Mon- 
mouth County;  he  was  appointed  by  Queen  Anne  in  1707.  Daniel  Hen- 
drickson was  the  father  of  11  chldr:  Catherine,  Ann,  Mojke,  Sonnetje, 
Tuniche,  Ghesie,  Hendrick,  Daniel,  Cornelius,  John  and  William.     Mojke 

md.  Wyckoff.     Sonnetje  md.  Johnson.     Tuniche  md.  Jonathan 

Holmes.  Ghesie  md.  RuliffSchenck.  John  was  ancestor  of  late  John  Lloyd 
Hendrickson  &Chas.  I  Hendrickson  of  Middletown.  William  w-as  a  bachelor 


454  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

&  owned  &  died  on  what  is  now  the  Capt.  Jas.  Grover  TaN'lor  farm.  The 
other  cliildren  except  Catherine  and  Daniel  married  &  removed  to  Upper 
Freehold  &  Marlboro  Twps.  &  to  Burling-ton  Co.  Catherine  never  md.  & 
d.  at  home.  Daniel  Hendrick.son  was  a  Captain  in  King'  William's  war 
and  took  part  in  the  capture  of  Port  Royal.  He  d.  at  Middletown  in  1760. 
His  2  sons  in-law,  Jonathan  Holmes  &  Rulifif  Schenck  were  his  executors. 

(8)  Daniel  Hendrickson,  youngest  s.  of  above  Daniel  was  b.  in  the  old 
homestead  at  Holland  neighborhood,  on  the  road  from  Middletown  & 
Holmdel  on  Jan.  5,  1723,  md.  Catherine  Cowenhoven,  Dec.  22,  1743  &  died 
June  24.  1788.  This  Daniel  was  a  quiet,  prosperous  farmer  and  so  active 
in  church  work  that  he  was  known  as  "Dominie  Dan'll."  He  was  highly 
educated  and  soiuewhat  of  a  musician  and  an  artist.  A  portrait  of  him, 
painted  by  himself  is  now  in  possession  of  the  family  of  the  late  ex-Sena- 
tor Wm.  Henr}'  Hendrickson  He  was  the  father  of  these  chldr. — (a) 
Daniel  I).,  grandfather  of  the  late  Hon.  Wm.  B.  Hendrickson,  (b)  Cor- 
nelius (c)  Hendrick,  grand  father  of  the  late  Hon.  Wra.  H.  Hendrickson. 
(d)  Catherine. 

(9)  Cornelius  Hendrickson,  b  Aug.  28,  1747,  md.  Lydia,  dau.  of  Cornelius 
Vanderbilt  and  aunt  of  late  Commodore  Cornelius  Vanderbilt  (b.  Stapleton, 
S.  I.  1794  d.  1877)  founder  of  the  famous  Vanderbilt  family,  Mch.  24,  1784, 
&  d  Oct.  10,  1802.  The}'  had  chldr. — (a)  Daniel  C.  (b)  Margaret  md. 
Daniel  Herbert  and  was  mother  of  Daniel  &  James  Herbert  of  Rhode  Hall. 
Middlesex  Co  ,  &  of  the  late  Hendrickson  Herbert  of  Manalapan.  (c) 
Catherine  md.  Humphrey  Tilton. 

(10)  Daniel  C.  Hendrickson  b.  Jan.  11,  1785  md.  Deborah  Tilton,  sisterof 
above  named  Humphrey  Tilton.  Jan.  12,  1813,  &d.  Sep.  7,  1863.  They  had 
chldr.— (a)  Cornelius  b.'Apr.  17,  1814.        (b)  Daniel  T. 

(11)  Daniel  T.  Hendrickson  b.  1822  md.  Deborah  Ann  Morris,  dau.  of  the 
late  George  W.  Morris,  Sr.  of  Middletown  in  1844  &  d.  by  a  fall  from  his 
ha}'  mow  Mch.  26,  1857.  They  had  these  chldr. — (a)  George  M.  md.  ist 
Anna  Herbert,  md.  2nd  Emiline  Wilson.  (b)  Hannah  md.  Chas.  Patter- 
son, (c)  Frances  Caroline  d.  in  infancy.  id)  P'rances  md.  Henry  C. 
Roberts.  (e)  Daniel  C.  (f)  Charles  T.  md.  ist  Marj' Johnson,  md.  2nd. 
Elizabeth  Conk. 

(12)  Daniel  C.  Hendrickson  5th  chid,  of  Daniel  T.  &  Deborah  Ann  (Morris) 
Hendrickson,  b.  in  the  old  Cornelius  Hendrickson  homestead  Oct.  13,  1854 
md.  1st  Lily  C.  dau.  of  Capt.  Andrew  J.  Bloodgood  &  Mary  Cranmer  his 
w.  (b.  Feb.  7,  1854  d.  vSep.  18,  1899)  on  Oct.  20,  1875,  md.  2nd  Ella  R.  dau. 
of  John  &  Catherine  Willett  of  Port  Monmouth.  By  his  ist  w.  he  had  one 
chid.  Daniel  T. 

(13)  Daniel  T.  Hendrickson  s.  Daniel  C.  &  Lily  C,  was  b.  at  the  old 
homestead  July  29.  1876,  educated  at  Keyport  High  School,  Peddie  Inst., 
entered  Princeton  University  and  finished  his  education  at  the  University 
of  Chicago.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  the  Ro3'al  Arcanum 
the  Knights  of  the  Golden  Eagle,  the  Knights  of  the  Maccabees,  the  State 
Rifle  Association  of  N.  J.,  &  the  Holland  Society  of  New  York.  At  pres- 
ent he  is  Principal  of  the  Graded  School  in  PvUglishtown  and  Supervising 
Principal  of  the  Schools  of  Manalapan  Township.  He  md.  Jan.  i,  1901 
Bertha  L.  dau.  of  (ieorge  H.  &  Louise  Willett  of  Port  Monmouth.  They 
have  2  chldr. — Lily  C.  b.  Feb.  19,  1902,  Louise  H.  b.  Apr.  25,  1903. 

Full  records  of  all  the  descendants  of  Hendrick  Hendrickson  the  origi- 
nal immigrant  can  be  prepared. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  455 

From  collections  by  Louis  Kue,  of  Manalapan,  N.  J. 

Matthew  Rue  came  fronie  Staten  Island  to  New  Jersey  &  d.  before  1722. 

John  Rue  md.  Peternill. 

Cap.  Joseph  Rue  nid.  Sarah  &  one  of  their  sons  was  John. 

John  Rue   s.  Joseph  &  Sarah,   md.   Elizabeth  &  lived  on   a  farm 

about  iVz  miles  south  east  of  Englishtown  during  the  Revolutionary  war: 
they  had  5  chldr  : 

ABBIE  b.  1776  d.  1849.         SARAH  md.  Peter  J.  Dey.  WILLIAM 

md.  Margaret  Rue  dau.  Wm.  &  Nellie  (Covenhoven)  Rue,  no  chldr. 
JOSEPH   I.  b.  1779  d.  1830.        SAMUEL  MOORE,  went  to  Troy,  N.  Y. 

Abbie  Rue,  dau.  John  &  Ivlizabeth,  md.  1798  Hugh  McChesnev  &  had   10 

chldr: 

SUSANNA   b,    1799.         MARY   b.    1801.  ELIZA    RUE   b.    1803. 

ELEANOR  BARRICKLOWb.  1806.  ELEANOR  BARRICKLOW 
2nd  b.  1807.  EMALINE  b.  1810.  WILLIAM  McAROY  b.  1813. 
GERTRUDE    WOODHULL   b.    1816.  GEORGE    SPOFFORD 

WOODHULLb.  1819.        JOSEPH  ALEXANDER  b.  1819. 

Joseph  I.  Rue,  s.  John  &  Elizabeth,  rad.  Hannah  Conover  &  had  8  chldr: 

JAMES  S.  b.  1806  d.  1874  LEWIS  b.  1809  d.  1893.  ELIZABETH  b. 

1812  d.  1894.  CATHERINE  b.  1815  d.  1853.  RACHEL.  ANN. 

JULIA.         JOHN  md.  &  had  chldr.  Charles,  Lewis. 

James  S.  Rue,  s.  Joseph  I.  &  Hannah,  md.  Louisa  Hedden  &  had  5  chldr: 
Twins,  AUGUSTA  &  FRANCIS,  b.  1841  both  d.  when  a  few  days  old. 
HANNAH  M.  b.  1842  d.  1845.         MARIA.  J.  CHALMERS  md.  Arietta 

Reid,  3  chldr.  Marj'  L.,  Margareta,  ]\Iira. 

Lewis  Rue,  s.  Joseph  I.  &  Hannah,  md.  Marj^  A.  Baker  &  had  9  chldr: 

JACOB  B.  b.  1836  d.  1866  rad.  Amanda  Mount,  1  chid.  Harriet,  JOSEPH 
md.  Mehetable  Vaughn  dau.  Saml. ,  2  chldr.  Mary  V. ,  &  Ernest.  BENJAMIN 
b.  1838  d.  1838.  C.  HENRY  b.  1840  d.  1883'md.  1868  Julietta  R.  Johnson. 
5  chldr.  Lester  C,  Louis,  Frank,  Edna,  Bessie.  HARRIET  b.  1843  d.  1845. 
JAMES  L.  md.  Matilda  Vaughn  dau.  Sami.,  2  chldr.  Jacob  V.,  &  Ethel. 
MARY  E.  md.  1870  Wm.  G.  Conover  s.  Garret,  4  chldr.  Ada  R.,  Mary  L., 
Ella  C,  &  Teressa  R.  CATHARINE  A.  md.  1873  Elijah  M.  Reid,  10  chldr. 
(see  under  Reid  Notes).  WM.  HOWARD  md.  Emma  Jenkins  of  Washing- 
ton state  &  had  2  chldr.  Anna  J.,  &  Mabel. 

Catharine  Rue,  dau.  Joseph  I.  &  Hannah,  md.  Delaplane  Martin  &  had  2 
chldr: 

WILLIAM.         JOSEPH. 

The  wife  d   and  Mr.  Martin  md.  Julia  Rue  &  had  i  chid.  Fred  L.  b.  1859 
d.  1876. 

Rachel  Rue,  dau.  Joseph  I.  &  Hannah,  md.  David  DuBois  &  had  6  chldr: 
TUNIS.         CATHARINE.         JULIA.  JOSEPH.  ELLA.  A  girl 

died  young. 

Charles  Rue,  s.  John  s.  Joseph  I,  md.  Mary  E.  Reid  &  had  i  chid. 
NEWELL  R. 


456  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

From  records  in  possession  of  Mrs.  Jolin  A.  Q"i'<^l^<^n''"'''li!  Englishtown,  N.  J. 

Thomas  Errickson  d.  Maj-  i6,  1811  md.  Margaret  Abranis  d.  Dec.  20,  1820. 

had  8  chldr: 

THOMAS  b.  Feb.  23,  1762  nid.  April  26.    179s  .        JENNET  b 

Aug-.    12.   1764  d.  Dec.   17,    iSoi.  ELIZABETH  b.  Oct.  8,    1766 

JAMES    b     Feb.     5,     1768    nid.    March    26,     1796     Abigail     Taylor 

TIMOTHY  b.  Aug.  25,  1770  d.  Nov.  21,  1823  nid.  Oct.  14,  1792 

SAMMULb.   April  20,   1773  d.  Aug.  27,    1837  nid.  Feb.   1808 


SUZANAH  b.  Sep.  6,  1776  d.  Dec.  18,  1819  nid.  Jnlv  29,    1799  Michael 
Cune.         PETER  b.  March  5,  1779. 

Peter  Errickson,  s.  Thos.  &  Margaret,  nid.  April  25,  1833  Mar\'  Quacken- 
bush  b.  March  13,  1801  eldest  chid,  of  William  &  Elizabeth,  had  5  chldr: 
Three  sons  d.  in  infanc}-.  MARGARET  b    Nov.  4,  1839  md.  John 

A  Quackenbush.  GEORGE  b.  Nov.  21,  1841  md.  Gertrude  A. 

Quackenbush. 

From  a  family  Bible  in  possession  of  John  A.  Quackenbush,  Englishtown,  N.  J. 

Holmes  V.  Quackenbush  b.  Jan.  18,  1815  d.  Dec.  22,  1900  md.  Feb.  22,  1838 
Mary  Snyder  b.  Sep   30,  1818  d.  June  8,  1898,  had  6  chldr: 

JOHN  A.  md.  Oct.  4,  1865  Margaret  Errickson.  PETER  H. 

HENDRICK  S.  b.  Aug.  8,  1843  d.  Aug.  12,  1883.  CRAIG. 

JOSEPH  YANDERYEER  b.  Jan.  11,  1856 d.  Jan.  23,  1888.         MARY 

ANNA  md.  Frank  Muldoon. 

Hendrick  Snyder  d.  April  26,  1848  aged  51  yrs.  6  da. 

Mary  Sn3der,  \v.  Hendr.  d.  Jan.  27,  1826  aged  27  j-rs    10  mos.  9  da. 

Peter  A.  Quackenbush,  father  of  Holmes  Y.  d.  Sep.  6,  1840  aged  45  3rs.   2 
mos.  5  da. 


From  records  furnished  by  Mrs.  John  A.  Quackenbush,  Englishtown,  N.  J., 
and  by  Mrs.  Charles  Quackenbush,  Wickatunk,  N.  J. 

William  Quackenbush.  s.  Jacob  &  Experience  (both  bur.  in  Old  Scots) 

md.  Elizabeth  .Smith.  &  had  11  chldr: 

MARY  b.  Mch.  13,  1801  md.  Apr.  25,  1833  Peter  Errickson,  had  5 
chldr.  l.SAAC  b.  Sep.  18,  1803  md.  Marv  Ann  Cahill  dau.  James 
&  Rachel  (Clayton)  Cahill,  had  3  chldr.  '  HELENER  b.  Oct.  8, 
1805  md.  Taylor  Clayton,  had  8  chldr.  JACOB  b.  Dec.  3,  1808  md. 
Margaret  Snyder,  had  12  chldr.  (ilTTY  b  May  20.  181 1  md.  Jacob 
I.    Ouackenbush,    had    s   chldr.  WILLIAM    b.    Dec.    9,    1813. 

GEORCiE  b  Mch.  16,  1816  d  Mch.  16,  1890  md.  ist  Hannah  Roberts, 
no  chldr.,  md.  2nd  Adalaide  Magee,  no  chldr.  ELIZABETH  ANN 
b.  May  29,  1820  d.  Oct.  9.  1821  CATHRINE  b.  May  29,  1823  d. 

Mch.  23,  1824.  EXPERIIvNCE  b.  Jan.  30,  1825.         CHARLES  b. 

June  26,  1829  md.  Dec.  3,  1854  I^llen  Magee  dau.  James  J.  R.  &  Sarah 
Jane  (Cahill)  Magee,  had  4  chldr. 

Rachel  (Clayton)  Cahill  was  sister  to  Joseph  T.  Clapton  the  father  of 
Thomas,  I£lias,  Charles  tScc.  Rachel  Clayton  md.  ist  James  Cahill  &  had 
2  chldr.,  md.  2nd  Nathaniel  M3-ers  &  had  2  chldr.  (see  p.  410). 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  457 

From  information  and  records  furnished  by  Mrs.  Chas.  Quackenbusli,  Wicka- 
tunk,  N.  J.,  Mrs.  ^Yilliam  VanDorn,  Freehold,  N.  J.,  &  Miss  Abbie  E.  Magee, 
Tennent,  N.  J.,  and  others. 

According  to  an  ancestral  tradition  Richard  Magee,  when  a  boy  about  10 
years  of  age  in  Ireland,  was  kidnapped  and  brought  to  America.  He  had 
a  son  Richard  b.  174-,  and  probably  a  s.  James. 

This  Richard  IMagee  (the  2nd)  had  chldr: 

RICHARD  (the  3rd)  JAMES  md.  Catherine  McElwaine  &  had  a 
large  no.  of  chldr.,  he  lived  in   Holmdel.  JONATHAN  b.   1786. 

JOHN  md  Mary  McElwaine  sister  to  Catherine,  &  had  5  chldr.,  he 
lived  in  Holmdel.  BARBARA  md. Emmons,  lived  in  Middle- 

sex Co.  near  Spotswood.         ERICK  d.  Aug.  i,  1851  aged  56  yrs.  6  da. 

Jonathan  Magee,  s.  Richard  (2nd),  had  5  chldr: 

2  names  not  know.  JAMES  lived  in  Matawan  &  had  a  son  James. 
WILLIAM.  JOSEPH  b.  1821  lived  in  Jamesburg,  had  5  chldr.  the 
eldest  Mrs.  Thos.  Perrine  &  the  youngest  Mrs.  Wm.  VanDorn  of 
Freehold 

Robert  Magee  md.  Anna  Emmons  &  had  chldr: 

JAMES.    JOHN.    SARAH.    MARGARET. 

James  Magee,  s.  Robt.  &  Anna,  md.  Elizabeth  Brown,  had  chldr.   not 

named  here  in  their  order  : 

CAROLINE  md.  Elijah  P.  Suydam.  MARGARET  md.  Jacob 

Wells.  CORNELIA  unmd.  ELIZABETH  unmd.  ADE- 

LAIDE md.  as  his  2nd  w.  Geo.  Quackenbush.         JAMES  md.  Nellie 

Cloke.  BENJAMIN   md.   .  RICHARD  md.    . 

EMMA  unmd. 

Richard  Magee  ('3rd)  s.  Richard  (2nd),  d.  July  29,  1851  aged  ^t^  yrs.  4  mos, 
23  da.  lived  in  Marlboro  Township,  Mon.  Co.  md.  Dec.  29,  1805  Experience 
Quakenbush  dau.  Jacob  &  Experience  (Wilkinson)  Quackenbush  &  had 
8  chldr.  not  named  here  in  order  of  their  births  : 

JAMES  J.  R.  b.  Dec.  10,  1806.  EXPERIENCE  unmd.  ELEANOR 
unmd.    d.    April    25,    1895    aged    82    yrs.  CATHERINE  unmd. 

NANCY  unmd.  d.  Jan.  29,  1904  aged  79  yrs.  10  mos.  ELIZABETH 
d.  Aug.  28,    1898  aged  76  yrs.  md.  Jacob  McElwaine.  ]\IARY  d. 

May  4,  1892  aged  72  yrs.  —  mos,  md.  Allen  Quackenbush  s.  Peter  & 
Rhoda.         One  dau.  md.  Pease  Boice. 

Capt.  James  J.  R.  Magee,  s.  Richard  (3rd),  b.  Dec.  10,  1806  d.  Oct.  13,  1882 
md.  Jan.  23,  1836  Sarah  Jane  Cahill  b.  June  16,  181 1  d.  Feb.  27,  1868  dau. 
James  &  Rachel  (Clayton)  Cahill,  had  7  chldr: 

ELEANOR  b  Nov.  8,  1837  md.  Dec.  3,  1854  Charles  Quackenbush 
had  4  chldr.  William,  Olive,  J   Tennent,  George  A.  ANGELINE 

b.  June  7,  1839  d.  Julv  27,  1865  md.  Jan.  31,  1861  Charles  E.  Kipp  had 
2  chldr.  Charles  H.,  Mary  Kate.  MARY  CATHERINE  b.  May  19, 
1841  d.  May  2,  1864  md.  Mar.  2'],  1864  James  Quackenbush  d.  Dec.  14, 
1865.         MARGARET  b.  May  9,  1843  d.  May  27,  1846.  JANE  b. 

Oct.  22,  184s  d.  May  10,  1846.  ABBIE  ELIZA  b.  Aug.  19,  1847. 
LYDIA  ANN  b.  Mch.  6,  1851  md.  Nov.  8,  187s  George  W.  Stillwell 
had  3  chldr.  Staats  C,  Roy  P.,  Oliver  K. 


458  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

From  data  furnished    1)y  Adriau  8.   Applejiet,  Counsellor-at-law,    Craubury, 
N.  J.,  and  from  notes  by  James  Steen,  Counsellor-at-law,  luitontown,   N.  J. 

There  were  at  least  two  different  Anderson  families,  but  the  one  most 
prominent  in  Monmouth  Co.  was  of  Captain  John  Anderson,  who  was 
captain  of  the  ship  "Unicorn."  and  engaged  in  the  vScottish  expedition  to 
Darien  (see  Steen's  'New  Aberdeen  &c."  pp.  14  and  seq.)  :  according  to 
a  familv  tradition  he  was  captain  of  the  "Caledonia,"  see  p.  13.  He  was 
a  brother  to  Rev.  James  Anderson,  first  pastor  of  Wall  St  Presbyterian 
church  New  York  City,  ("old  First").  He  was  b.  in  Scotland  1665  d.  Mch. 
28,  1736  md.  Anna  dau.  John  Reid  (the  Surveyor  General),  both  bur.  at 
Topanemus  see  p.  256.  He  and  his  w.  were  Episcopalians,  but  the  chldr. 
b}'  intermarriage  came  into  other  communions.     The\-  had  9  chldr: 

JOHN  b.  1703.         JAMES  b.  July  7,  1708.         Colonel  KENNETH. 
JONATHAN  had   2   chldr.  Joseph  b.   1746.   Ann  b.   1749.  MAR- 

(tARKT.         HELENA.         ANNA.       ELIZABETH.       ISABELLA. 

John  Anderson  Esq.  s.  John  (ist)  &  Anna,  is  the  one  in  Tennent  Church 
records  pp.  19,  175,  177,  179  &c.  He  d.  July  19,  1793  in  his  90th  year  md. 
Sarah  dau.  of  Archibald  Craig,  shed.  Aug.  10,  1787  aged  82  yrs.,  the}' had 
9  chldr:  (see  baps.  p.  204): 

HELENA,  probablj-  the  one  who  md.  Feb.  21,  1750  Joseph  Newton  of 

New  York.  KENNETH.  URSILLA.  '  ELIZABETH. 

JAMES.  KENNETH  2nd.  URSILLA  2nd.  LEWIS. 

MARGARET. 

James  Anderson,  b.  July  7,  1708,  s.  John  (ist)&  Anna,  md.  Catharine 

b.  Aug.  5,  1710,  had  10  chldr: 

ANN  b.  Apr.  5,  1729.  JOHN  b.  Apr.  S-  1731.  ELSIE  b.   Mav 

31,  1733.         THOMAS  b.  Dec.  16,  1737.        HANNAH  b.  Jan.  14,  17^9, 
RICHARD    b.    May  29.    1742.  ELIZABETH    b.    Dec.    2,    1747. 

C.\PT    JAMES  b.   Sep.   17,    1751.  KENNETH  b.  Sep.    16,   1753. 

LEWIS  b.  Jan    22,  1757. 

Kenneth  Anderson,  s.  John  (ist)  &  Anna,  was  a  Colonel  in  the  Revolu- 
tion, md.  Hannah  (Gordon  ?)  she  d.  Aug.  is,  1762  in  her  44th  yr.,  they  had 
chldr: 

LYDIA  d.  Aug.  18,  1744  aged  3  yrs.  11  mos.  23  da.  ISABELLA 

md.  Nathaniel  Scudder,  M.  D.  see  pp.  417-418. 
Kenneth  Anderson,  probably  the  s.  of  John  &  Sarah,  md.   Aug.   18.   1772 
Ruth  vScudder  b.  Oct.  17,  1743  d.    Oct.   13,   1826  dau.  of  Jacob   Scudder  of 
Scudder's  Mills  near  Princeton:  (compare  on  p.  417.) 

Lewis  Anderson,  s.  James,  b.  Jan.  22,  1757  d.  Mch.  29,  1838,  md.  Jane  Cias- 
ton  widow  of  James  Mount,  she  was  b.  Dec.  1758  d.  Tan.  7,  1808:  had  6 
chldr: 

HANNAH   b.  May  30,  1793.         JAMP^S  b.  Feb.  15,  1795.       THOMAS 

b.  Dec.   12,   1799.  KENNETH  b.  Sep.  30.   1791  d.  Sep.  9,   1883. 

ANNA   LLOYD  b.  Nov.  26.  1789.         WILLIAM  b.  Feb.  15,  1797. 
John  Anderson,  s.  James,  b.  Apr.  5,    1731  md.   Anna  dau.  John   Lloyd  & 
his  w.  Catharine  Craig  (see  p.  418).     Anna  was  b.  Apr.  12,  1746  d.  P^eb.  17, 
1815.     John  &  Anna  had  10  chldr: 

LEWIS  b.  Sep.  22,  1763.        JOHN  LLOYD  b.  Mch.  2,   1766  d.  1852. 

LEWIS  b.  Oct.  6,  1768,         CATHARINE  b.  July  27,  1771  d.   1854  at 

Rochester,  N.  Y.  ELIZABETH  b.  May  3,  1774  d.  Jan.   20,    1852. 

ANNA  b.  Oct.  14,  1775  d.  Sep.    24,    1849  "i^'-  John    Perrine  father   of 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  459 

Judge  John  (seep.  395).         JAMES  b.  Sep.  24,  1778.         URSULA  b. 

Jan.  14.  1781.  MARGARET  b.  Apr.  9,  1782.  PEGGY  b.  Sep. 

15.  1787- 
John  Lloyd  who  nid.  Catherine  Craig  (see  p.  418)  it  is  supposed  was 
descended  from  John  Lloyd  who  with  Charles  &  Thomas  Lloyd  came 
from  Wales  to  America  in  1675  and  who  by  different  branches  were  de- 
scended from  William  the  Conqueror  and  Alfred  the  Great.  John  Lloyd 
of  Freehold  had  on  the  front  of  his  house  a  shield  or  coat  of  arms  :  he 
bought  mill  property  in  Shrewsbury  Mar.  10,  1790  for  ^1400,  and  bought 
Sep.  9,  1794  a  large  tract  of  Gen.  David  Forman  for  ^3300  bounded  on  the 
south  by  Cross  wicks  creek  and  on  the  east  Lahaway  creek,  being  a  valua- 
ble mill  property. 

Catharine  Anderson  b.   July  27,   1771  d.  1854  at   Rochester,   N.  Y.   md. 

Robert  Perrine,  &  had  8  chldr: 

MARY  md.  Charles  Craig  of  Tennent,  N.  J.  (see  Mrs.  Smith's  His- 
tory of  Perrine's  p.  13).  ELIZABETH  b.  Feb.  22,  1799  d.  Mch.  5, 
1870  md.  John  Dill  b.  July  3,  1790  d.  May,  i,  1876,  had  7  chldr:  (For 
others  see  p.  395). 

Ellen  M.  Dill  md.  May  2,  1838  John  B.  Appleget  b.  1813  d.  Dec.  6,   1876, 

had  6  chldr. 

Adrian  S.  Appleget,  s.  John  B.,  b.  Aug.  16,  1841  md.  May  2,  1866  Ella  M. 

Scudder  dau.  of  James  &  Ann,  had  5  chldr: 

NORMAN  dead.  GEORGE  MORRIS  dead.  ANNA  md.  Prof 
M.  M.  FoggofUn.of  Neb.  ELLA  S.  MAY  W.  SYMMES  md. 
Lewis  M.  Johnson  of  Kingston,  N.  J.  one  chid.  Anna. 

Kenneth  Anderson  b.  Sep.  30,  1791,  s.  Lewis  &  Jane,  md.  Mary  Cham- 
berlin  b.  Nov.  8,  1801,  had  7  chldr: 

JOHN  b.  Apr.  16,  1821.  NANCY  b.  Oct.  22,  1823.  LEWIS  b. 

Dec.  8,  1825.  JAMES  C.  b.  Sep.  23,   1829  at  Carlisle,   Ohio,  md. 

May  16,  1858  Mary  Aletta  Wheeler  only  chid,  of  David  &  Ellen,  had 

6  chldr.  Ellen  Shafer,  May  Elizabeth,  Frances  L.  Albaugh  of  Tadmor, 

O.,  Nancy  L.  Hague,  Lucy  A.  Foster,  Pearl  C.  Cowan.  JANE  b. 

Dec.  27,  1832.  JOSEPH  b.  May  26,  1836.  WILLIAM  b.  May 

14,  1839. 

The  following  Genealogical  Notes  on  the  Barclay,  Clark,  Herbert,  McKnight, 
Truax,  Walker,  Newell,  Redford  &  Craig  families  were  furnished  by  James  Steen, 
Eatontown,  N.  J. 

BARCLAY. 

The  Barclays  &  the  Gordons  were  of  kin.  Lady  Katharine  Gordon  md. 
1647  Colonel  David  Barclay  b.  1610  d.  1686.  Col.  David  had  besides  Robert 
Barclay  (the  apologist)  and  David  Barclay,  a  son  John  Barclay  b.  1659  ^^ 
Ury,  Scotland,  who  came  to  East  New  Jersey  in  1684  &  settled  at  Perth 
Amboy  where  he  d.  1731.  His  w.  who  was  buried  Jan.  6,  1703  at  Amboy 
was  also  named  "Catharine"  whom  he  had  probably  married  about  1699. 
Whether  he  had  other  chldr.  or  not  his  s.  John  appears  as  his  heir.  At 
his  father's  death  he  was  not  quite  30  years  of  age. 

John  Barclay.  s.John,md.  istjuneii,  1725  Katharine  Gordon  dau.  Charles 
&  md.  2nd  in  1763  (according  to  "Barclay  Genealogies"  by  Moffatt  pub. 
1904J  a  Jane  VanDyke  by  whom  he  is  said  to  have  had  no  issue:  by  Katha- 
rine Gordon  his  ist  w.  he  had  9  chldr: 


46o  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

DAVID.  ANN.  JOHN.  CHARLES.  PETER. 

ROBERT  hap.  Sep.  16,1737.         LYDIA.         CATHARINE  bap.  June 

13.  1742.  RICHARD  bap.  June  30,   1745  d.  1757. 

David  Barclay,  .s.  John  &  Kathr.,  b.  Jan.  i,  1727  d.  1772  nid.  (M.   L.   Mar. 
3,  1749)  I<;iizabeth  Walker,  &  had  chldr:  (See  Baptismal  List  p.  205) 

WILLIAM.         GEORGEb.  1753.        KATHARINE  b.  1756.        HES- 
TER b.  1758.         RACHEL.         JANE  b.  1767. 
Anne  Barclay,  dau.  John  &  Kathr.,  md.  (M.  L.  Nov.  21,  1749)  John  Craig' 
&  had  4  chldr.  see  p.  206.     She  d.  about  1758  &  her  husband  md.  2nd  (M. 
L.  'May  2j,  1760)  Jane  Reid  &  had  chldr  p.  206  &  208. 
John  Barclay,  s.  John  &  Kathr.,  b.  Mcb.  17,  1731  md.  &  had  2  chldr: 

RICHARD  b.  1765.         JANE  b.  1766. 
Charles  Barcla}',  s.  John  &  Kathr.,  b.  Eeb.   14,    1735  d.    1813  md.  Rebecca 
Gordon  b.  1735  d.  1804  &  had  5  chldr: 

MARGARET  b.  1756.  JAMES  b.  1758.  JOHN  b.  1764  d.  1777. 

LYDIA  b.  1766  d.  bef.  1802.         DAVID  b.  1769. 

Peter  Barclay,  s.  John  &  Kathr.,  md.  ist  Isabel  Thompson,  md.  2nd  Eliza- 
beth Starkey.  &  had  6  chldr: 

KATHARINE  md.  Mr.  Quick.  DEBORAH  b.  1764  md.  Robert 

Barclav.  DAVID  b.  1764.  JOHN,  supposed  to  have  md  Sarah 

Logan'         CHARLES.         RACHEL. 
Robert  Barclay,  s.  John  &  Kathr.,  b.  1737  d.  1818  md.  ist  Alice  Van  Kirk 
&  md.  2nd  Miriam ,  &  had  12  chldr: 

LEWIS.  CHARLES.  KATHARINE.  ROBERT  md.  his 

cousin  Deborah.         HANNAH.       WILLIAM.      JOHN.       LYDIA. 

DAVID.         PETER.        SARAH.         ELSIE. 
Lydia  Barclay,  dau.  John  &  Kathr.,  b.  Dec.  16,  1739  md.  Thomas  Brown, 
&  had  7  chldr: 

JAMES.  JOSEPH.  JOHN.  DAVID.  WILLIAM. 

CATHARINE.         MARY'. 

Katharine  Barclay-,  dau.  John  &  Kathr.,  b.  1742  md.  1760  David  Stout,  & 
had  II  chldr: 

ANNE.  ELIZABETH.  JOHN  BARCLAY\  LY^DIA. 

DAVID.        JESSIE.       LUCY\       ROBERT  DAVIS.        CHARLES. 

CHARLOTTE.         HANNAH. 
Note:     A  very  full  genealogy  of  the  Barclay  families  was  published  1904 
by  R.  Burnham  Moffat,  M.  D.,  of  New  York  City. 

CLARK. 

Richard  &  William  Clark  were  brothers,  and  their  father's  name  was  pos- 
sibly John(?):  Richard  was  b.  Feb.  10,  1663  d.  May  16,  1733. 

William  Clark  d.  1709  md.   Elizabeth d.   Dec.  25,   1697  aged  42,  & 

had  2  chldr: 

ALEXANDER.         WILLIAM. 

Alexander  Clark,  s.  Wm.  &  Elizabeth,  d.  Aug.  7,   1730  aged  37,  md.  & 
had  3  chldr: 

DANIEL  p.  208.         PETER  p.  206,  207.         BENJAMIN  p.  208. 
William  Clark,  s.  Wm.  &  lUizabeth,  md. Reed  (?)  &  had  i  chid: 

ELIZABETH  p.  208. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  461 

HERBERT. 
Francis  Herbert,  the  first  of  the  familj'  in  INIonniouth  is  claimed  to  have 
been  a  grandson  or  great  grandson  of  Philip  the  4th  Earle  of  Pembroke, 
England.  His  motlier,  Bridget  Herbert,  and  himself  and  possibly  one  or 
more  brothers  were  in  Monmouth  before  167 1,  &  Bridget  rented  a  house 
from  Edward  Smith  of  Rliddletown  in  that  3ear.  It  is  possible  that  his 
father's  name  was  Walter  Herbert,  and  that  Walter  Herbert,  who  was 
licensed  to  marry  Mary  Barnes  in  New  York  Aug.  14,  1678  was  his  older 
brother. 

Francis  Herbert  d.  between  Sep.  13  &  Nov.  25,  17 19  md.  Hannah  Bowne 
dau.  John,  &  had  7  chldr: 

THOMAS.         FRANCIS.         SAMUEL.         OBADIAH.         ELIZA- 
BETH.        BRIDGET.         MARY. 
Thomas  had  131  acres  granted  him  in   1676  and   132  in    1677   (possibly  a 
regrant):  from  1695  to  1698  he  was  tax  collector  of  ]Middletown  township. 

Obadiah  Herbert,  s.  Francis  &  Hannah,  md.  1729  Hannah  Lawrence  dau. 

Wra.,  &  had  8  chldr: 

OBADIAH  md.  176^  Elizabeth  Warne.  JOHN  md.  1749  Elizabeth 
Smyth.  WILLIAINI.  FRANCIS.  RICHARD  md.' 1767  Mary 
Seabrook.  FELIX  md.  1778  Catherine  Carr.  HANNAH  md. 

1769  James  Whitlock.         RUTH  d.  1795-6  unmd. 

Mcknight. 

The  Mc  Knights  of  Tennent  church  Baptismal  Records  are  descended  from 
William  Mc  Knight,  a  young  Irishman  b.  about  1715  d.  1760.  He  united 
with  the  church  May  11,  1741,  and  occupied  pew  No.  32  in  Old  Tennent 
On  Mch.  31,  1744  he  had  a  marriage  license  to  marry  vSarah  James  of  Mon- 
mouth Co.,  &  had  9  chldr:  (see  p.  215) 

ROBERT.        JANE.         AMIE.        JOHN.  LEWIS.  MARY^ 

JAMES.        THOMAS.        JOSEPH. 
Robert  Mc  Knight,  s.  Wm.  &  Sarah,  was  twice  md.  both  times  it  is  said 
by  Rev.  Wm.  Tennent,  &  he  had  8  chldr: 

SARAH  b.  in  N.  J.  md.  Roberts,  she   d.    at    Homer,    N.    Y. 

REBECCA  md.  Brown,  moved  to  Franklin  O.         ANN  md.  ist 

Lawrence  of  Tro}',  O.  md.  2nd  Wm.  Smith  of  Tippecanoe  Co., 

Indiana.  LEWIS,  Franklin,  O.  JOSEPH,  Truxton,  N.  Y. 

JOHN  bap.  May  8,  1774,  (p.  215),  Truxton,  N.  Y.         THOMAS  b.  1786 

d.  1836,  Truxton,  N.  Y.  md.  Harriet  Clapp    d.   1883  at  Ripson,  Wis. 

CHARLES  b.  1787  d.  i860  md.  Almira  Clapp,  lived  at  Truxton,  N.  Y. 

Lewis  Mc  Knight,  s.  Wm.  &  Sarah,  d.  Aug.    18,   1810,  was  a  Private  in 

Capt.  Hankinson's  Co.  in  Revolution:  he  was  the  founder  of  Long  Branch 

N.  J.,  as  a  watering  place,  having  begun  business  there  in  1790-91,  he  is 

buried  in  Christ  Church  graveyard  in  Shrewsbury-. 

Joseph  Mc  Knight,  s.  Wm.  &  Sarah,  was  a  Private  in  the  Revolution;  he 
is  buried  in  Old  Tennent  cemetery. 

TRUAX. 
Truax,  Truex.  de  Truex,  du  Trieux.  This  family,  which  would  from  the 
use  of  the  prefix  "de"  or  "du"  in  the  early  records  seem  to  have  been  of 
French  (and  probably  Huguenot)  extraction,  was  founded  in  this  country 
by  Philip  du  Trieux,  who  settled  in  New  Amsterdam  about  1621.  His 
second  son  Jacob,  who  was  bap.  in  the  Dutch  Church  in  New  York  Dec. 
7,  1645,  was  the  first  of  the  name  to  settle  in  Monmouth  Co.     April  14,  1682 


462  HISTORY  OF  OT.D  TENNENT. 

he  "took  up"  130  acres  of  land  in  what  was  then  Freehold  township,  be- 
tween Swimming  River  &  Holmdel.  Ilis  oldest  son  was  named  Philip, 
and  some  of  his  descendants  inter- married  with  the  Craigs,  Johnstons,  and 
Van  Kirks.  John  Truax  (see  p.  220)  was  the  father  of  Roelefbap.  Aug.  25, 
1735  &  had  a  JNI.  L.Jan.  26,  lyGitomarrj'  ^Iar\' Johnston,  both  of  Freehold. 

WALKER. 
George  Walker  (the  ist)  nid.  ist &  had  2  chldr: 

GEORGE  b.  1724  d.  Jan.  2,  1791.         ELIZABETH  md.  David  Barclay 

as  his  2nd  w. 
George  Walker,  s.  George  (the  ist),  md.  Oct.  26,   1749  Priscilla  Forman 
dau.  of  Aaron  &  Ursula  &  grand-dau.  Samuel  &  Mary  (Wilbare)  Forman; 
and  had  9  chldr:  (see  p.  222) 

ESTHER.  URSULA.  PARTHENIA    md.    George   Cook. 

GEORGE.  AARON   FORMAN.  LUCRETIA.  LYDIA. 

ELIZABETH  d.  Junes,  1767.         ELIZABETH  ROWENA. 
George  Walker  (the  ist)  md.  2nd  Gertrude &  had  3  chldr: 

ESTHER  md.  David  Barclay  as  his  ist  w.        JAMES.  ANNE 

(see  p.  223), 
Gertrude  the  2nd  w.  of  George  Walker  (the  ist)  md.  for  her  2nd  husband 
Charles  Gordon  as  his  2nd  w. 

NEWELL. 
William  A.  Newell,  one  of  New  Jersey's  Governors,  was  the  s.  of  James 
H.  Newell.  James  H.  was  the  son  of  Hugh.  Hugh  Newell  was  a  native 
of  Ireland,  who  settled  in  Freehold  Township,  served  in  the  American 
army  in  the  Revolution,  d.  Sep.  28,  1816  aged  72  yrs.  5  mos.  6  da.  and  was 
bur.  in  Old  Ten.  yard,  which  lists  see. 

REDFORD. 

William  Redford,  d.  1726  md.  Margaret had  4  chldr: 

SAiMUEL  d.  1710-11  md.  (H)anna ,  and  had  John,  Ann,  Sarah, 

Mary,  Samuel.  Hannah,  Martha,  Joseph.  SARAH  md.  Gideon 
Crawford,  and  had  Andrew,  Mary,  Elizabeth.  ISABEL,  (d.  before 
her  father)  md.  John  Hampton,  &  had  William.  ANDREW  d.  1724, 
md.  Anna ,  and  had  John,  Margaret. 

CRAIG. 
[To  the  following  Craig  genealogy  by  James  Steeu,  uote.s  have  been  added  by 
the  late  li.  Perrine  Craig,  by  Mr.  &  Mrs.  John  W.  Craig,  Tennent,   N.  J.,  and  by 
others.  ] 

Not  the  least  among  the  first  families  of  Monmouth  were  the  Craigs. 
Intermarriages  at  an  early  date  into  the  Anderson,  Crawford,  Forman, 
Kerr,  and  other  Scotch  and  Scotch-Irish  settlers,  has  transmitted  the  line 
of  the  family  so  extensively  that  the  descendants  to-day  of  John  Craig, 
the  1st,  are  to  be  numbered  bj'  the  thousands. 

Among  the  settlers,  imported  by  Lord  Neill  Campbell,  as  of  December 
1685,  and  some  of  them  by  the  ship  "IIenr\'  &  Francis,"  were  John  Craig, 
Archiljald  his  s.,  and  a  James  Craig.  The  fact  that  Lord  Neill  Campbell 
al.so  had  a  s.  Archibald,  may  imply  a  relationship  between  the  Campbells 
and  the  Craigs.  And  indeed  it  had  been  quite  natural  for  some  of  his 
kinsmen  to  have  been  among  Lord  Campbell's  "settlers."  An  Andrew 
Craig  is  also  of  record  as  being  "imported  in  Oct.  1684  b}' John  Forbes," 
but  the  degree  of  kinship  is  as  yet  unknown  to  the  writer. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  463 

John  Craig  (ist)  was  granted  on  June  11,  1690,  150  acres  in  Middlesex 
Co.  b}'  George  Keith.  He  took  quite  a  prominent  place  in  the  province, 
and  on  Nov.  2.  1692  he  was  returned  with  John  Barcla}-  as  a  member  of 
the  Assembly  from  Perth  Amboy.  On  Dec.  9,  1695  he  purchased  of  Wil- 
liam Dockwra  of  London,  or  of  John  Reid,  Dockwra's  attorne}-,  a  lot  of 
land  at  "Topinemes"  on  the  Northeast  of  Spotswood  Brook.  He  was  then 
a  resident  of  Middlesex  Co.  This  on  April  10,  1702  he  (still  of  Amboy) 
sold  to  his  s.  Archibald.  A  few  weeks  before  James  Craig  had  purchased 
a  neighboring  tract  of  land,  as  was  natural  if  James  were  indeed,  as  has 
been  supposed,  a  bro.  of  Archibald's.  John's  name  is  first  in  1705  of  the 
committee  applying  to  the  Court  for  the  registration  of  Scots  meeting 
house  (see  p.  28)  and  he  was  probabl3'  then  living  in  Monmouth.  His 
sons  Archil^ald  and  James  are  associated  in  the  purchase  of  the  dock  or 
wharf  site  on  Matawan  Creek  in  1700,  and  his  s.  Archibald  is  a  grantee  in 
the  deed  June  i,  1727  for  Old  Scots  lot  (p.  32). 
John  Craig  &  his  w.  Ursula  had  chldr: 

JAMES.  ARCHIBALD.  URSULA. 
We  will  not  here  follow  the  descendants  of  Andrew  Craig  (of  1684)  nor  of 
James  Craig  (s.  John).  (An  Andrew  Crawford  also  appears  in  the  Old 
Tennent  records  as  having  a  dau.  "Ursilla"  bap.  see  p.  208).  One  or  two 
of  the  "Craig"  baptisms  in  Old  Ten.  records  seem  not  to  be  in  the  line  of 
Archibald,  but  are  probably  in  the  line  of  James  Craig  (s.  John)  as  Andrew 
(of  1684)  settled  in  ^Middlesex,  and  is  believed  to  have  been  the  ancestor 
of  the  Craigs  of  Somerset  Co. 
Archibald  Craig  (s.  John)  d.  Mch.  6,   1751  aged  73  yrs.  his  will  probated 

Apr.  24,  1751,  nid.  Mary •  d.  Nov.  i,  1752  aged  69,  both  bur.  at  Old 

Scots,  they  had  10  chldr: 

JOHN.         WILLIAM  d.  Aug.  8,  1726  in  his  2nd  year.         WILLIAM. 

SAMUEL.  SARAH  md.   John    Anderson.  MARY  md.   Peter 

Gordon.  URSULA  md.   Aaron  Forman.  CATHARINE  md. 

John  Lloyd.  MARGARET  md.  Joseph  Kerr.  HANNAH  md. 

William  Crawford. 
Johd  Craig,  s.  Arch.  &  INIary,  d.  Sep.  25,    1783  in  his   73rd  year,   md.   ist 
(M.  L.  Nov.  21,  1749)  Anna  dau.  of  Capt.  John  Barclay,  she  was  b.  Jan.  15, 
1729  d.  1759-60,  they  had  4  chldr:  (for  baps,  see  p.  206): 

CATHARINE  bap.  1750  d.  1773-4.        SAMUEL  bap.  1752  d.  July  6, 

iTj-j.  ARCHIBALD  bap.  1754  d.  Aug.  I,  1777.  PETER,  bap.  1756. 
John  Craig  md.  2nd  (M.  L.  May  ly,  1760)  Jane  Reid  dau  of  John,  she  d. 
June  25,  1824  aged  90  yrs.  i  mo.  21  da.  they  had     chldr.  (see  pp.  206,  208): 

ANNE  bap.  1762.         WILLIAM  bap.  1764.        MARY  bap.  1766.       JAMES 

bap.  1768.         JOHN  bap.  1772-         LEWIS  bap.  1775. 
William  Craig,  s.  Arch.   &  Mary,    d.    Oct.    18,    1806  in   his   79th  yr.   md. 
(M.  L.  May  28,  1753)  Eleanor  Rhe  d.  Mch.  14,    1807  in  her  74th  yr.,  they 
had  12  chldr: 

JAMES  b.  Feb.  8,  1754.  DAVID  b.  Nov.  :i,  1756.  SAMUEL  b.  April 

16,  1758  MARY  b.  Mch.  27,  1760.  JOHN  b.  May  8,  1762,  ANN 

b.  Mch.  25,  1763.  URSILLA  b.  Apr.  18,  1765.  MARGARET  b.  Sep. 

8,  1767.  REDFORD  b.  July  8,  1770.  ELENOR  b.  June  29,  1774. 

WILLIAM  b.  May  12,  1776.         MARY  1).  Mch.  23,  1779. 
Samuel  Craig,  s.  Arch.  &  Mary,  d.  Nov.  17,  1746  aged  38  yrs.  6  inos.  14  da. 
(M.  L.  Nov.  8,  i736)Gertha(or  Gertrude)  Ward,  &  had  chldr.  (baps.  p.  206): 

Possibly  a  SAxAIUEL.  ELIZABETH.  JOHN.  WILLIAM. 

URSILLA.         MARY. 


464  HISTORY   OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Gertrude  (Ward)  Craij^;  after  the  death  of  Samuel  in   1746  md.  2nd  (M.  L. 
Sep.  30,    1747)  William  Hamton,  a  widower,  &  had  chldr.  (baps.  p.  212): 
SAMUEL.         GERTRUDE.         CATHARINE. 

Sarah  Craig-,  dau.  Arch.  &  Mar}',  d.  Aug.  10,  1787  aged  82  yrs.  md.  John 
Anderson.  Ksq.  d  July  19,  1793  in  his  90th  year,  and  had  chldr: 

(See  p.  204). 
Mary  Craig,  dau.  Arch.  «S:  Mary,  md.  (M.  L.  Dec.  13,  1742)  as  his  2nd  w. 
Peter  Gordon,  he  d.  Apr.  21,  1770  in  his  67th  yr.,  they  had  chldr: 

(See  p.  21 1). 
Ursula  Craig,  dau.  Arch.  &  Marj-,  md.  Aaron  p-ornian  s.  Samuel  &  INIary 
(Wilbare)  Forman,  who  d.  before  1751,  had  chldr: 

(,See  p.  210,  &  under  Forman  notes). 
Catharine  Craig,  dau.  Arch.  &  Mary,  md.  (M.  L.  Aug.  10,  1745)  John  Lloyd, 
&  had  chldr: 

(See  pp.  214,  418). 
Margaret  Craig,  dau.  Arch.  &  Mary,  md.  Joseph  Ker,  &  had  chldr: 

(See  pp.  213,  360,  390)  Joseph  Ker  md.  2nd  Euphan  Watson   (M.   L. 

Mch.  2T,,  17467). 

Hannah  Craig,  dau.  Arch.  &  Mar}',  md.  William  Crawford,  &  had  chldr: 
(See  p.  208). 

Ursula  Craig,  dau.  John  &  Ursula,  md.  about  1697  Elisha  Parker  of  Perth 
Anibo}-,  &  had  4  chldr: 

ELIZABETH  b.   Mch.    21,    1698    md   James   Johnston    of  Mon.    Co. 

URSILLA  b.  Dec.  21,  1700.         MARY  b.  Dec.  22,  1702.         EDWARD 

bap.  by  Rev.  Jedediah  Andrews  Apr.  30,  1716. 

William  Craig  (possibly  the  s.  John  &  Jane)?,  md.  Rachel  Drummond, 

had  7  chldr: 

ROBERT  E.  1).  July  :}1,  1793.  JOHN  b.  Nov.  4,  1795.  SAMUEL  b. 

Oct.  16,  1797.         CATHARINE  b.  Sep.  25,  1799.         PETER  D.  b.  July  16, 
1802.         LEWIS  b.  Oct.  25,  1804.         WILLIAM  A.  b.  Jan.  11,  1808. 

Robert  E.  Craig,  s.  William  &  Rachel,  md  Ann  Perrine  b.  Nov.  12,  iSood. 
July  9,  1836  dau.  John  &  Anna  (Anderson)  Perrine  p.  395,  had  9  chldr: 

SUSAN    nul.    John    R.    Mount.  CLEMENTINE   md.    Matthew   P.    Rue. 

WILLLVM  111(1.  Mary  H.  Rue.  GERTRUDE  ANN  md.  Robert  R.  Moimt. 

iSL\RY  md.  Prosper,!.  F>erckmans.  RACHEL  md.  Stephen  I.  Simmons. 

DRUMMOND  H.  unmd.  JOHN  W.  md.  1st.  Mary  Matilda  Mount:  md. 

2nd  Mr.s.  Evalina  (  Hartshorns)  Conover.         CATHARINE  ELIZABETH  md. 

Eliiui  B.  Kedle. 

Amelia  Holmes  Craig  md.  May  26,  1816  Peter  Bowne,  &  had  i  chid, 
ANX.\   MARIA  md.  iCnocli  Cowart,  Sr. 

Charles  Craig,  b,  Oct.  24,  1793  d.  1S82,  s.  Samuel  tS:  P'lizabeth,  md.  Sep.  8. 
1818  Mary  Perrine  d.  Dec.  lo,  1836  in  her  37th  yr.,  dau.  Robert  &  Cath- 
erine (p.  395)  had  8  chldr: 

CATHERINE  ANN  b.  Apr.  3,  1820.        SAMlKLh.  Feb.  1,  1822.         ROBERT 
PERRINE  h.  May  2,  1H24  d.  Feb.  14,  1904.  CHARLES  AUGUSTUS  b. 

Au<i.  27,  lrt;>(i.      "  ELIZABETH  h.  Feb.  1,  1829.  LKWIS  b.  Mch.  24,1832 

d.  Sep.  1,  1H32.  LIRSULEV  b.  Aug.  2,  1833  d.  Oct.  6,  1833.  JAMES 

BOWN  b.  Dec.  10  1834. 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES.  465 

From  notes  furnished  by  Henry  L.   Herbert  of  New  York  City,  and  l\y  W. 
Denise  Herbert  of  Englishtown,  N.  J. 

James  Herbert  of  Middletown  nid.  (M    L.  dated  Mar.  24,  1739-40)  Marjjaret 
Mount  of  INIiddletown.      His  will  dated  1746  names  his  e.xeculors  Richard 
Herbert,  wife  Margaret,  and  Reuben  Runyon,  &  mentions  his  3  sons: 
RICHARD.         DANIEL.         JAMES. 

James  Herbert  (probably  the  s.  of  James  &  Margaret)  md.  Elizabeth  Cow- 
enhoven  dau.  Wm.  had  chldr.  bap  see  pp.  213,  228.  He  appears  to  have 
been  the  one  who  was  an  owner  of  slaves  (compare  p.  224,  227)  An  inter- 
esting letter  concerning  the  sale  of  a  slave  is  still  preserved  by  the  descend- 
ants of  James  Herbert  of  Freehold,  a  copy  of  which  is  here  given:  "Maid- 
enhead Augt.  25,  1778.  Mr.  James  Herbert,  Sir:  Your  Negro  boy  Jacob 
AppUed  to  me  yesterday  to  purchase  him.  I  am  in  want  of  a  Good  Ser- 
vant and  if  30U  can  Concientiousl}-  recommend  him  to  me  as  Honest.  Sober 
&  Industreous,  I  will  buy  him  of  you.  I  have  asked  the  Servant  \  our 
price,  he  tells  me  3'ou  will  take  for  him  what  you  gave  about  two  months 
past  which  is  somewhere  about  ^,280  ..  0..0  its  a  Large  price  but  as  the 
Servant  seems  willing  to  stay  with  me  if  j-ou  can  give  him  the  above 
recommendation  I  will  nevertheless  take  him.  You  may  therefore  in  that 
Case  send  the  boy  to  me  immediately,  and  Send  or  come  for  the  jNIoney 
and  I  will  likewise  allow  you  the  expense  of  Comeing  for  it.  I  am  Sir 
Your  Hum.  Servant  Archibald  Mercer.  N.  B.  I  live  at  Maiden- 

head on  the  place  Wilson  Hunt  formerly  lived  on."  Maidenhead  is  now 
Lawrenceville.  Slaves  were  owned  by  many  of  the  Old  Tennent  people, 
and  were  baptized  and  received  into  the  communion  of  the  church  (see 
Bap.  Lists).     James  &  Elizabeth  Herbert  had  7  chldr. 

JAMES.  WILLIAM.  DANIEL.  MARY.  MARGARET  md. 

Joseph  Ker.         ELIZABETH.         ELLEN. 

James  Herbert  s.  James  &  Elizabeth  rad.  Sarah  Dey,  &  had  9  chldr. 

ELIZA  md.  David  Laird  p.   404.  ^VILLIAM  D.  md.  Margaret  Deuise. 

ISAAC  md.  Lienor  Denise.  JANE  md.  Reuben  Wilson.  GILBERT  S. 

md.  Mrs.  Georgianna  Buckley.  ELIAS  md.  Catharine  Carson.  MAR- 

GARET md.  Henry  Lloyd.         JAMES  md.  Ellen  Matchett.         DANIEL  md. 
Margaret  Jane  Hedenberg. 

William  De}-  Herbert  b.  1805  d.  1880  s.  James  &  Sarah  md.  Margaret  Denise 
(p.  411)  had  6  chldr: 

JAMES  F.  SARAH  ELIZABETH   d.    young.  KATHARINE  W. 

SARAH  ELIZABETH.         W.  DENISE.         CHARLES  A. 

Isaac  Herbert  md.  Elenor  Denise  p.  411,  400,  had  6  chldr: 

ELIZA  A.  SARAH.  AMANDA.  GHJiERT  I.  HENRY  L. 

FLORENCE. 


FOR  GENEALOGICAL  STUDY. 

For  further  study  and  information  aV)out  IMonmouth  County  families  the  read- 
er may  consult  the  books  already  mentioned  in  this  History  under  the  Lists  of 
Authorities  (see  "Authorities"  in  Index)  and  also  consult  the  following  named 
books  and  pamphlets: 

Early  Dutch  Settlers  of  Monmouth,  George  C.  Beekinan. 

New  Jersey  Coast  in  Three  Centuries,  William  Nelson. 


466  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

Anderson,  Perrine,  Barl)Our-Sniith, 


Ti        11   /-M     1     r>     .        c    o  T-       •!•        r       Henriette  IC.  Saverv  Smith 

Howell-Clark.  Porler  &  Savery  Families,  j 

Historical  Collections  of  New  Jersey,  liarber  «S:  Howe. 

Officers  &  Men  of  N.  J.  in  the  Revolutionar}-  War,  Gen.  W.  S    Stryker. 

East  Jersey  under  the  Proprietors,  Whitehead. 

Collections  of  N.  J.  Historical  Societ}-,  Bound  \'olumes. 

Proceedings  of  N.  J.  Historical  Society,  Bound  Volumes, 

C\-clopedia  3rd  Congressional  District  of  N.  J.  1896,  Samuel  T.  Wilej'. 

Woolman  &  Rose  Coast  Atlas  N.  J. 

Barclay  Genealogies  1904,  R.  B.  Moffatt. 

Stilwell  Memoirs  187S,  B.  M.  Stilwell. 

Lawrence  Genealogy  1858,  Thos.  Lawrence. 

Minutes  Council  Safety  1777,  by  the  State. 

Minutes  Provincial  Congress  N.  J.,  bj'  the  State. 

Parishes  P.  E.  Churches  of  N.  J.  1785-1816.  James  Parker. 

History  Pres.  church  Cranbury,  N.  J.  (pamphlet)  Rev.  Joseph  G.  Symmes. 

History  Christ  P.  E.  church  Shrew.sbury,  N.  J.,  James  Steen. 

History  Pres.  church  Matawan,  N.  J.  (pamphlet),   Rev.  Wm.  C.  Alexander. 

Histories  of  New  Jersey,    Smith's    1765,    Gordon's,  Mulford's,    Raum's. 

Lee's,  &c. 

Town  Book  of  Old  Middletown.  8°   [Freehold  1883]. 

The  Quaker  Records  of  Shrewsbury,  1674-1731. 

CORRECTIONS   AND   ADDITIONS. 

Page. 

207     line  2,  1758  slid,  be  //j". 

209  line  7,  1735  slid,  possibly  be  f/^^^s  (record  page  is  marred). 

210  line  27,  1959  shd.  be  i/Sg. 

212     line  6,  Ma}-  14  shd.  be  Mav  15. 
215     line  27,  Jo4eph  shd.  h^  Joseph. 

217  line  25,  the  date  April  13,  1766  probably  belongs  to  .i>"/^j'fl;/.'/rt'// instead 
of  to  Hannah,  or  possibly  to  both  (the  record  is  not  plain). 

218  line  14,  Ravid  slid,  ht:  David. 

221     line  34,  Voorhee  shd.  be  I'ooiiiccs. 

225     line  13,  Watson  shd.  be  Walton,  and  so  also  on  p.  245  line  19. 

228  The  5th  record  under  "Children  Baptized,"  Dan.  &  Dorothj^  H. 
should  be  Danl.  &  Dorothy  Harcbrt  (the  record  is  somewhat  indis- 
tinct), doubtlessly  intended  to  be  Harbert. 

236     line  16,  June  20  shd    hQ  June  2/ . 

240     line  7,  Covenhoven  shd.  he  John  Coveiilwven. 

240     line  31,  Henry  slid,  be  Ilafvy. 

245     line  6,  Chambers  seems  to  be  Chambers. 

253  line  28,  Dan  ice  shd    be  Datiiel. 

254  line  25,  May  shd.  be  April. 

255  line  32,  William  Rue  sbd.  be  William  Bice  (the  wTiting  is  not  plain). 

260  line  2)2)'  '"  ^^i-"'  Zl^^"^  year  shd.  be  2,(^yrs.  6  mos.  7  da. 

261  line  41.  Taytor  shd.  be  Taylor. 

264     line  12,  add  jo  nios.  i  da.  to  the  14  3  rs. 

264  line  20,  read  6  da.  instead  of  6  mos. 

265  line  26,  July  17  shd.  he  July  27  &  8  da.  shd  be  /<S'  da. 


GENEALOGICAI.  NOTES.  467 

266  line  24,  William  shd.  be  William  B. 

266  line  2)^,  i8da.  shd  be  S  da. 

268  line  36,  Mr.  .slid,  be  Mrs. 

269  line  3,  7  raos.  shd  be  7  da. 
269  line  5,  John  shd.  h^John  Dey. 

269  line  9,  June  shd.  h^  John. 

270  line  2,  Martha  shd.  be  Martha  F. 
270  line  22,  40th  shd.  be  46th. 

273  line  41,  18  shd.  be  S. 

274  line  7,  shd.  be  Sarah  Vanhorn  zv.  John. 
2J4  line  29,  add  died  Jan.  2j,  iS^t  aged  J  nios. 

275  line  29,  Apr.  22  shd.  be  Apr.  28. 
277  line  17,  July  15  shd.  h&  July  ig. 
279  line  8,  8  da  .shd.  be  iS  da. 

281  line  5,  John  shd.  he  John  P. 

281  line  20,  36  yrs.  shd.  h^jgyrs. 

282  line  17,  add  died  Mar.  26,  i8jr  aged 51  yrs.  7  mos.  11  da. 
284  line  29,  18  da.  shd.  be  S  da. 

286  line  22,  Apr.  28  shd.  be  Apr.  25. 

286  line  34,  after  Abigail  Perrine  add  w.  Henry. 

287  line  13,  May  31  shd.  be  May  9. 

288  line  5,  w.  shd.  be  s. 

288  line  7,  Mar   12  shd.  be  Mar.  2^J. 

288  line  18,  21  da.  shd.  be  20  da. 

289  line  42,  9  yrs  shd.  be  9  vrs.  14  da. 

292  line  T,2,  Nov.  8  shd.  be  Nov.  18. 

293  line  23,  Rev.  C.  W.  shd.  be  Rev.  C.  F. 
295  line  2j,  Apr.  10  shd.  be  Apr.  20. 

312  line  24,  872  shd.  be  iS'/2. 

315  line  31,  Qauackenbush  shd.  be  Onackenbush. 

321  line  12,  Brown  shd.  be  Bow?ie. 

328  line  31,  Fliza  shd.  be  Eliza. 

338  line  12,  1822  shd.  be  182^^. 

338  line  39,  put  So  yrs.  for  her  age. 

339  line  10,  put  78 yrs.  for  her  age. 
343  line  43,  1801  shd.  be  igor. 

360  line  20,  1858  shd.  be  1758. 

391  line  47,  1738  should  be  about  1800. 

392  line  17,  after  "James"  strike  out  d.  about  1816  and  then  after  Daniel 
put  d.  about  1816  md.  Maria  Van  Lien  d.  about  i8ig. 

393  line  7,  d.  Feb.  4,  1862  should  be  d.  Azig.  26,  184J. 

393  line  44,  strike  out  1786  md.  Miss  Sara  Jobs,  and  instead  put  Feb. 
ly,  ij86  d.  July  2,  i86j  md.  Lydia  Jobs  b.  Nov.  20,  lygo  d.  Oct.  24, 186"/ 
bur.  in  2nd.  ch.yard  Cranbury.  N.J 

393  line  50,  strike  out  Margaret  Voorhees  b.  1819,  and  make  the  reading 
Margaret  E.  Voorhees  b.  Sep.  2,  1824 

394  line  18,  strike  out  1823,  and  put  rSgj. 
394  line  44,  strike  out  10,  and  put  //. 

394  line  45.  after  Wm.  Hankinson  strike  out  the  — ,  and  put  5. 

395  line  5,  strike  out  1862,  and  put  1S82. 

395  line  9,  strike  out  one  child,  and  put  /  chldr. 

395  line  II,  insert  the  record  JAMES  b.  Feb.  j,  i8ig  d.  March  2,  1825. 

395  line  12,  after  Illinois  add  5  children. 

396  line  23,  strike  out  1828,  and  put  i82y. 

397  line  4,  strike  out  1712,  and  put  IJ22. 


468  HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 

399    line  5,  Mch.  2  should  be  Mch.  j. 

399     line  44,  strike  out  17S9,  and  put  jOSt^. 

401     line  26,  strike  out  Mary,  and  put  Alargaret. 

403     line  19,  Laid  should  be  Laird. 

405     line  5,  Joseph  should  he  Job 

409     line  20,  Alfred  Alexander  should  be  Alfred  Alexander  W'oodhiill. 

420     line  37,  strike  out  1905,  and  put  igo^. 

427     line  31,  after  David  b.  1733  put  md.  A)ina  Deuise  b.  lyj^  d.  JjgS.  then 

strikeout  the  whole  of  line  32:  compare  statements  about  David  p.  .^29. 
443     In  the  paragraph  about  Samuel  Mount  Schanck  his  name  should  be 

spelled  Schanck,  with  an  a  instead  of  an  e. 

REQUEST  FOR  GENEALOGICAL  NOTES. 
Rev.  Frank  R.  Symmes,  Tennent,  N.  J.,  the  author  of  this  book,  will  be 
very  grateful  to  such  persons  as  possess  authentic  information  and  ac- 
curate notes  concerning  any  of  the  old  families  of  Monmouth  County,  if 
they  will  send  them  to  him;  such  notes  as  might  be  copied  from  records 
in  family  Bibles  and  from  tombstones,  or  from  registers,  letters,  deeds, 
wills,  &c. 


INDEX, 


469 


Page. 

Abbreviations,  256,  260,  263,  389 

Aberdeen,  New,  12,  15,  458 

Acrostic,  374 

AUentown  Church,  16,  23,  24 

Amalgamation  of  sects  and  races,         13 
Amraerman,  Abraham,  167,  439 

Anderson,  Capt.  John,    13,  33,  417,  458 
Anderson,  John  Esq.    19,  175,  177,  179, 

458 
Andrews,  Rev.  Jedidiah,  60,  62,  66,  464 
Aiithorities,  5.  6,  95,  389 

Autographs,  380-384 

Baptisms  under  Wm.  Tennent,  204-223 
Baptisms  under  J.  Woodhull       223-255 

37 

93 

94 

105 

48 

92,  115 

166 

10 

104 

439 

58 

63,  67 

43,  56,  86-88 

56,  57,  86,  88 

5,  21,  189 

168 

256-259 

260-263 

263-345 


Barrs,  Ch.  Iniilt  near 

Battle  of  Monmouth, 

Battle  Monument, 

Battlefield  Map, 

Bell, 

Bible  Society,  Mon.  Co., 

Bier, 

Black  Hole, 

Blood  stains  on  Ch.  seat, 

Bottle  Hill,  N.  J., 

Boyd,  Rev.  John, 

Boyd  tombstone, 

Brainerd,  David, 

Brainerd,  John, 

Brown,  Rev.  Allen  H., 

Brown.  Rezeau, 

Burials  in  Topanemus, 

Burials  in  Old  Scots, 

Burials  in  Old  Tennent, 

Burials  in  Middletown  Pres.  yard,     346 

Burials  in  Mt.  Pleasant,  347-359 

Burials  in  Isolated  Plots,  360-363 

Caledonia,  The  13.  458 

Cameron,  Prof.  H.  C,  64,  67 

Campbell,  Lord  Neil,  13,  32,  462 

Cannon  balls,  55,  56,  106,  109 

Carr  farm,  399 

Cemetery,  Old  Tennent,        164,  263-345 
Chandler,  Rev.  Frank,  141,  182 

Charlton  (Freehold)  Ch.  N.  Y.,  92 


Charter,  Royal, 

Charter,  Royal  obtained 

Charter  fac  simile 

Charter,  State 

Choir, 

Clark,  Rev.  James 

Claverhouse 

Clock  in  church 

Cobb,  Rev.  A.  P., 

Coffin,  Made  his  own 

Cohausey, 

Communion  Table, 

Conventicles, 

Cooley,  Rev.  Eli  F. 

Corn  of  Peper. 

Corner-stone,  Story  about. 

Corporate  name  at  present 


Page. 

16,  45,  370 

16 

18 

118 

145 

132 

9 

137 

58,  149 

412 

62,  162 

43 

10 

127,  130,  350,  440 

32,  368 

41 

119 


466 

9 

32,  367,  462 

412,  464 

104,  155,  167,  168, 


Corrections  &  Additions 
Covenanters, 
Craig,  Archibald, 
Craig.  Charles, 
Craig,  R.  Perrine, 

363,  464 

Craig,  Samuel,                        48,  107,  464 

Craig,  Wm.  R.  built  pulpit,  46 

Cranbury  Church,  23 

Cumming,  Robert,           44,  46,  134,  387 

Date  1692  14 
D.  A.  R.  gifts  of  Tablet  &  Valance,    110 

Davies,  John  chief  carpenter,  45 
Davis,  Mrs. ,  in  cellar  during  Battle,    106 

Deacons,  List  of,  176 

Declaration  of  Trust,  385 

Deed  for  Old  Scots,  367 

Deed  for  White  Hill,  369 

Deer  fast  by  their  horns,  27 

Dickinson,  Rev.  Jonathan,  77 

Drawings  of  Ch.  Building,  52 

Dunottar  Castle,  10 


Edifice  described,  Present,  46 

Elders,  List  of,  175 

Elders'  Square,  48 

English,  James,  42,  440,  446 


470 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


Page. 

Englishtown,  42,  98,  107,  143,  403, 

447,  439 
Eufilishtown  church,  143,  15() 

Episcopal  church,  St.  Peter's      94,  lOH, 

2r>(;,  4-27 


Fairliekl  church, 
Fanners'  church, 
Finial  on  steeple, 
Flag,  gift  of  S.  A.  R., 
Flatlands, 

Floors  of  church  sanded, 
Forniaii,  Gen.  David, 
Fornian,  .Jonathan, 
Fornian,  Peter, 
Fornian,  Samuel, 
Freehold  town, 
Freehold  Village  church, 
Free  Hill, 
Fresh  Ponds, 


162 

13 

125 

109 

437,  442,  453 

135 

109,  430 

19,  260,  427 

50,  144,  428 

128,  429 

94 

8,  130 

12,  29 

84 


General  Assembly,  115 

Ghost  story,  116 

Good-by  cousin  mcetin  house,  124 


Gordon,  Ezekiel, 
Gordon,  Matthew  Rue, 
Gordon,  Peter, 
Grace  before  meat. 
Great  Awakening, 
Guides  in  the  Battle, 

Genealogical  Notes, 

Corrections  &  Additions 

For  further  Study  in 

Request  for 

On  families  of: 

Anderson,      13,  19,  33, 

Baird, 

Barclay, 

Bowne, 

Bruen, 

Canii)l)ell, 

Clark, 

Clayton,  410,  430, 

Covenhoven,  413, 

438,  440 
Craig,  32,  167, 

Davis, 
Denise, 
Dey, 
DuBois, 
Egbert, 

Ely,  393,  394,  420,  434, 
English, 
Errickson, 
Forman,       19,  50,  109, 

362,  427 


108,  426 

48,  166 

386-388,  424 

116 

29,  45,  76 

98,  403 


to 


389 
466 
465 

468 


417,  418,  458 

393,  436 

459 

409 

439 

412,  448 

460 

434,  435,  456 

432,  433,  437, 

401,  445,  462 

400,  438 

411,  429 

414,  433,  443 

405,  455 

414 

436,  444,  447 

42,  440,  446 

456 

128,  260,  361, 


Gaston, 

Gordon, 

Hagerman, 

Hamilton, 

Hankiiison, 

Henderson, 

Hendrickson, 

Herbert, 

Hicks, 

Holman, 

Hutcliinson, 

.Tewcll, 

.lohnscm,  392, 

.Johnston, 

Ker,  29, 

Laird, 

Lloyd, 

Magee, 

Mc  Chesney, 

ISIc  Knight, 

Miller, 

Mount, 

Newell, 

Okersou, 

Perrine, 

Preston, 

Quack  enbush, 

Reid, 

Red ford, 

Rhea, 

Riggs, 

Robinson, 

Rue, 

Schenck, 

Sell  u  reman, 

Scudder, 

Smalley, 

Sutphen, 

Taylor, 

Thompson, 

True.x, 

Vanartsdalen, 

Van  Cleaf, 

Van  Derveer, 

Van  Noostrandt, 

Voorhees, 

Walker, 

Willcmsen, 

Woodhull, 

Wyekoff,  362, 


48,  108,  166,  400, 

42, 

402,  428, 

20, 

428,  439,  444, 

403,  404,  407,  461, 


401,  444,  445 

32,  419 

360,  390,  441 

107,  402, 

418 


439 
432 

393,  443,  450 
428 
414 

106,  392,  429 
361,  417 

33,  363,  431 

41,  361 

19,  401,  416 

392,  418,  445 

411,  438 

417,  418  458 


430,  431 
413 


48,  107, 
393,  407,  424 

414,  442 

428 

112 

408,  420,  427 


Page. 

449 
424 
415 
424 
436 
439 
452 
465 
417 
450 
431 
447 
449 
446 
464 
404 
459 
457 
455 
461 
449 
451 
462 
434 
449 
430 
456 
435 
462 
399 
411 
440 
455 
441 
413 
459 
416 
415 
436 
444 
461 
419 
411 
447 
447 
443 
462 
438 
408 
436 


Hal  lock.  Rev.  Robt.  C,  159 

Halsey,  Rev.  Job  F.,  120,  157 

Halsey  letter  about  Walter  Ker,         122 
Harvest  Home,  159 

Harvest  reaped,  seed  grain  saved,       122 


INDEX, 


471 


Page. 

Henderson,  John,       16-18,  20,  385,  440 
Henderson,  Dr.  Thos.,  91,  107,  440 

Henry  &  Francis,  The,  11,  462 

Henry,  Rev.  S.  C,  125,  139 

Hessian  dead  in  woods,  107 

Hill's  grave-yard,  395 

Hodge,  Dr.  A.  A.,  46,  143 

Homes  hurned,  83,  107 

Hortensia,  16,  34,  368 

Hospitality  rewarded,  423 

Hospitals,  Buildings  used  for,   107,  108, 

109 
Hospital,  Old  Ten.  ch.  used  as,  103 

Houses  of  historical  interest,        48,  107, 

108,  166 
Howel  church,  127 

Hutton,  John,  84,  85 

Imlay,  Patrick,  20,  27,  31,  32,  367 

Imlay.  Robert,  20 

Incorporation,  Separate,  118 

Indians,  25,  27,  43,  71,  86,  87,  116 

Indian  Mission,  Letter  about,  87 


Jamesburg  church, 
Johnstone,  Dr.  John, 
Junk  Dealer  &  records, 


139 
11,  12,  32,  367 

182 


Killing  Times,  10 

Ker,  Walter,      9,  15,  29,  31,  32,  42,  75, 

122,  360,  367,  369,  390 
Ker's  sons,  Walter,  43,  390 

Laird,  Moses,  107,  403 

Laird,  Moses,  guide  to  Washington,  403 
Le  Conte,  Dr.  Peter,  60,  57,  353 

Legacies,  170 

Letter  about  Old  Freehold  settlement,  8 
Lightning  struck  church,  153 

Little,  Arthur  W.,  21 

Little,  John,  16-18 

Little,  John  Jr.,  18 

Log  College,  74,  80 

Loug  Island,        134,  162,  409,  414,  420, 

422,  427,  437,  442 
Lougstreet,  Christopher,  19 

Manalapan  church,  139 

Manalapan,  Meaning  of  name,  140 

Marl,  442 

Marriage  records,  131,  203,  228 

Mattison,  Aaron,  38,  42,  71,  390 

McChesney,  Hugh,  167,  168,  455 

McCook,  Dr.  H.  C,  21 

McDowell,  Gideon  C,  64 

McLaren,  Dr.  Donald,  134,  141 

McLean,  Dr.  D.  V.,    14,  56,  62,  76,  129 


Page. 

60,  65,  66 

35 

303 

70, 


McKemie,  Rev.  Francis, 
McKonky,  Wm.,  Will  of. 
Members,  Communicant,  181 

Middletown  &  churcli,        16,  22,  62 

345,  451,  453 
Missionai-y  Society,  Woman's 
Molly  I'itcher, 
Monckton,  Col.  Henry, 
Money  Table  of  U.  S.  adopted, 
Monmouth  Court  House, 
Monument,  Pres.  Hist., 
Morgan,  Rev.  Joseph, 
Mt.  Pleasant  church, 


56, 


94, 


157 
102 
104 
115 
431 
67 
70 
347 


Names  of  the  church,    7,  8,  48,  118,  119 

Nassau  Island,  442 

Neiper,  Alexander,  32,  33,  368 

Neshaminy,  74,  75,  122 
Notice  a])out  disfiguring  church,         155 

Old  Scots  building,  27 

Old  Scots  Map  of  lot,  33 

Old  Scots  Legally  recorded,  27 

Old  Scots,  Deed  for,  32,  367 

Old  Scots  Services  discontinued,  35 

Old  Scots,  Sale  of  Part,  34 

Old  Scots  Pilgrimage,  65 

Oldest  tombstone  in  Old  Ten.  164 

Old  &  New  School,  135 

Old  Stone  church,  162 

Organs  in  church,  146 

Organization,  7 

Osborn,  Father,  162 

Page  ol  Minutes,  First,  60 
Pangburn,  Stephen,  20 
Panther  shot,  25 
Paper,  Monthly  &  weekly,  159 
Parsonage,  The  old,  53 
Parsonage  legally  guarded,  385 
Parsonage  wood  tract,  55 
Parsonage  sold,  56 
Parsonage,  Pictures  of,  54,  147 
Parsonage  taken  down,  147 
Parsonage,  The  2nd,  132 
Parsonage,  The  Roy,  144 
Parsonage,  The  present,  157 
Pastors,  List  of,  175 
Paxton,  Dr.  Wm.  M.,  136 
Permit  from  Crown,  37 
Perrineville  yard.  Oldest  tomb- 
stone in,  363 
Perrineville  church,  124 
Perrine,  Henrj^,  106 
Pense's  salve,  107 
Pew  Diagrams,  39,  49,  117 
Pew  lists  compared,  50 


472 


HISTORY  OF  OLD  TENNENT. 


Page. 

128 

50,  :^73 

65 

145 

143 

20,  45 


Pews  init  in.  New, 

Pew,  Titles  to, 

Piltiiiiiiajie,  IJoyd-Teunent, 

Piteli  pipe, 

Pollieimis,  Dr. 

Poilieiiius,  Tobias, 

Prefaee,  Author's,  5 

Preshytery  of  Monmouth,  134,  143 

Presbvterv  of  New  Brunswick,  23, 

111.    115,   120,   124,    12(5,   130,    132, 

134,  139,  142 
Presbvterv  of  Pliiladelpliia,  14,  (iO, 

fi2,  134 
IM-esbvterial  Connections,  133 

Princi'ton  College,  35,  74,  84,  114 

Princeton  Seni..  (Hfts  to  endow,         138 
Prisoners,  Kindness  to,  423 

Pulpit  picture,  47 

Qualifying  explained,  70 

Jiecords  destroyed  by  fire,      14,  37,  151, 

194.  203 
Kecordso])tained  from  Henry  Shaw,   189 
Ked,  Tlu'  cliuroh  painetd,  48,  131 


Rediielil,  ICdward, 

Kedford,  Wm., 

Keid,  John, 

Keid,  Jaines, 

Kelics, 

Remodel  ch..  Propositions  to, 

Repairs  of  church  building, 


145 

35,  3(j,  462 

33 

33 

13,  109,  148,  166 

138 

155,  162 


Revivals,  76,  136,  153 

Rhe,  David,  38,  40,  42,  53 

Rhe.  Rolteit,  111 

Rhea,  Janet,  I't  corner  stone,  41 

Road  in  ch.  yard  changed,  168 

Robinson,  James,  19,  24 

Rockev  Hill  PJridge,  37 

Ronnol,  Wm.,  28,  31 

Roy,  Rev.  Robert,  56,  126 

Kue's  drawings,  Louis,  52 

Safe,  Fire- proof,  for  records,  162 

Sanded  floors,  135 

School  houses,  166 

Scot,  (ieorge,  10-12 

Scotch  origin,  8,  12 
Seals,                                    21,  22,  34,  119 

Services,  Two  preaching,  123 

Sextons,  168 

Sheds  moved,  168 

Shrewsbury  cliurch,  22 

Silver  hidden  in  well,  108 

Singing,  144,  153 
Slaves,                     1H3,  185,  216,  224,  465 

Smith,  Rev.  George  G.,  157 


Smith,  iii'v.  Henrv  G., 

361 
Soldiers'  graves. 
Spade-full  of  earth.  First, 
Spencer,  Rev.  Klihu, 
Spotswood  brooks,  53, 

3^7 
Spring,  Medicinal, 
Sproule,  Moses, 
Steen,  James,  5,  1 

Stoves  in  the  church, 
St.  Peter's  P.  F.  ch. 

256,  427 
Subscribers'  A  utographs. 
Subscribers  to  building, 
Sundav  Schools, 
Sutphin,  Wm.  T., 
Symmes,  Rev.  F.  R., 
Symmes,  Rev.  .Joseph  G., 


Tablets,  31,  68,  69,  77,  86,  110 

Tennent,  Rev.  John,  8,  74,  122,  346 

Tennent,  Rev.  Wm.  Jr.,  8,  55,  79, 

122,  156,  346 
Texts,  Sermon, 
Thompson,  Wm.  I., 
Topanemus,  15 

Trance  of  Wm.  Tennent, 
Trustees,  List  of. 
Trustees'  meeting  places. 


Page. 

5,  27,  58 

,  62, 

104, 

363 

-367 
42 
57 

54, 

105, 

386, 

57 
128 

2,  1,^ 

<,  21, 

459 
127 

94, 

105, 

108, 

381 

-383 

178 

123 

56 

162 

23, 

,  141, 

,151 

374 

56,  135,  413 

29,  58,  256,  442 

80 

177 

23 


Unveiling  Pres.  Monument, 


67 


Valance, 

48, 

110 

Van  Cleve,  Benjamin, 

48, 

107 

VanDoren,  Rev.  L.  H., 

136 

Vicinity,  Map  of. 

4 

Washington,  Geu.  Geo., 

95, 

,  99, 

103, 

104,  403 

Watson,  Gawen, 

12, 

360 

Watson,  Peter, 

1^ 

t,  65. 

3()7 

Watson,  Richard, 

32, 

367 

Well,                                104, 

108, 

164, 

166 

Wells,  Rev.  T.  W. 

70 

We()ualia, 

71 

White,  Hartshorne, 

24 

White  Hill, 

38, 

164, 

369 

White  oaks, 

51, 

164 

Wig,  hat,  and  pegs, 

46 

Williams,  Klihu, 

21 

Woodhull,  Dr.  John  T., 

145, 

408 

WoodhuU,  Rev.  John, 

111, 

408 

Woodhull's  army  letter.  Rev.  John, 

113 

Wyckoiniill, 

362, 

420 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  formed. 


162 


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